How Glen Elder is run
Glen Elder spent $47,000 in the year to December 31, 2022, about $98 per resident.
What stands out about how Glen Elder is run
Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.
Waconda Unified School District 272
Glen Elder’s K–12 school district, shared with Carr Creek, Cawker City, Cawker, Downs, Glen Elder and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $17,141 per pupil, $11,792 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Kansas districts overall: 28% local, 61% state, 11% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Who’s in charge in Glen Elder
Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for Glen Elder yet. Neighbors can add them.
About $98 per resident a year, or $0.27 a day
The biggest line: roads & transportation, at 100% of spending.
Thank you for being a neighbor
0 full-time staff
On the payroll in March 2022.
By department full-time, plus part-time
Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it’s approximate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
How Glen Elder’s budget compares
Glen Elder ranks 2nd lowest of 4 for spending per resident. Towns that run their own schools spend more. Tap a town to see its Town Hall.
| Town | Spent per resident | Debt per resident | Tax bill |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cawker | $42 | — | $1,563 |
| Glen Elder | $98 | — | — |
| Solomon Rapids | $667 | — | — |
| Walnut Creek | $758 | — | $2,450 |
| Athens | — | — | — |
The town government’s own spending in its newest year (often a Census Bureau estimate). — = no figures.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Glen Elder.
- 1Your townTown governmentLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Kansas HouseState representatives
- 3Kansas SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Kansas
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Glen Elder’s government
Numbers and hours come from neighbors and the town’s own site (the Handbook). A new one goes live once two neighbors confirm it.
Questions about how Glen Elder is run?
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. School district: Census school finance survey. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 5-year estimates. Representatives: Open States, the Census and congress-legislators.