Best Cities in Kansas for Schools

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Rank (of 338)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2024)	Rank (2023)	Rank change from 2023
1^st	Westwood	1	0	0	0	1	0.997		(n/a)
2^nd	Cawker City	1	1	0	0	0	0.969	53	51
3^rd	Prairie Village	4	1	1	0	4	0.966		(n/a)
4^th	Leawood	4	2	0	0	3	0.964	3	1
5^th	Cheney	1	1	1	0	1	0.942	9	4
6^th	Windom	1	0	0	0	0	0.937	2	4
7^th	Louisburg	2	1	3	0	0	0.928	4	3
8^th	Little River	0	1	1	1	0	0.919	51	43
9^th	Edgerton	1	0	0	0	0	0.916	186	177
10^th	Fort Leavenworth	3	1	0	0	0	0.915	1	9
11^th	Roeland Park	1	0	0	0	2	0.907		(n/a)
12^th	Stilwell	1	0	1	0	0	0.906	16	4
13^th	Hesston	1	1	1	0	0	0.906	24	11
14^th	Altoona	1	0	0	0	0	0.896		(n/a)
15^th	Sharon Springs	1	0	1	0	0	0.888	57	42
16^th	Seneca	1	0	1	0	1	0.884	11	5
17^th	Ingalls	1	0	1	0	0	0.883	32	15
18^th	Basehor	3	1	1	1	0	0.881	15	3
19^th	Lebo	1	0	1	0	0	0.878	29	10
20^th	Allen	0	0	1	0	0	0.877	165	145
21^st	Andale	1	0	1	0	0	0.871	13	8
22^nd	Edna	1	0	0	0	0	0.867	26	4
23^rd	Riley	1	0	1	0	0	0.863	8	15
24^th	Holyrood	1	0	0	0	0	0.862	47	23
25^th	Paxico	0	1	0	0	0	0.851	5	20
26^th	Olpe	1	0	1	0	0	0.85	46	20
27^th	Frankfort	1	0	1	0	0	0.842	93	66
28^th	Silver Lake	1	0	1	0	0	0.838	23	5
29^th	Hoxie	1	0	1	0	0	0.833	101	72
30^th	Saint George	1	1	1	0	0	0.832	28	2
31^st	Mission	2	0	0	0	0	0.827		(n/a)
32^nd	Overland Park	30	9	8	0	16	0.817	7	25
33^rd	Caney	1	0	2	0	0	0.813	65	32
34^th	Kensington	1	0	1	0	0	0.811	269	235
35^th	Sabetha	1	1	1	0	0	0.81	19	16
36^th	Hillsboro	1	0	1	0	0	0.806	30	6
37^th	Offerle	1	0	0	0	0	0.804	68	31
38^th	Sterling	1	0	1	0	0	0.804	21	17
39^th	Girard	1	1	1	0	0	0.802	40	1
40^th	Blue Rapids	1	0	1	0	0	0.799	33	7
41^st	Dighton	1	0	1	0	0	0.797	43	2
42^nd	Garden Plain	1	0	1	0	0	0.797	25	17
43^rd	Andover	3	2	2	1	0	0.796	55	12
44^th	Whitewater	0	1	1	0	0	0.796	60	16
45^th	Ogden	1	0	0	0	0	0.79	281	236
46^th	Potwin	1	0	0	0	0	0.786	27	19
47^th	Linn	1	0	1	0	1	0.784	22	25
48^th	Spearville	1	0	1	0	0	0.782	45	3
49^th	Courtland	1	0	0	0	0	0.775	20	29
50^th	Shawnee	13	3	2	0	8	0.77	10	40
51^st	Wamego	2	1	2	0	0	0.769	112	61
52^nd	Meriden	1	1	1	1	0	0.768	62	10
53^rd	Westmoreland	1	0	0	0	0	0.763	18	35
54^th	Lenexa	7	1	0	0	4	0.762	14	40
55^th	Alta Vista	1	0	0	0	0	0.758	180	125
56^th	Minneola	1	0	1	0	0	0.757	108	52
57^th	Mayetta	0	1	0	0	0	0.757	166	109
58^th	Long Island	0	1	0	0	0	0.754		(n/a)
59^th	Baxter Springs	2	0	2	0	0	0.754	52	7
60^th	De Soto	1	1	2	0	0	0.75	48	12
61^st	Baldwin City	2	1	1	0	0	0.748	79	18
62^nd	Parker	1	0	0	0	0	0.746	80	18
63^rd	Maize	4	2	1	1	0	0.746	41	22
64^th	Madison	1	0	1	0	0	0.745	268	204
65^th	Easton	1	1	1	0	0	0.745	37	28
66^th	Ellis	1	0	1	0	1	0.744	129	63
67^th	Colwich	2	0	0	0	0	0.739	39	28
68^th	Sedgwick	1	0	1	0	0	0.728	38	30
69^th	Benton	1	1	0	0	0	0.727	42	27
70^th	Kanopolis	0	1	0	0	0	0.723	88	18
71^st	Olsburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.72	56	15
72^nd	Pratt	2	1	2	2	0	0.718	64	8
73^rd	Osborne	1	0	1	0	0	0.715	87	14
74^th	Protection	1	1	0	0	0	0.714	169	95
75^th	Hays	5	1	1	1	3	0.712	63	12
76^th	Smith Center	1	0	1	0	0	0.71	49	27
77^th	Goddard	5	4	2	1	1	0.71	35	42
78^th	Paola	2	1	1	0	2	0.707	109	31
79^th	Clearwater	1	1	1	0	0	0.707	75	4
80^th	Onaga	1	1	1	0	0	0.706	76	4
81^st	Marion	1	1	1	0	0	0.706	82	1
82^nd	Rosalia	1	1	1	0	0	0.701	179	97
83^rd	Douglass	1	1	1	0	0	0.701	144	61
84^th	Leoti	1	0	1	0	0	0.694	117	33
85^th	Bartlett	1	0	0	0	0	0.694	91	6
86^th	Gypsum	1	0	1	0	0	0.694	83	3
87^th	Lansing	2	1	0	0	0	0.691	95	8
88^th	Frontenac	1	1	1	0	0	0.691	34	54
89^th	Jetmore	1	0	1	0	0	0.688	153	64
90^th	Manhattan	9	2	1	1	2	0.687	69	21
91^st	Saint Paul	1	1	1	0	0	0.682	50	41
92^nd	Dexter	1	0	1	0	0	0.68	31	61
93^rd	Fort Riley	5	1	0	0	0	0.675	90	3
94^th	Olathe	36	11	7	0	6	0.673	70	24
95^th	Richmond	1	0	1	0	0	0.67	199	104
96^th	Chapman	1	1	1	0	0	0.67	61	35
97^th	Berryton	1	0	0	0	0	0.669	71	26
98^th	Centralia	1	0	1	0	0	0.669	44	54
99^th	Udall	1	1	1	1	0	0.668	168	69
100^th	Oxford	1	0	1	1	0	0.665	164	64
101^st	Randolph	0	1	1	0	0	0.659	156	55
102^nd	Clay Center	2	1	1	0	0	0.659	104	2
103^rd	Axtell	1	0	1	0	0	0.658	6	97
104^th	Conway Springs	1	1	1	0	1	0.656	66	38
105^th	Downs	1	0	1	0	0	0.655	99	6
106^th	Clyde	0	0	1	0	0	0.654	59	47
107^th	Eudora	1	1	2	0	0	0.649	67	40
108^th	Buhler	1	0	2	1	0	0.647	127	19
109^th	Phillipsburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.644	259	150
110^th	Council Grove	1	1	1	0	0	0.644	111	1
111^th	Alma	1	0	1	0	1	0.643	84	27
112^th	Greensburg	1	0	1	0	0	0.639	130	18
113^th	Tecumseh	2	1	1	0	0	0.639	154	41
114^th	Mound City	1	0	1	0	0	0.639	176	62
115^th	Cunningham	1	0	1	0	0	0.638	110	5
116^th	Garnett	1	0	1	0	1	0.637	94	22
117^th	Copeland	1	1	0	0	0	0.635	284	167
118^th	Eskridge	1	0	1	0	0	0.63	118
119^th	Elwood	2	0	0	0	0	0.626	149	30
120^th	Denton	2	0	0	0	0	0.622	100	20
121^st	Americus	1	0	0	0	0	0.621	175	54
122^nd	Osage City	1	1	1	0	0	0.618	74	48
123^rd	Weir	1	0	0	0	0	0.609	122	1
124^th	Natoma	1	0	1	0	0	0.608	216	92
125^th	Ellsworth	1	0	1	0	0	0.606	115	10
126^th	Mound Valley	1	0	0	0	0	0.602	97	29
127^th	Halstead	0	1	1	0	0	0.601	163	36
128^th	Edwardsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.6	162	34
129^th	Meade	1	0	1	0	0	0.597	96	33
130^th	Hoyt	1	0	1	0	0	0.596	107	23
131^st	Moundridge	1	1	1	0	0	0.595	147	16
132^nd	Merriam	2	0	0	0	0	0.59		(n/a)
133^rd	Inman	1	0	1	0	0	0.59	85	48
134^th	Ness City	1	0	1	0	1	0.588	123	11
135^th	Highland	1	0	1	0	0	0.586	200	65
136^th	Waverly	1	0	1	0	0	0.586	77	59
137^th	Derby	6	3	1	1	2	0.583	151	14
138^th	Uniontown	1	0	1	0	0	0.582	220	82
139^th	Independence	2	1	2	0	3	0.577	133	6
140^th	Kiowa	1	0	1	0	0	0.574	247	107
141^st	Lawrence	11	4	2	1	8	0.571	132	9
142^nd	Horton	1	0	1	0	0	0.57	245	103
143^rd	Gardner	6	3	1	0	0	0.568	140	3
144^th	Goessel	1	0	1	0	0	0.568	36	108
145^th	Brookville	0	0	1	0	0	0.557	134	11
146^th	Auburn	1	0	0	0	0	0.556	106	40
147^th	Longton	1	0	1	0	0	0.556	319	172
148^th	Harper	1	0	0	0	0	0.551	86	62
149^th	Beloit	1	0	1	0	2	0.551	98	51
150^th	Thayer	1	0	0	0	0	0.549	148	2
151^st	Norwich	1	1	1	0	0	0.547	194	43
152^nd	Lincoln	1	0	1	0	0	0.544	125	27
153^rd	White City	1	0	1	0	0	0.543	243	90
154^th	Herington	1	1	1	0	0	0.543	213	59
155^th	Eureka	1	0	1	0	0	0.543	202	47
156^th	Argonia	1	0	1	0	0	0.54	262	106
157^th	Ashland	1	1	1	0	0	0.537	214	57
158^th	Yates Center	1	0	1	0	0	0.536	152	6
159^th	Spring Hill	4	2	2	0	0	0.536	171	12
160^th	Bird City	1	0	1	0	0	0.535	211	51
161^st	Concordia	1	1	1	0	0	0.533	197	36
162^nd	Haven	1	1	1	1	0	0.533	81	81
163^rd	Agra	0	1	0	0	0	0.529	150	13
164^th	Cottonwood Falls	0	0	1	0	0	0.529	195	31
165^th	Junction City	7	1	1	0	1	0.525	126	39
166^th	Tonganoxie	1	1	1	0	1	0.524	207	41
167^th	Lyndon	1	0	1	0	0	0.523	78	89
168^th	Abilene	5	1	2	0	2	0.522	92	76
169^th	Burlington	1	1	1	0	0	0.52	136	33
170^th	Chanute	1	1	1	0	2	0.519	231	61
171^st	Hugoton	1	1	2	0	1	0.519	185	14
172^nd	Tescott	1	0	1	0	0	0.518	170	2
173^rd	Atwood	1	0	1	0	0	0.516	124	49
174^th	Marysville	1	0	1	0	2	0.515	145	29
175^th	Burden	1	0	1	0	0	0.513	222	47
176^th	Anthony	1	0	2	0	0	0.513	224	48
177^th	Valley Center	4	1	2	0	0	0.512	102	75
178^th	Lacygne	1	1	1	0	0	0.511	249	71
179^th	Cimarron	1	0	1	0	0	0.51	229	50
180^th	Caldwell	1	0	2	0	0	0.509	174	6
181^st	Minneapolis	1	0	1	0	0	0.508	116	65
182^nd	Hope	1	0	1	0	0	0.508	12	170
183^rd	Colony	1	0	1	0	0	0.508	191	8
184^th	Ottawa	3	1	2	0	1	0.508	203	19
185^th	Bennington	1	0	1	0	0	0.504	137	48
186^th	Hiawatha	1	1	1	0	0	0.503	177	9
187^th	Lindsborg	1	1	1	1	0	0.499	178	9
188^th	Larned	1	1	1	0	0	0.499	155	33
189^th	Holton	2	1	3	0	0	0.499	146	43
190^th	Lecompton	1	0	0	0	0	0.498	217	27
191^st	Quenemo	1	0	0	0	0	0.496	54	137
192^nd	Neosho Rapids	1	0	0	0	0	0.492	89	103
193^rd	Bucklin	1	0	1	0	0	0.489	288	95
194^th	McPherson	4	1	1	0	2	0.486	161	33
195^th	Altamont	1	0	2	0	0	0.484	141	54
196^th	Otis	1	0	2	0	0	0.482	276	80
197^th	Quinter	1	0	1	0	0	0.481	128	69
198^th	Clifton	1	1	0	0	0	0.481	142	56
199^th	Lucas	1	0	0	0	0	0.478	73	126
200^th	Melvern	0	1	1	0	0	0.477	301	101
201^st	Rossville	1	0	1	0	0	0.476	227	26
202^nd	Galena	2	1	1	0	0	0.473	212	10
203^rd	Montezuma	1	0	1	0	0	0.468	189	14
204^th	Hill City	1	0	1	0	0	0.467	250	46
205^th	Rose Hill	2	1	1	0	0	0.466	182	23
206^th	Saint Marys	1	0	1	0	0	0.463	119	87
207^th	Perry	0	1	1	0	0	0.462	188	19
208^th	Moran	1	0	2	0	0	0.462	293	85
209^th	Scandia	0	1	1	0	0	0.46	113	96
210^th	Stockton	1	0	1	0	0	0.458	316	106
211^th	Effingham	1	0	1	0	0	0.457	193	18
212^th	Belleville	1	0	1	0	0	0.457	201	11
213^th	Galesburg	0	1	0	0	0	0.456	218	5
214^th	Columbus	2	1	1	0	0	0.453	204	10
215^th	Washington	1	0	1	0	0	0.452	238	23
216^th	Medicine Lodge	1	0	1	0	0	0.451	121	95
217^th	La Crosse	1	1	1	0	0	0.448	210	7
218^th	Pomona	1	1	1	0	0	0.444	184	34
219^th	Victoria	1	0	1	0	0	0.441	198	21
220^th	Mankato	1	0	1	0	0	0.439	105	115
221^st	Bonner Springs	2	1	1	0	0	0.436	221
222^nd	Troy	1	0	1	0	0	0.433	261	39
223^rd	Syracuse	1	0	1	0	0	0.427	295	72
224^th	Augusta	3	1	1	0	1	0.426	173	51
225^th	Rexford	0	1	1	0	0	0.425	159	66
226^th	Kinsley	0	0	1	0	0	0.424	292	66
227^th	Nortonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.424	143	84
228^th	Almena	1	0	1	0	0	0.424	120	108
229^th	Oswego	1	0	1	0	0	0.424	223	6
230^th	Wellsville	1	1	1	0	0	0.415	181	49
231^st	Oberlin	1	0	1	0	0	0.413	236	5
232^nd	Salina	9	2	3	0	5	0.413	205	27
233^rd	Oakley	1	1	1	0	1	0.411	244	11
234^th	Bel Aire	1	0	1	0	3	0.411	192	42
235^th	Hanover	1	0	1	0	1	0.409	17	218
236^th	Parsons	5	1	1	1	1	0.408	172	64
237^th	Pittsburg	4	1	1	0	3	0.407	242	5
238^th	Tribune	1	0	1	0	0	0.405	326	88
239^th	Mulvane	2	1	1	0	0	0.401	190	49
240^th	Ellinwood	1	1	1	0	1	0.397	131	109
241^st	Saint John	1	0	1	0	0	0.395	237	4
242^nd	Coldwater	0	0	1	0	0	0.393	58	184
243^rd	Riverton	1	1	1	0	0	0.393	277	34
244^th	Strong City	1	0	0	0	0	0.392	215	29
245^th	Milford	1	0	0	0	0	0.391	230	15
246^th	Kingman	1	1	2	0	1	0.39	235	11
247^th	Belle Plaine	1	1	1	0	0	0.381	325	78
248^th	Norton	1	1	1	0	0	0.38	196	52
249^th	Wathena	0	1	1	1	0	0.379	328	79
250^th	Hoisington	2	1	1	0	0	0.377	226	24
251^st	Colby	1	1	1	0	3	0.376	279	28
252^nd	Pretty Prairie	1	1	1	0	0	0.37	183	69
253^rd	Lyons	2	1	1	0	0	0.37	253
254^th	Macksville	1	0	1	0	0	0.37	296	42
255^th	Topeka	25	8	8	2	12	0.369	256	1
256^th	Logan	1	0	1	0	0	0.368	219	37
257^th	Weskan	1	0	1	0	0	0.366	135	122
258^th	Valley Falls	1	0	1	0	0	0.364	271	13
259^th	Oskaloosa	1	0	1	0	0	0.362	254	5
260^th	Scott City	1	1	2	0	0	0.361	232	28
261^st	Winfield	5	1	1	0	2	0.359	251	10
262^nd	Neodesha	2	0	1	0	0	0.358	246	16
263^rd	Cherokee	0	1	1	0	0	0.355	320	57
264^th	Sylvan Grove	0	0	1	0	0	0.35	138	126
265^th	Wellington	4	1	2	0	1	0.348	233	32
266^th	Satanta	1	0	1	0	0	0.348	248	18
267^th	Solomon	1	0	1	0	0	0.345	283	16
268^th	Rolla	1	0	1	0	0	0.343		(n/a)
269^th	Wakeeney	1	0	1	0	0	0.339	241	28
270^th	Nickerson	1	0	1	1	0	0.33	225	45
271^st	Fort Scott	2	1	1	0	3	0.328	266	5
272^nd	Galva	1	0	0	0	0	0.328	315	43
273^rd	Humboldt	1	1	2	0	0	0.327	252	21
274^th	South Haven	1	0	1	0	0	0.324	265	9
275^th	Attica	1	0	1	0	0	0.322	332	57
276^th	Great Bend	5	1	1	0	3	0.321	255	21
277^th	Sublette	1	1	1	0	0	0.319	160	117
278^th	Carbondale	0	1	1	0	0	0.312	282	4
279^th	Winchester	0	0	1	0	0	0.311	139	140
280^th	Towanda	1	0	1	0	0	0.311	275	5
281^st	Wilson	1	0	0	0	0	0.311	273	8
282^nd	Leavenworth	5	2	2	0	3	0.308	270	12
283^rd	Claflin	0	0	2	0	0	0.304	209	74
284^th	Erie	1	0	1	0	0	0.302	239	45
285^th	Hutchinson	9	4	1	1	4	0.301	260	25
286^th	Emporia	6	1	1	1	2	0.3	286
287^th	Mc Louth	1	1	1	0	0	0.296	206	81
288^th	Elkhart	1	1	2	1	0	0.294	234	54
289^th	Goodland	2	1	2	0	0	0.293	303	14
290^th	Burlingame	1	0	1	0	0	0.292	240	50
291^st	Osawatomie	2	1	2	0	0	0.29	274	17
292^nd	Park City	1	0	0	0	0	0.283	228	64
293^rd	Plainville	1	0	1	0	1	0.282	317	24
294^th	Saint Francis	1	0	1	0	0	0.281	157	137
295^th	Arma	1	0	2	0	0	0.279	314	19
296^th	Cherryvale	1	0	1	0	0	0.278	297	1
297^th	Fredonia	2	0	1	0	0	0.273	302	5
298^th	Lakin	1	1	1	0	0	0.262	257	41
299^th	El Dorado	4	1	1	1	0	0.261	264	35
300^th	Haysville	4	2	0	0	1	0.259	308	8
301^st	Johnson	1	0	1	0	0	0.259	285	16
302^nd	Garden City	11	4	2	1	3	0.255	289	13
303^rd	Sedan	1	0	1	0	0	0.253	263	40
304^th	Williamsburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.253	258	46
305^th	Leon	1	0	1	0	0	0.25	329	24
306^th	Enterprise	1	0	0	0	1	0.245	306
307^th	Russell	2	1	1	0	0	0.242	272	35
308^th	Stafford	1	0	1	0	0	0.241	267	41
309^th	Chetopa	1	0	1	0	0	0.234	327	18
310^th	Holcomb	2	1	2	0	0	0.233	307	3
311^th	South Hutchinson	1	0	0	0	0	0.224	287	24
312^th	Canton	0	0	1	0	0	0.219	187	125
313^th	Wichita	66	18	12	2	37	0.219	310	3
314^th	Arkansas City	6	1	1	0	2	0.215	313	1
315^th	Newton	4	2	2	0	3	0.208	305	10
316^th	Iola	1	1	2	0	0	0.194	299	17
317^th	Atchison	1	1	1	1	4	0.19	280	37
318^th	Wakarusa	0	1	0	0	0	0.188	321	3
319^th	Kansas City	36	10	11	1	9	0.179	323	4
320^th	Burrton	1	0	1	0	1	0.176	167	153
321^st	Pleasanton	1	0	1	0	0	0.168	318	3
322^nd	Plains	1	0	0	0	0	0.167	331	9
323^rd	Chase	1	0	1	0	0	0.166	334	11
324^th	Ulysses	2	1	2	0	0	0.153	333	9
325^th	Everest	0	1	0	0	0	0.149	290	35
326^th	Coffeyville	1	1	2	0	0	0.143	309	17
327^th	Lewis	1	0	0	0	0	0.13	324	3
328^th	Wakefield	1	0	1	0	0	0.13	300	28
329^th	Deerfield	1	1	1	0	0	0.122	312	17
330^th	Grinnell	1	1	0	0	0	0.116	294	36
331^st	Peabody	1	0	1	0	0	0.115	298	33
332^nd	Dodge City	8	2	1	0	1	0.105	330	2
333^rd	Moscow	1	0	1	0	0	0.089	208	125
334^th	Liberal	5	2	1	0	1	0.089	336	2
335^th	Buffalo	0	0	1	0	0	0.083	304	31
336^th	Hartford	0	0	1	0	0	0.081	311	25
337^th	Kismet	1	0	1	0	0	0.065	337
338^th	Le Roy	0	1	1	0	0	0.036	103	235

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No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

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