About Lawrence School District
Lawrence School District is a public school system serving Douglas County, Kansas, based in Lawrence. It serves 10,443 students across 18 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a city: small district. By enrollment it is the #7 largest of Kansas’s 289 school systems.
Size and structure
Lawrence School District enrolls 10,443 students in 18 schools — an average of about 580 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #7 of 289 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Lawrence School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (10,443 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
Lawrence School District employs about 724 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 14.4:1 — above the Kansas average of about 13.3:1. Total district staff is roughly 1,400.
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 Lawrence 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 Lawrence 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.
Lawrence School District vs. Kansas
See every Kansas district side by side in the Kansas directory.
Look up Lawrence 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):