Town Hall · Colfax

Colfax, KS town hall & government

Colfax spent $6,000 in the year to December 31, 2022, about $176 per resident.

Where the money goes, where it comes from, property taxes, and how to reach Colfax's government.

Town budget

Where Colfax's money goes

Spent
$6,000
fiscal year to December 31, 2022
Per resident
$176
typical Kansas towns: $107
Long-term debt
None
none outstanding at year end
Fire
$6,000100%

Where the money comes from

  • From other local governments 100%
Town workforce

Who works for Colfax

Full-time staff
0
2 part-time too
Administration & buildings
0 full-time2 part

Staff on the town's payroll in March 2022. Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it's approximate.

Schools · school year 2023–24

Clifton-Clyde Unified School District 224

Colfax's K–12 school district, shared with Clifton, Clifton, Clyde, Elk, Shirley and Vining. It is its own government, with a budget separate from the town's.

Spending per pupil
$15,720
Kansas: $14,966
Students
314
in the whole district
Long-term debt
None
at year end

Where the district's money comes from Kansas districts overall: 28% local, 61% state, 11% federal

  • Local 29%
  • State 64%
  • Federal 7%

Of the $15,720 per pupil, $9,334 goes to classroom instruction (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to support services such as buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren't in the per-pupil figure.

Also serving Colfax: Southern Cloud Unified School District 334 ($27,291 per pupil).

Local

Contact Colfax's government

Town hall & decisions in Colfax →

Beyond town hall

Who represents Colfax

Colfax is represented in Congress by Senators Jerry Moran and Roger Marshall and Representative Tracey Mann. Laura Kelly is governor.

All of Colfax's representatives, with contacts →

Budget: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments: Finance (every city and town government's revenue, spending and debt, grouped into plain categories). Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

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