Best High Schools in Kansas

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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)
200855000038	241	Bluestem Junior/Senior High	Public	7-12	500 Bluestem Drive	Leon	67074	Butler County	Bluestem	No	No	No	No	(316) 742-3281	243	17	13.9	51.0%	212 (87.2%)	1 (0.4%)	18 (7.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.9%)	$10,793			$328			$10,466	30.5	17.1	293	52
201215001348	242	Syracuse High	Public	7-12	502 North Main	Syracuse	67878	Hamilton County	Syracuse	No	No	No	No	(620) 384-7446	222	13	17	63.1%	106 (47.7%)	0 (0.0%)	110 (49.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	$11,293			$1,888			$9,404	30.3	17.3	292	50
200001500463	243	Ottawa Senior High	Public	9-12	1120 South Ash	Ottawa	66067	Franklin County	Ottawa	No	No	No	No	(785) 229-8020	710	51	14	47.6%	594 (83.7%)	19 (2.7%)	45 (6.3%)	5 (0.7%)	8 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (5.5%)	$11,788			$465			$11,323	30.1	31.7	245	2
200735000757	244	Holcomb High	Public	9-12	600 N Jones	Holcomb	67851	Finney County	Holcomb	No	No	No	No	(620) 277-2063	311	26	11.9	51.4%	174 (55.9%)	3 (1.0%)	120 (38.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.5%)	$13,678			$612			$13,066	29.7	33.9	240	4
200348000184	245	North East High	Public	9-12	1003 E South Street	Arma	66712	Crawford County	Northeast	No	No	No	No	(620) 347-4115	124	16	7.7	72.6%	96 (77.4%)	4 (3.2%)	16 (12.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.6%)	1 (0.8%)	5 (4.0%)	$14,741			$989			$13,752	29.4	7.1	314	69
200672001010	246	Kiowa County High School	Public	9-12	720 S. Main	Greensburg	67054	Kiowa County	Kiowa County	No	No	No	No	(620) 723-2164	64	9	6.7	34.4%	58 (90.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (6.3%)	1 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.6%)	$18,740			$888			$17,852	29.3	61.5	109	137
201032001887	247	Oskaloosa Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	404 Park Street	Oskaloosa	66066	Jefferson County	Oskaloosa Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(785) 863-2281	258	22	11.9	46.9%	236 (91.5%)	3 (1.2%)	4 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.8%)	$13,237			$685			$12,552	29.1	41.8	198	49
200351000086	248	Ashland High	Public	9-12	311 J.E. Humphreys St.	Ashland	67831	Clark County	Ashland	No	No	No	No	(620) 635-2814	74	5	15.5	35.1%	65 (87.8%)	1 (1.4%)	7 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$16,214			$390			$15,824	29	35.9	229	19
200474001125	249	Cherryvale Senior / Middle School	Public	7-12	700 S Carson	Cherryvale	67335	Montgomery County	Cherryvale	No	No	No	No	(620) 336-8100	288	27	10.7	72.9%	240 (83.3%)	2 (0.7%)	22 (7.6%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.2%)	$12,623			$789			$11,834	28.6	23.9	273	24
200774000244	250	Iola Senior High	Public	9-12	300 E Jackson	Iola	66749	Allen County	Iola	No	No	No	No	(620) 365-4715	322	22	14.6	60.9%	267 (82.9%)	4 (1.2%)	29 (9.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.6%)	$14,095			$107			$13,988	28.5	38.9	216	34

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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.

Educational resources:

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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.