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How Isbel is run

Isbel spent $3,000 in the year to December 31, 2022, about $34 per resident.

Town budget
$3,000
spent, year to December 31, 2022
Per resident
$34
Below typical Kansas towns ($107)
Long-term debt
None
at year end
Town staff
0
full-time · 3 part-time

What stands out about how Isbel is run

Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Your share of the budget

About $34 per resident a year, or $0.09 a day

The biggest line: other, at 100% of spending.

Where the money comes from
Property taxes 100%
The school district

Scott County Unified School District 466

Isbel’s K–12 school district, shared with Beaver, Scott City. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.

Schools in Isbel →
$13,358
per pupil · KS $14,966
962
students
$26.2 million
long-term debt

Of the $13,358 per pupil, $7,957 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.

The district: schools, scores and graduation →

Where the district’s money comes from
Local 36%State 59%Federal 5%

Kansas districts overall: 28% local, 61% state, 11% federal.

School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.

Who runs it

Who’s in charge in Isbel

Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for Isbel yet. Neighbors can add them.

Who works for Isbel

0 full-time staff

On the payroll in March 2022.

By department full-time, plus part-time

Administration & buildings0 + 3 pt
0
full-time
3
part-time

Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it’s approximate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.

Next door

How Isbel’s budget compares

Town budgets across the town line. Towns that run their own schools spend more. Tap a town to see its Town Hall.

Spends the leastSpends the mostNo figures
TownSpent per residentDebt per residentTax bill
Isbel$34——
Beaver——$1,836

The town government’s own spending in its newest year (often a Census Bureau estimate). — = no figures.

Who represents Isbel

From town hall to Washington

Every level of government that speaks for Isbel.

Politics & elections →
  1. 1
    Your townTown government
    Local officials aren’t on record yet.
  2. 2
    Kansas HouseState representatives
  3. 3
    Kansas SenateState senator
  4. 4
    GovernorStatewide
  5. 5
    U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
  6. 6
    U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Kansas

Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.

Reach Isbel’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.

The Handbook →

Questions about how Isbel is run?

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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.

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