1. Student Numbers - 130% increase in 18 years

• FY 2007 - 1,791 students

• FY 2025 - 4,121 students

2. Buildings & Square footage - 100% more facilities and 216% more square feet

• FY 2007 - 7 Facilities & 334,641 square feet

• FY 2025 - 14 Facilities & 1,058,836 square feet

• Details here

3. Acreage, Parking Lots & Sidewalks - 137.72% more acres of maintained property, 183.95% more acres of parking lots, and 197.73% more miles of sidewalk

• FY 2007 - 85.26 Acres maintained property, 18.63 Acres of parking lots, and 3.09 miles of sidewalk

• FY 2025 - 202.68 Acres maintained property, 52.9 Acres of parking lots, and 9.2 miles of sidewalk

• Details here

4. Facility Management added efficiency programs, safety programs, and supported new projects all while doubling 

• Successful HVAC energy curtailment program which has saved the school district thousands of dollars in utility costs

• Lighting Upgrades throughout district which has saved the school district money on utility costs

• Added 750 kW solar array at Spring Hill High School providing clean energy, utility savings, and an education opportunity for students

• Successful water mitigation program at several locations which saved the district money on wastewater costs

• Developed an online weekly safety program for all Facilities Department staff

• Developed an online SDS site allowing staff to more readily look up safety data sheets without the hassle of looking through a large binder

• Implemented vehicle program through Enterprise providing students and staff with newer, safer, up to date vehicles for transportation

• Developed vehicle maintenance program for school district's fleet vehicles keeping vehicles running well and safe

• Improved snow removal operations

• Over 1250 fulfilled Facility Use Requests (even with a stop to all facility use request for well over a year due to Covid)

• Even with a major increase of facilities (252,046 square feet increase over 5 years) maintained the same staffing levels within the Facilities Department until 2024

• Supported Real World learning student involved projects, including Disc golf at SHMS, Outdoor learning area at SHMS, and Solar array at SHHS

• Continued to provide well maintained and appealing buildings and grounds throughout the district

5. Technology has significantly increased over the past 10 years more than doubling the devices & users we support.

• • Devices - Added a 1 to 1 in FY 2015 at secondary level, elementary school carts in FY 2016.

  • Added many specialty systems in Curriculum, SPED, & building technologies

  • Users - 65% more students, 70% more licensed staff

  • Buildings - Doubled the number of schools we support, which means twice as much tech like: security cameras, card access, A/V equipment, swiches, wireless access points, telephones, printers, copiers.

  • Fiber Optic Network - added 6 miles of fiber optic network since 2015

  • Developed & maintained a reliable server & network infrastructure with between 99.9% - 99.99% uptime

  • Increased focus on Cybersecurity

  • Providing device classroom management tools for teachers by utlizing Apple Classroom and Jamf Teacher.

  • Providing parents device management tools of school owned equipment utilizing Jamf Parent

  • Elimination of all Analog lines for alarms, monitoring, & faxing with a savings of about $7,000 per year.

  • Provided device classroom managment tools for teachers by utilizing Apple Classroom and Jamf Teacher.

  • Providing parents device management tools of school owned equipment utilizing Jamf Parent

  • Elimination of all Analog lines for alarms, monitoring, & faxing with a savings of about $7,000 per year.

  • Details here

6. Student Services - 47% increase in IDEA students in the last 8 years

• • FY 2016

    • 603 IDEA students

  • FY 2024

    • 887 IDEA students

7. Additional Educational Programming including CTE, STEM, AP, & Honors classes

• • Achievement scores are consistently higher than state and national averages.

  • The academic program includes 292 courses for students across grades PreK-12.

  • There are 13 Career and Technical Education Pathway Programs available to high school students.

  • USD 230 was awarded the Kansas State Department of Education's Civic Engagement recognition in 2024. 

  • USD 230 was awarded the Kansas State Department of Education's Academically Prepared for Postsecondary recognition in 2024.

  • All elementary schools offer STEM as part of the specials classes rotation.

  • High school students have a variety of options for Honors and Advanced Placement courses.

  • Project Lead the Way STEM curriculum is available at both the middle schools and high school.

  • Professional development includes a summer 'flex' conference for all staff, Summer Summit. 

  • 95% of high school students are enrolled in Career and Technical Education courses.

  • Media Broadcasting with student created content is available in all middle and high schools.

  • The high school Band received top ranking at the Emporia Marching Festival in 2024.

  • Spring Hill Schools includes volunteering and service learning in the PreK-12 curriculum.

  • Leader in Me is available at all elementary schools.

  • Spring Hill High School adopted weighted grades and the Latin Honors System of Recognition in 2023.