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)
201128002033	21	Pawnee Heights	Public, Alternative	3-12	100 West Grand	Rozel	67574	Pawnee County	Pawnee Heights	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 527-4211	99	12	8	47.5%	84 (84.8%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (14.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	$16,746			$804			$15,942	89.5			(n/a)
201014001793	22	Olathe Northwest High School	Public	9-12	21300 College Blvd	Olathe	66061	Johnson County	Olathe	No	No	No	No	(913) 780-7150	1,966	118	16.6	16.6%	1,438 (73.1%)	121 (6.2%)	230 (11.7%)	97 (4.9%)	4 (0.2%)	6 (0.3%)	70 (3.6%)	$10,089			$432			$9,657	87.5	84.9	24	2
200549000127	23	De Soto High School	Public	9-12	35000 W 91st Street	De Soto	66018	Johnson County	De Soto	No	No	No	No	(913) 667-6250	968	66	14.6	19.7%	782 (80.8%)	21 (2.2%)	119 (12.3%)	13 (1.3%)	5 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (2.9%)	$9,399			$311			$9,088	87.1	84.8	25	2
201185000118	24	Spring Hill High School	Public	9-12	19701 S. Ridgeview	Spring Hill	66083	Johnson County	Spring Hill	No	No	No	No	(913) 592-7299	1,038	67	15.4	19.5%	862 (83.0%)	28 (2.7%)	84 (8.1%)	13 (1.3%)	3 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	46 (4.4%)	$11,316			$1,752			$9,563	87.1	87.7	19	5
200000100523	25	Southeast Saline High	Public	7-12	5056 E. K-4 Highway	Gypsum	67448	Saline County	Southeast Of Saline	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 536-4286	329	27	12.3	25.5%	293 (89.1%)	5 (1.5%)	18 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.3%)	$13,704			$703			$13,001	86.7	84.5	26	1
200648000193	26	Girard High	Public	9-12	415 North Summit	Girard	66743	Crawford County	Girard	No	No	No	No	(620) 724-4326	285	20	14.1	42.8%	245 (86.0%)	3 (1.1%)	15 (5.3%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (6.3%)	$13,965			$345			$13,620	86.1	81.4	36	10
200624000042	27	Frederic Remington High	Public	9-12	8850 NW Meadowlark Rd	Whitewater	67154	Butler County	Remington-Whitewater	No	No	No	No	(316) 799-2123	162	14	11.5	36.4%	140 (86.4%)	3 (1.9%)	10 (6.2%)	1 (0.6%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.7%)	$13,893			$411			$13,481	86.1	68.5	77	50
200343000742	28	Argonia High	Public	6-12	504 N Pine	Argonia	67004	Sumner County	Argonia Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(620) 435-6611	72	10	7.1	44.4%	61 (84.7%)	1 (1.4%)	8 (11.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.8%)	$17,015			$505			$16,511	86	42.6	189	161
200467000395	29	Cheney High	Public	9-12	800 N Marshall	Cheney	67025	Sedgwick County	Cheney	No	No	No	No	(316) 542-3113	236	22	10.8	24.6%	211 (89.4%)	1 (0.4%)	16 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.0%)	$11,158			$288			$10,870	85.9	82.4	33	4
200456000833	30	Frankfort High	Public	7-12	604 N Kansas	Frankfort	66427	Marshall County	Vermillion	No	No	No	No	(785) 292-4486	121	13	9.5	28.1%	116 (95.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.5%)	$11,598			$378			$11,220	85.6	40.9	202	172

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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:

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

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.