Kansas school district outcomes vs. funding adequacy

Full annual panel, 2009–2024, with imputation · source: NECM/SEDA merged file · toggle between a national-average comparison (sim_cost_1_bd) and a Massachusetts-average comparison (sim_cost_2_bd)

Bubble chart plotting each Kansas school district's outcome index against its spending as a percent of estimated adequate cost, with a year selector from 2009 to 2024, a toggle between comparing outcomes to the national average (using sim_cost_1_bd for adequacy) and comparing outcomes to the Massachusetts average (using sim_cost_2_bd for adequacy), and bubble size showing enrollment. Missing values have been interpolated where a district has valid data both before and after the gap; interpolated points are marked with a dashed border. Selected districts are highlighted in distinct colors.

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Year 2024

259 Kansas districts · showing 2024 · bubble size = enrollment

Scatter of Kansas school districts by year: x-axis is spending as a percent of adequate cost, y-axis is outcome index distance from either the national average or the Massachusetts average, bubble size is enrollment. Districts with a dashed border have at least one interpolated value that year.
Enrollment dashed border = interpolated value

National average: % Adequacy = ppcstot / sim_cost_1_bd. Y-axis = each district's outcome index minus the unweighted national average outcome index that year (across all US districts). Missing values were linearly interpolated only where a district had valid values both before and after the gap; values missing at the start or end of a district's series were not imputed. Each selected district gets its own color, matched to its chip below.