The Salina School District is the eighth largest district in Kansas with an enrollment of more than 7,000 students. The district employs 750 certified staff members who hold teaching or administrative certificates. Nearly 44% of our teachers have earned their master's degrees, and 57% have 10 or more years of teaching experience. With few exceptions, all of our teachers are teaching in their major areas of certification.

The district is committed to the vision of “Learning for All, Whatever it Takes.” A creative, caring and highly qualified staff, guided by the district's comprehensive kindergarten-through-grade-12 curriculum, ensures that students of all abilities have the opportunity to achieve and succeed. Involvement of parents and community members is encouraged through advisory Site Councils, PTAs, PTOs and volunteer opportunities at every school. Creating The Future, a process of engaging the community in long-range planning, has involved hundreds of citizens in establishing priorities and working toward goals.

The district includes:
• 8 elementary schools: Meadowlark Ridge, Coronado, Cottonwood, Grace E. Stewart, Sunset, Oakdale, Huesner & Schilling
• 2 middle schools: Lakewood & Salina South
• 2 high schools: Salina Central & Salina South
• Salina Area Technical School, providing vocational and technical education for secondary and post-secondary students and work-skills training and continuing education opportunities for adults.
• Central Kansas Cooperative in Education: CKCIE is a special education cooperative of 12 school districts providing special education support services to public schools.
• Heartland Head Start: This multi-county program serves preschool students and their parents and partners with other social service agencies to provide support for these young families.
• Salina Adult Education Center: This program provides adult basic education, English as a second language support and GED preparation for people 16 or older and out of school.

Salina Public Schools offer excellence in academics as well as a broad range of extracurricular opportunities. Between them, Salina's two public high schools own 4 of the 6 state championship football trophies awarded from 2000 through 2005. Salina schools offer a broad range of arts opportunities, including vocal and instrumental music (band and orchestra), drama and visual arts.