About Cheylin School District
Cheylin School District is a public school system serving Cheyenne County, Kansas, based in Bird City. It serves 164 students across 2 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a rural: remote district. By enrollment it is the #258 largest of Kansas’s 289 school systems.
Size and structure
Cheylin School District enrolls 164 students in 2 schools — an average of about 82 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #258 of 289 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Cheylin School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (164 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
Cheylin School District employs about 20 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 8.3:1 — below the Kansas average of about 13.3:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 34.
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 Cheylin 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 Cheylin 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.
Cheylin School District vs. Kansas
See every Kansas district side by side in the Kansas directory.
Look up Cheylin 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):