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)
201200001533	1	Blue Valley West High	Public	9-12	16200 Antioch Road	Overland Park	66085	Johnson County	Blue Valley	No	No	No	No	(913) 239-3700	1,514	101	14.9	8.9%	1,000 (66.1%)	48 (3.2%)	91 (6.0%)	301 (19.9%)	2 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	71 (4.7%)	$9,791			$402			$9,389	99.1	99.1	2	1
201200000541	2	Blue Valley Northwest High	Public	9-12	13260 Switzer Road	Overland Park	66213	Johnson County	Blue Valley	No	No	No	No	(913) 239-3400	1,344	96	13.9	12.7%	887 (66.0%)	76 (5.7%)	104 (7.7%)	209 (15.6%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	66 (4.9%)	$9,522			$251			$9,271	98.5	98.6	3	1
200914002083	3	Maize Virtual Preparatory School	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	301 S Park	Maize	67101	Sedgwick County	Maize	No	No	Yes	No	(316) 462-8800	396	21	18.9	0.8%	339 (85.6%)	10 (2.5%)	16 (4.0%)	7 (1.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.8%)	$4,889			$26			$4,863	98.1	100	1	2
200795001419	4	Sumner Academy of Arts & Science	Public, Magnet	8-12	1610 N 8th Street	Kansas City	66101	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	Yes	No	No	(913) 627-7200	1,102	68	16	69.1%	136 (12.3%)	200 (18.1%)	617 (56.0%)	100 (9.1%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (4.3%)	$10,982			$1,395			$9,587	96.2	95.5	6	2
200035002016	5	Axtell High	Public	9-12	504 Pine Street	Axtell	66403	Marshall County	Prairie Hills	No	No	No	No	(785) 736-2237	44	5	9.1	25.0%	43 (97.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.3%)	$11,943			$319			$11,624	95.9	97.7	4	1
201143001075	6	Skyline High	Public	9-12	20269 W. Hwy 54	Pratt	67124	Pratt County	Skyline Schools	No	No	No	No	(620) 672-5651	105	7	16.1	39.0%	96 (91.4%)	1 (1.0%)	6 (5.7%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	$12,455			$246			$12,209	95.8	79.6	43	37
200035302050	7	Nemaha Central High School	Public	9-12	214 N. 11th	Seneca	66538	Nemaha County	Nemaha Central	No	No	No	No	(785) 336-3557	221	22	9.9	16.3%	205 (92.8%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.0%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	$13,264			$499			$12,765	95.8	85.1	22	15
200336000860	8	Andover High	Public	9-12	1744 N Andover Rd	Andover	67002	Butler County	Andover	No	No	No	No	(316) 218-4600	1,014	54	18.6	16.8%	790 (77.9%)	26 (2.6%)	79 (7.8%)	64 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	53 (5.2%)	$8,217			$362			$7,855	94.6	88.9	15	7
201200000112	9	Blue Valley High	Public	9-12	6001 W. 159th St.	Stilwell	66085	Johnson County	Blue Valley	No	No	No	No	(913) 239-4800	1,412	90	15.7	10.6%	1,059 (75.0%)	41 (2.9%)	103 (7.3%)	135 (9.6%)	3 (0.2%)	3 (0.2%)	68 (4.8%)	$9,700			$342			$9,357	93.3	94.7	8	1
201200001990	10	Blue Valley Southwest High School	Public	9-12	17600 Quivira Road	Overland Park	66062	Johnson County	Blue Valley	No	No	No	No	(913) 624-2000	1,014	74	13.7	6.6%	816 (80.5%)	14 (1.4%)	51 (5.0%)	91 (9.0%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (3.9%)	$11,296			$306			$10,990	92.8	87.9	18	8

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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.