Best High Schools in Kansas for Special Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Kansas!

Every year, the Kansas State Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Special Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

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 (Special Education vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 124)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
200000401708	1	Rock Creek High School	Public	9-12	9355 Flush Road	Saint George	66535	Pottawatomie County	Rock Creek	No	No	No	No	(785) 494-8591	379	24	15.7	29.3%	330 (87.1%)	6 (1.6%)	34 (9.0%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.6%)	$10,303			$2,301			$8,002	99.2%	85.2%	13.97%
200696000560	2	Haven High	Public	9-12	400 E 5th	Haven	67543	Reno County	Haven Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(620) 465-2585	234	18	13.2	42.7%	205 (87.6%)	3 (1.3%)	15 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.3%)	$12,127			$841			$11,286	98.4%	80.8%	17.57%
200372000704	3	Baldwin High School	Public	9-12	415 Eisenhower	Baldwin City	66006	Douglas County	Baldwin City	No	No	No	No	(785) 594-2725	424	31	13.5	23.3%	361 (85.1%)	9 (2.1%)	19 (4.5%)	3 (0.7%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (6.6%)	$9,873			$721			$9,153	97.6%	75.5%	22.11%
200320001073	4	Washburn Rural High	Public	9-12	5900 SW 61st	Topeka	66619	Shawnee County	Auburn-Washburn	No	No	No	No	(785) 339-4100	1,884	131	14.4	30.9%	1,392 (73.9%)	85 (4.5%)	195 (10.4%)	42 (2.2%)	11 (0.6%)	3 (0.2%)	156 (8.3%)	$9,448			$424			$9,024	96.8%	73.0%	23.82%
200579001973	5	Kansas Connections Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	150 Wildcat Ave	Elkhart	67950	Morton County	Elkhart	No	No	Yes	No	(785) 205-6836	1,251	37	33.8	0.2%	813 (65.0%)	88 (7.0%)	233 (18.6%)	19 (1.5%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	94 (7.5%)	$4,894			$00			$4,894	96.0%	34.6%	61.38%
200957000163	6	Minneapolis Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	602 Woodland Ave	Minneapolis	67467	Ottawa County	North Ottawa County	No	No	No	No	(785) 392-2113	302	25	12	45.0%	279 (92.4%)	4 (1.3%)	12 (4.0%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	$13,555			$762			$12,793	95.2%	86.8%	8.37%
200492000378	7	Clearwater High	Public	9-12	1201 E. Ross	Clearwater	67026	Sedgwick County	Clearwater	No	No	No	No	(620) 584-2361	368	25	14.5	28.8%	335 (91.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.2%)	2 (0.5%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.2%)	$11,159			$482			$10,678	94.4%	54.1%	40.27%
200459000973	8	Chanute High	Public	9-12	1501 West 36th Street	Chanute	66720	Neosho County	Chanute Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(620) 432-2510	612	34	17.8	60.5%	508 (83.0%)	6 (1.0%)	58 (9.5%)	7 (1.1%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (4.9%)	$11,199			$294			$10,905	93.5%	79.2%	14.30%
200999000547	9	Nickerson High	Public	9-12	305 S. Nickerson	Nickerson	67561	Reno County	Nickerson	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 422-3226	279	24	11.5	60.9%	235 (84.2%)	6 (2.2%)	25 (9.0%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	10 (3.6%)	$13,225			$921			$12,304	92.7%	17.9%	74.82%
201200000541	10	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	91.9%	99.4%	7.44%

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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:

Charter Schools vs Regular Public Schools: Understanding the Key Differences

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

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.