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)
200612000873	91	Eureka Junior/Senior High	Public	7-12	815 N. Jefferson	Eureka	67045	Greenwood County	Eureka	No	No	No	No	(620) 583-7428	252	26	9.7	55.6%	213 (84.5%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (6.3%)	$13,558			$213			$13,344	63.5	39.7	211	120
200807000629	92	Kingman High	Public	9-12	260 West Kansas Avenue	Kingman	67068	Kingman County	Kingman - Norwich	No	No	No	No	(620) 532-3136	203	20	10.1	44.3%	187 (92.1%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.4%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.0%)	$14,812			$1,327			$13,485	63.4	65.5	93	1
201170000785	93	Silver Lake Junior-Senior High	Public	7-12	200 E. Lake	Silver Lake	66539	Shawnee County	Silver Lake	No	No	No	No	(785) 582-4639	330	33	10	21.8%	304 (92.1%)	3 (0.9%)	12 (3.6%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.1%)	$11,648			$1,651			$9,996	63	67.7	79	14
201122001930	94	Flinthills High School	Public	9-12	806 SE Rosalia RD	Rosalia	67132	Butler County	Flinthills	No	No	No	No	(620) 476-2215	102	7	13.9	51.0%	92 (90.2%)	2 (2.0%)	5 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	2 (2.0%)	$11,541			$00			$11,541	62.9	69.7	74	20
200645000206	95	Anderson County Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	1100 W. Highway 31	Garnett	66032	Anderson County	Garnett	No	No	No	No	(785) 448-3115	426	34	12.6	46.7%	395 (92.7%)	3 (0.7%)	19 (4.5%)	5 (1.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	$11,016			$1,758			$9,258	62.6	62.8	103	8
201218001135	96	Shawnee Heights High	Public	9-12	4201 SE Shawnee Heights Rd	Tecumseh	66542	Shawnee County	Shawnee Heights	No	No	No	No	(785) 379-5880	1,293	68	18.9	30.2%	793 (61.3%)	83 (6.4%)	277 (21.4%)	9 (0.7%)	14 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	117 (9.0%)	$9,377			$663			$8,714	62.4	48.1	170	74
200993000500	97	Ness City High	Public	7-12	200 N 5th	Ness City	67560	Ness County	Ness City	No	No	No	No	(785) 798-3991	127	12	10.5	50.4%	83 (65.4%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (31.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.1%)	$10,512			$203			$10,310	62.3	41.9	197	100
201164001576	98	Shawnee Mission Northwest High	Public	9-12	12701 W 67th St	Shawnee	66216	Johnson County	Shawnee Mission Pub School	No	No	No	No	(913) 993-7200	1,626	103	15.8	39.1%	918 (56.5%)	188 (11.6%)	372 (22.9%)	49 (3.0%)	5 (0.3%)	2 (0.1%)	92 (5.7%)	$10,253			$764			$9,489	62.2	72.5	61	37
200804001275	99	Crest High	Public	9-12	603 E. Broad	Colony	66015	Anderson County	Crest	No	No	No	No	(620) 852-3521	86	5	16.3	44.2%	82 (95.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.5%)	$18,271			$606			$17,666	62.1	53.7	142	43
201014001602	100	Olathe South Senior High	Public	9-12	1640 E 151st St	Olathe	66062	Johnson County	Olathe	No	No	No	No	(913) 780-7160	1,841	120	15.3	20.6%	1,341 (72.8%)	123 (6.7%)	217 (11.8%)	69 (3.7%)	10 (0.5%)	2 (0.1%)	79 (4.3%)	$10,408			$611			$9,796	62	65.2	94	6

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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.