List of unified school districts in Kansas

This is a list of unified school districts (USD) in the state of Kansas. It is grouped by county, based on the headquarters location of each school district.

Allen County

 * Humboldt USD 258
 * Iola USD 257
 * Marmaton Valley USD 256

Anderson County

 * Crest USD 479
 * Garnett USD 365

Atchison County

 * Atchison County USD 377
 * Atchison USD 409

Barber County

 * Barber County North USD 254
 * South Barber USD 255

Barton County

 * Ellinwood USD 355
 * Great Bend USD 428
 * Hoisington USD 431

Bourbon County

 * Fort Scott USD 234
 * Uniontown USD 235

Brown County

 * Hiawatha USD 415
 * South Brown County USD 430

Butler County

 * Andover USD 385
 * Augusta USD 402
 * Bluestem USD 205
 * Circle USD 375
 * Douglass USD 396
 * El Dorado USD 490
 * Flinthills USD 492
 * Remington USD 206
 * Rose Hill USD 394

Chase County

 * Chase County USD 284

Chautauqua County

 * Cedar Vale USD 285
 * Chautauqua County USD 286

Cherokee County

 * Baxter Springs USD 508
 * Columbus USD 493
 * Galena USD 499
 * Riverton USD 404

Cheyenne County

 * Cheylin USD 103
 * St. Francis USD 297

Clark County

 * Ashland USD 220
 * Minneola USD 219

Clay County

 * Clay County USD 379

Cloud County

 * Concordia USD 333
 * Southern Cloud USD 334

Coffey County

 * Burlington USD 244
 * Lebo–Waverly USD 243
 * LeRoy–Gridley USD 245 (Southern Coffey County)

Comanche County

 * Comanche County USD 300

Cowley County

 * Arkansas City USD 470
 * Central USD 462
 * Dexter USD 471
 * Udall USD 463
 * Winfield USD 465

Crawford County

 * Frontenac USD 249
 * Girard USD 248
 * Northeast USD 246
 * Pittsburg USD 250
 * Southeast USD 247

Decatur County

 * Oberlin USD 294

Dickinson County

 * Abilene USD 435
 * Chapman USD 473
 * Herington USD 487
 * Rural Vista USD 481
 * Solomon USD 393

Doniphan County

 * Doniphan West USD 111
 * Riverside USD 114
 * Troy USD 429

Douglas County

 * Baldwin City USD 348
 * Eudora USD 491
 * Lawrence USD 497

Edwards County

 * Kinsley–Offerle USD 347
 * Lewis USD 502 (K-6)

Elk County

 * Elk Valley USD 283
 * West Elk USD 282

Ellis County

 * Ellis USD 388
 * Hays USD 489
 * Victoria USD 432

Ellsworth County

 * Central Plains USD 112
 * Ellsworth USD 327

Finney County

 * Garden City USD 457
 * Holcomb USD 363

Ford County

 * Bucklin USD 459
 * Dodge City USD 443
 * Spearville USD 381

Franklin County

 * Central Heights USD 288
 * Ottawa USD 290
 * Wellsville USD 289
 * West Franklin USD 287

Geary County

 * Geary County USD 475

Gove County

 * Grinnell USD 291 (5-8)
 * Quinter USD 293
 * Wheatland USD 292 (9-12)

Graham County

 * Graham County USD 281

Grant County

 * Ulysses USD 214

Gray County

 * Cimarron–Ensign USD 102
 * Copeland USD 476
 * Ingalls USD 477
 * Montezuma USD 371

Greeley County

 * Greeley County USD 200

Greenwood County

 * Eureka USD 389
 * Hamilton USD 390
 * Madison–Virgil USD 386

Hamilton County

 * Syracuse USD 494

Harper County

 * Attica USD 511
 * Chaparral USD 361

Harvey County

 * Burrton USD 369
 * Halstead–Bentley USD 440
 * Hesston USD 460
 * Newton USD 373
 * Sedgwick USD 439

Haskell County

 * Satanta USD 507
 * Sublette USD 374

Hodgeman County

 * Hodgeman County USD 227

Jackson County

 * Holton USD 336
 * North Jackson USD 335
 * Royal Valley USD 337

Jefferson County

 * Jefferson County North USD 339
 * Jefferson West USD 340
 * McLouth USD 342
 * Oskaloosa USD 341
 * Perry–Lecompton USD 343
 * Valley Falls USD 338

Jewell County

 * Rock Hills USD 107

Johnson County

 * Blue Valley USD 229 (Johnson County)
 * De Soto USD 232
 * Gardner–Edgerton USD 231
 * Olathe USD 233
 * Shawnee Mission USD 512
 * Spring Hill USD 230

Kearny County

 * Deerfield USD 216
 * Lakin USD 215

Kingman County

 * Cunningham–West Kingman County USD 332
 * Kingman–Norwich USD 331

Kiowa County

 * Haviland USD 474 (K-8)
 * Kiowa County USD 422

Labette County

 * Chetopa–St. Paul USD 505
 * Labette County USD 506
 * Oswego USD 504
 * Parsons USD 503

Lane County

 * Dighton USD 482
 * Healy USD 468

Leavenworth County

 * Basehor–Linwood USD 458
 * Easton USD 449
 * Fort Leavenworth USD 207
 * Lansing USD 469
 * Leavenworth USD 453
 * Tonganoxie USD 464

Lincoln County

 * Lincoln USD 298
 * Sylvan–Lucas USD 299

Linn County

 * Jayhawk USD 346
 * Pleasanton USD 344
 * Prairie View USD 362

Logan County

 * Oakley USD 274
 * Triplains USD 275

Lyon County

 * Emporia USD 253
 * North Lyon County USD 251
 * Southern Lyon County USD 252

Marion County

 * Centre USD 397
 * Goessel USD 411
 * Hillsboro USD 410
 * Marion–Florence USD 408
 * Peabody–Burns USD 398

Marshall County

 * Marysville USD 364
 * Valley Heights USD 498
 * Vermillion USD 380

McPherson County

 * Canton–Galva USD 419
 * Inman USD 448
 * McPherson USD 418
 * Moundridge USD 423
 * Smoky Valley USD 400

Meade County

 * Fowler USD 225
 * Meade USD 226

Miami County

 * Louisburg USD 416
 * Osawatomie USD 367
 * Paola USD 368

Mitchell County

 * Beloit USD 273
 * Waconda USD 272

Montgomery County

 * Caney Valley USD 436
 * Cherryvale USD 447
 * Coffeyville USD 445
 * Independence USD 446

Morris County

 * Morris County USD 417

Morton County

 * Elkhart USD 218
 * Rolla USD 217

Nemaha County

 * Nemaha Central USD 115
 * Prairie Hills USD 113

Neosho County

 * Chanute USD 413
 * Erie–Galesburg USD 101

Ness County

 * Ness City USD 303
 * Western Plains USD 106

Norton County

 * Northern Valley USD 212
 * Norton USD 211

Osage County

 * Burlingame USD 454
 * Lyndon USD 421
 * Marais des Cygnes Valley USD 456
 * Osage City USD 420
 * Santa Fe Trail USD 434

Osborne County

 * Osborne USD 392

Ottawa County

 * North Ottawa County USD 239
 * Twin Valley USD 240

Pawnee County

 * Fort Larned USD 495
 * Pawnee Heights USD 496

Phillips County

 * Logan USD 326
 * Phillipsburg USD 325
 * Thunder Ridge USD 110

Pottawatomie County

 * Kaw Valley USD 321
 * Onaga USD 322
 * Rock Creek USD 323
 * Wamego USD 320

Pratt County

 * Pratt USD 382
 * Skyline USD 438

Rawlins County

 * Rawlins County USD 105

Reno County

 * Buhler USD 313
 * Fairfield USD 310
 * Haven USD 312
 * Hutchinson USD 308
 * Nickerson–South Hutchinson USD 309
 * Pretty Prairie USD 311

Republic County

 * Pike Valley USD 426
 * Republic County USD 109

Rice County

 * Chase–Raymond USD 401
 * Little River–Windom USD 444
 * Lyons USD 405
 * Sterling USD 376

Riley County

 * Blue Valley USD 384 (Riley County)
 * Manhattan–Ogden USD 383
 * Riley County USD 378

Rooks County

 * Palco USD 269
 * Plainville USD 270
 * Stockton USD 271

Rush County

 * La Crosse USD 395
 * Otis–Bison USD 403

Russell County

 * Natoma–Paradise–Waldo USD 399
 * Russell County USD 407

Saline County

 * Ell–Saline USD 307
 * Salina USD 305
 * Southeast of Saline USD 306

Scott County

 * Scott County USD 466

Sedgwick County

 * Cheney USD 268
 * Clearwater USD 264
 * Derby USD 260
 * Goddard USD 265
 * Haysville USD 261
 * Maize USD 266
 * Mulvane USD 263
 * Renwick USD 267
 * Valley Center USD 262
 * Wichita USD 259

Seward County

 * Southwestern Heights USD 483
 * Liberal USD 480

Shawnee County

 * Auburn–Washburn USD 437
 * Seaman USD 345
 * Shawnee Heights USD 450
 * Silver Lake USD 372
 * Topeka USD 501

Sheridan County

 * Hoxie USD 412

Sherman County

 * Goodland USD 352

Smith County

 * Smith Center USD 237

Stafford County

 * Macksville USD 351
 * St. John–Hudson USD 350
 * Stafford USD 349

Stanton County

 * Stanton County USD 452

Stevens County

 * Hugoton USD 210
 * Moscow USD 209

Sumner County

 * Argonia USD 359
 * Belle Plaine USD 357
 * Caldwell USD 360
 * Conway Springs USD 356
 * Oxford USD 358
 * South Haven USD 509
 * Wellington USD 353

Thomas County

 * Brewster USD 314
 * Colby USD 315
 * Golden Plains USD 316

Trego County

 * WaKeeney USD 208

Wabaunsee County

 * Mission Valley USD 330
 * Wabaunsee USD 329

Wallace County

 * Wallace County USD 241
 * Weskan USD 242

Washington County

 * Barnes–Hanover–Linn USD 223
 * Clifton–Clyde USD 224
 * Washington County USD 108

Wichita County

 * Leoti–Wichita County USD 467

Wilson County

 * Altoona–Midway USD 387
 * Fredonia USD 484
 * Neodesha USD 461

Woodson County

 * Woodson USD 366

Wyandotte County

 * Bonner Springs–Edwardsville USD 204
 * Kansas City USD 500
 * Piper USD 203
 * Turner USD 202

District changes
The number of students in rural communities dropped significantly across the 20th century. As farming technology progressed from animal power to small tractors towards large tractors over time, it allowed a farmer to support significantly more farm land. In turn, this led to fewer farm families, which led to fewer rural students. In combination with a loss of young men during foreign wars and rural flight, all of these caused an incremental population shrinkage of rural communities over time. In 1945 (after World War II), the School Reorganization Act in Kansas caused the consolidation of thousands of rural school districts in Kansas (mostly one room rural school houses). In 1963, the School Unification Act in Kansas caused the further consolidatation of thousands of tiny school districts into hundreds of larger Unified School Districts.

The following list is not complete.

Renamed

 * Cherokee USD 247 changed name to Southeast USD 247 in 2007.
 * Greensburg USD 422 changed name to Kiowa County USD 422 in 2010s.
 * Jetmore USD 227 changed name to Hodgeman County USD 227 in 2000s.
 * Kismet–Plains USD 483 changed name to Southwestern Heights USD 483 in ?
 * Mill Creek Valley USD 329 changed name to Wabaunsee USD 329 in 2016.
 * Paradise USD 399 changed name to Natoma–Paradise–Waldo USD 399 in ?
 * Wabaunsee East USD 330 changed name to Mission Valley USD 330 in 2004.

Dissolved

 * Hanston USD 228 dissolved to merge into Jetmore USD 227 in 2011, which at some point was renamed to Hodgeman County USD 227.
 * Jewell USD 279 dissolved and split to merge into Beloit USD 273 and Rock Hills USD 107 on July 1, 2009.
 * Morland USD 280 dissolved to merge into Hill City USD 281 in 2002.
 * Mullinville USD 424 dissolved to merge into Kiowa County USD 422 in 2011.
 * Nes Tre La Go USD 301 dissolved and split to merge into Western Plains USD 106 and Ness City USD 303 in 2005.
 * Prairie Heights USD 295 dissolved and split to merge into Hoxie USD 412 and Oberlin USD 294 on July 1, 2006.
 * West Solomon USD 213 dissolved to merge into Norton USD 211 on July 1, 2010.

Consolidated
This lists school districts that merged to form a new school district. The number of consolidations is half the size of this list because every district is listed on the left side.
 * Atwood USD 318 and Herndon USD 317 consolidated to form Rawlins County USD 105 in 2003.
 * Axtell USD 488 and Sabetha-Wetmore USD 441 consolidated to form Prairie Hills USD 113 on July 1, 2010.
 * B & B USD 451 and Nemaha Valley USD 442 consolidated to form Nemaha Central USD 115 on July 31, 2011.
 * Bazine USD 304 and Ransom USD 302 consolidated to form Western Plains USD 106 in 2004.
 * Belleville USD 427 and Hillcrest USD 455 consolidated to form Republic County USD 109 in 2006.
 * Claflin USD 354 and Lorraine USD 328 consolidated to form Central Plains USD 112 on July 1, 2010.
 * Eastern Heights USD 324 and West Smith County USD 238 consolidated to form Thunder Ridge USD 110 on July 1, 2008.
 * Elwood USD 486 and Wathena USD 406 consolidated to form Riverside USD 114 on July 1, 2010.
 * Herndon USD 317 and Atwood USD 318 consolidated to form Rawlins County USD 105 in 2003.
 * Highland USD 425 and Midway-Denton USD 433 consolidated to form Doniphan West USD 111 in 2009.
 * Hillcrest USD 455 and Belleville USD 427 consolidated to form Republic County USD 109 in 2006.
 * Lorraine USD 328 and Claflin USD 328 consolidated to form Central Plains USD 112 on July 1, 2010.
 * Mankato USD 278 and White Rock USD 104 consolidated to form Rock Hills USD 107 in 2006.
 * Midway-Denton USD 433 and Highland USD 425 consolidated to form Doniphan West USD 111 in 2009.
 * Nemaha Valley USD 442 and B & B USD 451 consolidated to form Nemaha Central USD 115 on July 31, 2011.
 * North Central USD 221 and Washington USD 222 consolidated to form Washington County USD 108 in 2006.
 * Ransom USD 302 and Bazine USD 304 consolidated to form Western Plains USD 106 in 2004.
 * Sabetha-Wetmore USD 441 and Axtell USD 488 consolidated to form Prairie Hills USD 113 on July 1, 2010.
 * Washington USD 222 and North Central USD 221 consolidated to form Washington County USD 108 in 2006.
 * Wathena USD 406 and Elwood USD 486 consolidated to form Riverside USD 114 on July 1, 2010.
 * West Smith County USD 238 and Eastern Heights USD 324 consolidated to form Thunder Ridge USD 110 on July 1, 2008.
 * White Rock USD 104 and Mankato USD 278 consolidated to form Rock Hills USD 107 in 2006.

Future

 * Healy USD 468 is planning to dissolve and consolidate in 2025.