Town Hall · Pawnee

Pawnee, KS town hall & government

Pawnee spent $13,000 in the year to September 30, 2022, about $45 per resident.

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

Town budget

Where Pawnee's money goes

Spent
$13,000
fiscal year to September 30, 2022
Per resident
$45
typical Kansas towns: $107
Long-term debt
None
none outstanding at year end
Administration & buildings
$7,00054%
Other
$6,00046%

Where the money comes from

  • Property taxes 100%
Town workforce

Who works for Pawnee

Full-time staff
0
3 part-time too
Administration & buildings
0 full-time3 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

Fort Scott Unified School District 234

Pawnee's K–12 school district, shared with Drywood, Fort Scott, Fulton, Osage, Scott and Freedom. It is its own government, with a budget separate from the town's.

Spending per pupil
$15,210
Kansas: $14,966
Students
1,764
in the whole district
Long-term debt
$33.2 million
at year end

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

  • Local 12%
  • State 72%
  • Federal 17%

Of the $15,210 per pupil, $10,009 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 Pawnee: Uniontown Unified School District 235 ($17,203 per pupil) · Girard Unified School District 248 ($15,314 per pupil).

Local

Contact Pawnee's government

Town hall & decisions in Pawnee →

Beyond town hall

Who represents Pawnee

Pawnee is represented in Congress by Senators Jerry Moran and Roger Marshall and Representative Derek Schmidt. Laura Kelly is governor.

All of Pawnee'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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