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)
201263000051	201	Trego Community High	Public	9-12	1200 Russell Avenue	WaKeeney	67672	Trego County	Trego County	No	No	No	No	(785) 743-2061	112	13	8.4	39.3%	101 (90.2%)	2 (1.8%)	9 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,025			$3,056			$9,969	40.4	42.2	192	9
201197000708	202	Stafford Middle School/High School	Public	6-12	430 E Broadway	Stafford	67578	Stafford County	Stafford	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 234-5248	95	12	8.2	68.4%	74 (77.9%)	1 (1.1%)	19 (20.0%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$18,116			$2,195			$15,921	40.4	34.5	235	33
200002901837	203	Rock Hills Junior/Senior High School	Public	6-12	710 E. Madison	Mankato	66956	Jewell County	Rock Hills	No	No	No	No	(785) 378-3126	186	13	13.9	54.3%	164 (88.2%)	1 (0.5%)	12 (6.5%)	3 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.2%)	$14,555			$814			$13,741	39.9	65.5	92	111
200642000122	204	Gardner Edgerton High	Public	9-12	425 N. Waverly Road	Gardner	66030	Johnson County	Gardner Edgerton	No	No	No	No	(913) 856-2600	1,789	102	17.5	37.5%	1,374 (76.8%)	95 (5.3%)	161 (9.0%)	43 (2.4%)	8 (0.4%)	2 (0.1%)	106 (5.9%)	$9,088			$563			$8,525	39.7	52.8	146	58
200429000178	205	Burlington High	Public	9-12	830 Cross St	Burlington	66839	Coffey County	Burlington	No	No	No	No	(620) 364-8672	262	23	11.3	34.7%	229 (87.4%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (7.3%)	$13,456			$305			$13,151	39.5	43.3	185	20
200035102032	206	Riverside High School	Public	9-12	705 Jessie	Wathena	66090	Doniphan County	Riverside	No	No	No	No	(785) 989-4426	156	14	10.8	57.1%	125 (80.1%)	6 (3.8%)	15 (9.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (6.4%)	$11,080			$646			$10,434	39.5	19.6	282	76
201185001918	207	Insight School of Kansas	Public, Virtual, Charter	7-12	101 E South St	Spring Hill	66083	Johnson County	Spring Hill	Yes	No	Yes	No	(913) 592-4600	1,035	36	28.9	0.3%	654 (63.2%)	100 (9.7%)	175 (16.9%)	8 (0.8%)	7 (0.7%)	2 (0.2%)	89 (8.6%)	$4,611			$00			$4,611	39.3	34.5	236	29
200579001973	208	Kansas Connections Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	150 Wildcat Ave	Elkhart	67950	Morton County	Elkhart	No	No	Yes	No	(785) 205-6836	1,251	37	33.8	0.2%	813 (65.0%)	88 (7.0%)	233 (18.6%)	19 (1.5%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	94 (7.5%)	$4,894			$00			$4,894	38.7	50.9	157	51
201119000077	209	Rolla Jh/High School (6-12)	Public	6-12	203 Van Buren	Rolla	67954	Morton County	Rolla	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 593-4345	47	9	5	68.1%	29 (61.7%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (36.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.1%)	$17,186			$482			$16,704	38.1			(n/a)
200797000592	210	St. Marys Junior Senior High	Public	7-12	601 E Lasley	Saint Marys	66536	Pottawatomie County	Kaw Valley	No	No	No	No	(785) 437-6257	248	27	9.1	45.6%	202 (81.5%)	8 (3.2%)	27 (10.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.2%)	$11,340			$832			$10,507	37.4	62.2	107	103

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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.