Best High Schools in Kansas

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Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Kansas test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the KAP test scores by the Kansas State Department of Education. The most recent update was on Tuesday, October 8, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 318)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
200999000547	261	Nickerson High	Public	9-12	305 S. Nickerson	Nickerson	67561	Reno County	Nickerson	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 422-3226	279	24	11.5	60.9%	235 (84.2%)	6 (2.2%)	25 (9.0%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	10 (3.6%)	$13,225			$921			$12,304	23.5	37.1	224	37
200570001957	262	Atchison County Community Junior/Senior High	Public	7-12	908 Tiger Road	Effingham	66023	Atchison County	Atchison County Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(913) 833-2240	264	21	12.5	46.6%	247 (93.6%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.7%)	$13,098			$612			$12,487	23.3	28.4	253	9
200972000054	263	Moscow High	Public	6-12	301 High Road	Moscow	67952	Stevens County	Moscow Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(620) 598-2250	80	9	9.2	51.3%	52 (65.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (33.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.3%)	$16,672			$706			$15,966	23			(n/a)
200001901753	263	School for Deaf High	Public	7-12	450 East Park Street	Olathe	66061	Johnson County	School for Deaf	No	No	No	No	(913) 210-8111	60	13	4.6	38.3%	23 (38.3%)	9 (15.0%)	17 (28.3%)	6 (10.0%)	1 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (6.7%)								23			(n/a)
201299000344	265	East High	Public	9-12	2301 E Douglas	Wichita	67211	Sedgwick County	Wichita	No	No	No	No	(316) 973-7200	2,295	145	15.7	78.3%	570 (24.8%)	462 (20.1%)	846 (36.9%)	242 (10.5%)	11 (0.5%)	9 (0.4%)	155 (6.8%)	$10,307			$2,146			$8,161	22.8	29.5	249	16
200756000057	266	Hugoton High	Public	9-12	215 W 11th	Hugoton	67951	Stevens County	Hugoton Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 544-4311	327	21	15.3	51.7%	159 (48.6%)	1 (0.3%)	159 (48.6%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)	$10,203			$1,038			$9,165	22.7	36.3	226	40
200963000783	267	South Gray High	Public	9-12	200 W. Cortez Street	Montezuma	67867	Gray County	Montezuma	No	No	No	No	(620) 846-2281	64	10	6.5	35.9%	47 (73.4%)	1 (1.6%)	16 (25.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$23,719			$888			$22,831	22.3	42.3	191	76
200001200095	268	Hanover High	Public	9-12	209 E North	Hanover	66945	Washington County	Barnes	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 337-2281	62	7	8.2	25.8%	58 (93.5%)	1 (1.6%)	3 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,079			$89			$10,990	22.3	80.2	39	229
200705000362	269	Campus High Haysville	Public	9-12	2100 W 55th St South	Wichita	67217	Sedgwick County	Haysville	No	No	No	No	(316) 554-2236	1,893	93	20.3	48.0%	1,230 (65.0%)	43 (2.3%)	391 (20.7%)	58 (3.1%)	4 (0.2%)	13 (0.7%)	154 (8.1%)	$8,823			$2,213			$6,610	22	26.1	264	5
201226001477	270	Topeka High	Public	9-12	800 SW 10th St	Topeka	66612	Shawnee County	Topeka Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 295-3150	1,514	95	15.9	71.8%	516 (34.1%)	207 (13.7%)	576 (38.0%)	11 (0.7%)	15 (1.0%)	6 (0.4%)	183 (12.1%)	$11,941			$1,295			$10,646	21.9	26.4	263	7

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on KAP English Language Arts, KAP Mathematics, KAP Science test scores released by the Kansas State Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 8, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Kansas State Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Kansas State Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Kansas State Department of Education.