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)
200909000862	31	Madison High	Public	7-12	1500 SW Blvd	Madison	66860	Greenwood County	Madison-Virgil	No	No	No	No	(620) 437-2912	98	12	8.4	50.0%	84 (85.7%)	1 (1.0%)	8 (8.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (5.1%)	$16,221			$849			$15,372	84.4	28.2	254	223
200693000219	32	Olpe Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	220 W Listerscheid St	Olpe	66865	Lyon County	Southern Lyon County	No	No	No	No	(620) 475-3223	156	13	11.9	25.0%	140 (89.7%)	2 (1.3%)	12 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.3%)	$12,689			$00			$12,689	84.1	60.3	114	82
200336001567	33	Andover Central High School	Public	9-12	603 E. Central	Andover	67002	Butler County	Andover	No	No	No	No	(316) 218-4700	853	49	17.2	20.2%	648 (76.0%)	37 (4.3%)	75 (8.8%)	41 (4.8%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	49 (5.7%)	$8,242			$311			$7,932	84.1	91.1	12	21
201164001574	34	Shawnee Mission East High	Public	9-12	7500 Mission Rd	Prairie Village	66208	Johnson County	Shawnee Mission Pub School	No	No	No	No	(913) 993-6600	1,671	96	17.4	13.0%	1,391 (83.2%)	37 (2.2%)	139 (8.3%)	33 (2.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	70 (4.2%)	$9,443			$408			$9,035	83.9	95.6	5	29
200753000966	35	Hoxie High	Public	7-12	1625 Queen Ave	Hoxie	67740	Sheridan County	Hoxie Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(785) 675-3286	182	17	10.4	26.4%	149 (81.9%)	1 (0.5%)	22 (12.1%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.4%)	$11,503			$572			$10,931	83.4	62.5	104	69
201017000595	36	Onaga Senior High	Public	9-12	500 High Street	Onaga	66521	Pottawatomie County	Onaga-Havensville-Wheaton	No	No	No	No	(785) 889-4251	92	7	12.6	35.9%	81 (88.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (7.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.3%)	$10,913			$2,122			$8,791	83.2	71.9	64	28
200717001194	37	Hesston High	Public	9-12	200 N Ridge Road	Hesston	67062	Harvey County	Hesston	No	No	No	No	(620) 327-7122	259	18	14	21.6%	228 (88.0%)	2 (0.8%)	19 (7.3%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.5%)	$10,484			$258			$10,226	82.4	73.1	59	22
200035001996	38	Sabetha High School	Public	9-12	1011 Bluejay Blvd	Sabetha	66534	Nemaha County	Prairie Hills	No	No	No	No	(785) 284-2155	220	21	10.5	26.4%	205 (93.2%)	2 (0.9%)	3 (1.4%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.2%)	$10,078			$319			$9,759	82.3	88.9	16	22
200321000211	39	Northern Heights	Public	9-12	1208 Hwy 56	Allen	66833	Lyon County	North Lyon County	No	No	No	No	(620) 481-2087	105	15	7.1	41.9%	95 (90.5%)	1 (1.0%)	5 (4.8%)	1 (1.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.9%)	$15,449			$1,337			$14,112	81.2	51.5	152	113
200914001956	40	Maize South High School	Public	9-12	3701 N. Tyler Road	Wichita	67205	Sedgwick County	Maize	No	No	No	No	(316) 462-8000	1,121	67	16.7	25.4%	794 (70.8%)	33 (2.9%)	172 (15.3%)	36 (3.2%)	6 (0.5%)	3 (0.3%)	77 (6.9%)	$8,815			$273			$8,542	80.6	77.2	50	10

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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.