High Schools in De Soto

The De Soto school district in Kansas is home to three high schools: Mill Valley High School, De Soto High School, and the Virtual Education Program. Both Mill Valley High School and De Soto High School are consistently ranked among the top 30 high schools in the state, with Mill Valley ranking slightly higher at 20th and De Soto ranking 23rd.

Mill Valley High School and De Soto High School both outperform the state averages in proficiency rates for English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science, with Mill Valley generally scoring higher than De Soto. The De Soto school district as a whole is ranked 11th out of 266 districts in Kansas and is rated 5 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger. However, Mill Valley High School has a lower free/reduced lunch rate of 6.94% compared to De Soto High School's 19.66%, indicating a more affluent student population at Mill Valley.

Despite the difference in spending per student, with De Soto High School spending $9,399 compared to Mill Valley High School's $8,417, both schools maintain similar student-teacher ratios of 16.8 and 16.7, respectively. The Virtual Education Program, with its small enrollment of only 14 students and higher free/reduced lunch rate of 21.43%, may serve a more specialized or disadvantaged student population, but without data on its academic performance, it's difficult to draw conclusions about its effectiveness.