About Barnes School District
Barnes School District is a public school system serving Washington County, Kansas, based in Barnes. It serves 518 students across 4 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a rural: remote district. By enrollment it is the #151 largest of Kansas’s 289 school systems.
Size and structure
Barnes School District enrolls 518 students in 4 schools — an average of about 130 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #151 of 289 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Barnes School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (518 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Barnes School District employs about 37 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 13.9:1 — above the Kansas average of about 13.3:1. Total district staff is roughly 61.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Kansas funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Barnes School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
The Kansas Report Card, from the Kansas State Department of Education, reports assessment results, graduation and broader outcome measures (kindergarten readiness, Individual Plans of Study, postsecondary success). Look up Barnes School District on the Kansas Report Card.
Accreditation status
Kansas accredits districts through its own state system, KESA (Kansas Education Systems Accreditation), administered by KSDE at the system level — not a private accreditor; the current KESA 2.0 process began in 2024. See the KSDE accreditation portal.
Barnes School District vs. Kansas
See every Kansas district side by side in the Kansas directory.
Look up Barnes School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):