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)
200636001387	181	Galena High	Public	9-12	602 East 8th Street	Galena	66739	Cherokee County	Galena	No	No	No	No	(620) 783-4499	236	16	14.9	60.2%	192 (81.4%)	2 (0.8%)	15 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (7.2%)	$11,527			$2,188			$9,339	45.1	38.3	219	38
200759000247	182	Humboldt High School	Public	9-12	1020 New York St.	Humboldt	66748	Allen County	Humboldt	No	No	No	No	(620) 473-2251	183	12	14.7	49.2%	150 (82.0%)	1 (0.5%)	21 (11.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.4%)	$7,311			$00			$7,311	45	71.5	66	116
201287000456	183	Wellsville High	Public	9-12	602 Walnut	Wellsville	66092	Franklin County	Wellsville	No	No	No	No	(785) 883-2057	246	15	15.9	26.0%	224 (91.1%)	3 (1.2%)	11 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.3%)	$13,582			$1,129			$12,453	44.6	57.9	127	56
201164001575	184	Shawnee Mission North High	Public	9-12	7401 Johnson Dr	Overland Park	66202	Johnson County	Shawnee Mission Pub School	No	No	No	No	(913) 993-6900	1,506	106	14.1	55.8%	738 (49.0%)	133 (8.8%)	517 (34.3%)	25 (1.7%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	89 (5.9%)	$10,302			$710			$9,592	44.4	43.6	182	2
200537000635	185	Cunningham High	Public	7-12	104 W 4th	Cunningham	67035	Kingman County	Cunningham	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 298-2473	92	11	8.4	28.3%	88 (95.7%)	3 (3.3%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$17,673			$444			$17,228	43.7	55.3	133	52
200339000749	186	Chaparral Junior/Senior High	Public	7-12	467 Ks-2	Anthony	67003	Harper County	Chaparral Schools	No	No	No	No	(620) 842-5155	360	27	13.2	61.1%	277 (76.9%)	1 (0.3%)	50 (13.9%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (6.9%)	$12,587			$409			$12,178	43.6	18.7	286	100
200786001145	187	Stanton County Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	200 W Weaver Street	Johnson	67855	Stanton County	Stanton County	No	No	No	No	(620) 492-6284	185	10	18.5	64.3%	63 (34.1%)	1 (0.5%)	113 (61.1%)	1 (0.5%)	6 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	$12,737			$959			$11,778	42.9	22.6	277	90
200002801828	188	Washington County High School	Public	7-12	115 North D Street	Washington	66968	Washington County	Washington County Schools	No	No	No	No	(785) 325-2261	166	16	10.5	54.8%	138 (83.1%)	2 (1.2%)	22 (13.3%)	1 (0.6%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	$15,037			$459			$14,578	42.8	24.8	270	82
201092000556	189	Pretty Prairie High	Public	9-12	204 E Main	Pretty Prairie	67570	Reno County	Pretty Prairie	No	No	No	No	(620) 459-6313	82	8	10.8	40.2%	76 (92.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.9%)	$11,200			$420			$10,780	42.7	63.1	100	89
200837001355	190	Larned Senior High	Public	9-12	815 Corse	Larned	67550	Pawnee County	Ft Larned	No	No	No	No	(620) 285-2151	228	21	10.6	45.6%	176 (77.2%)	3 (1.3%)	36 (15.8%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.8%)	$17,403			$265			$17,138	42.6	51.9	151	39

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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.