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Haysville Unified School District 261, Kansas

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Haysville Unified School District 261
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Haysville, Kansas
District details
Superintendent: Jeff Hersh
# of school board members: 7
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Haysville Unified School District 261 is a school district in Kansas.

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Superintendent

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Jeff Hersh is the superintendent of Haysville Unified School District 261. Hersh was appointed superintendent on January 29, 2021, and started serving on July 1, 2021. Hersh's previous career experience includes working as a assistant superintendent, principal, assistant principal, and as a teacher in the Goddard Unified School District.[1]

Past superintendent

School board

The Haysville Unified School District 261 school board consists of seven members elected to four-year terms. Board members are elected at large.


Elections

See also: Haysville Unified School District 261, Kansas, elections

Board members are elected on a staggered basis in November of odd-numbered years.

Three seats on the board are up for general election on November 4, 2025. A primary was scheduled for August 5, 2025, but was canceled when not enough candidates filed to trigger a primary. The filing deadline for this election was June 2, 2025.

Ballotpedia covered school board elections in 367 school districts in 29 states in 2024. Those school districts had a total student enrollment of 12,203,404 students. Click here to read an analysis of those elections.


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Public participation in board meetings

The Haysville Unified School District 261 school board maintains the following policy on public testimony during board meetings:[3]

District map

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Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[4]

Revenue, 2020-2021
SOURCE AMOUNT AMOUNT PER STUDENT PERCENT
Federal: $5,031,000 $878 6%
Local: $8,771,000 $1,530 11%
State: $64,423,000 $11,239 82%
Total: $78,225,000 $13,647
Expenditures, 2020-2021
TYPE AMOUNT AMOUNT PER STUDENT PERCENT
Total Expenditures: $72,070,000 $12,573
Total Current Expenditures: $66,448,000 $11,592
Instructional Expenditures: $38,820,000 $6,772 54%
Student and Staff Support: $10,127,000 $1,766 14%
Administration: $6,806,000 $1,187 9%
Operations, Food Service, Other: $10,695,000 $1,865 15%
Total Capital Outlay: $2,452,000 $427
Construction: $418,000 $72
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other: $3,000 $0
Interest on Debt: $3,167,000 $552


Teacher salaries

The following salary information was pulled from the district's teacher salary schedule. A salary schedule is a list of expected compensations based on variables such as position, years employed, and education level. It may not reflect actual teacher salaries in the district.

Year Minimum Maximum
2024-2025[5] $41,524 $86,092
2023-2024[6] $40,519 $84,646
2020-2021[7] $40,119 $81,013

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements.[8]

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2020-2021 18 30-34 <=10 14 <50 15-19 20
2018-2019 25 40-44 <=10 18 <=20 20-24 27
2017-2018 26 45-49 20-29 18 <=20 25-29 28
2016-2017 29 45-49 <=10 21 <50 25-29 31
2015-2016 32 55-59 11-19 26 <50 30-34 33
2014-2015 31 40-44 20-29 23 <50 25-29 32
2012-2013 84 90-94 70-79 83 >=80 80-84 84
2011-2012 88 >=95 80-89 85-89 >=90 85-89 87
2010-2011 85 90-94 >=80 80-84 80-89 80-84 85

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2020-2021 29 40-44 11-19 23 <50 25-29 31
2018-2019 30 35-39 11-19 21 <=20 25-29 32
2017-2018 30 35-39 11-19 24 <=20 30-34 32
2016-2017 32 40-44 11-19 24 <50 25-29 34
2015-2016 38 50-54 20-29 32 <50 30-34 39
2014-2015 37 45-49 20-29 30 <50 30-34 39
2012-2013 90 90-94 80-89 88 >=80 85-89 90
2011-2012 91 >=95 70-79 90-94 >=90 90-94 90
2010-2011 88 90-94 >=80 85-89 80-89 85-89 88

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2019-2020 86 >=80 >=50 85-89 PS >=80 86
2018-2019 88 >=50 >=50 90-94 PS >=80 87
2017-2018 91 >=80 >=50 >=90 PS >=90 90
2016-2017 91 >=50 >=50 85-89 >=90 >=80 90-94
2015-2016 92 >=80 >=50 >=90 PS 60-79 90-94
2014-2015 89 >=80 PS >=90 >=50 >=80 85-89
2013-2014 88 >=50 PS 80-89 PS >=80 89
2012-2013 90 >=50 >=50 >=90 >=50 >=80 90-94
2011-2012 89 >=50 >=50 >=80 PS >=80 90
2010-2011 85 >=50 PS 70-79 >=50 >=50 86


Students

Year Enrollment Year-to-year change (%)
2022-2023 5,788 0.2
2021-2022 5,777 0.8
2020-2021 5,732 -4.0
2019-2020 5,959 2.5
2018-2019 5,811 0.6
2017-2018 5,776 2.3
2016-2017 5,646 1.5
2015-2016 5,562 1.1
2014-2015 5,502 2.3
2013-2014 5,374 0.1
2012-2013 5,367 2.4
2011-2012 5,238 -0.7
2010-2011 5,274 4.1
2009-2010 5,056 2.6
2008-2009 4,925 1.7
2007-2008 4,840 2.3
2006-2007 4,730 1.6
2005-2006 4,653 -0.2
2004-2005 4,662 -0.6
2003-2004 4,690 2.2
2002-2003 4,588 0.2
2001-2002 4,578 -2.6
2000-2001 4,697 6.2
1999-2000 4,408 0.0
Racial Demographics, 2022-2023
RACE Haysville Unified School District 261 (%) Kansas K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native 0.4 0.7
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander 2.7 2.8
Black 1.9 6.7
Hispanic 20.1 21.5
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.6 0.2
Two or More Races 9.9 6.2
White 64.4 61.9

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.


Staff

As of the 2022-2023 school year, Haysville Unified School District 261 had 377.04 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 15.35.

Teachers, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten: 14.00
Kindergarten: 52.00
Elementary: 115.10
Secondary: 195.94
Total: 377.04

Haysville Unified School District 261 employed 5.00 district administrators and 18.00 school administrators as of the 2022-2023 school year.

Administrators, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators: 5.00
District Administrative Support: 18.00
School Administrators: 18.00
School Administrative Support: 30.00
Other staff, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides: 151.00
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors: 15.00
Total Guidance Counselors: 15.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors: 0.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors: 0.00
Librarians/Media Specialists: 8.00
Library/Media Support: 8.00
Student Support Services: 57.00
Other Support Services: 139.00


Schools

The Haysville Unified School District 261 operates nine schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.
List of schools
SCHOOL NAMENUMBER OF STUDENTSGRADES
Campus High Haysville1,8939-12
Freeman Elem438PK-5
Haysville Middle School7616-8
Haysville West Middle School5396-8
Nelson Elem464PK-5
Oatville Elem401PK-5
Prairie Elementary School463KG-5
Rex Elem483PK-5
Ruth Clark Elementary K-5346PK-5

Contact information

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Haysville Unified School District 261
1745 W. Grand Ave.
Haysville, KS 67060
Phone: 316-554-2200


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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 [https://w.usd261.com/District/pdf/Press%20Release.pdf Haysville Unified School District, "Haysville USD 261 Names New Superintendent," January 29, 2021
  2. ↑ LinkedIn, "John Burke," accessed November 14, 2019
  3. ↑ Unified School District 261, "Board of Education Policy Manual," accessed January 26, 2024
  4. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed June 17, 2024
  5. ↑ Unified School District 261, "Haysville Unified School District 261 2024-2025 Salary Schedule," accessed April 17, 2025
  6. ↑ Unified School District 261, "Haysville Unified School District 261 2023-2024 Salary Schedule," accessed February 4, 2024
  7. ↑ Unified School District 261, "Haysville Unified School District 261 2020-2021 Salary Schedule," accessed June 16, 2021
  8. ↑ U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC: EDFacts, "State Assessments in Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics- School Year 2018-19 EDFacts Data Documentation," accessed February 25, 2021
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