Best High Schools in Kansas for Low Socio Economic Status Students

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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, Low Socio Economic Status 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 (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 249)	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 (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
200993000500	1	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	99.6%	69.5%	30.10%
200795001419	2	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	99.2%	98.7%	0.45%
201200000541	3	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	98.8%	99.4%	0.58%
200035302050	4	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	98.4%	97.8%	0.59%
200717001194	5	Hesston High	Public	9-12	200 N Ridge Road	Hesston	67062	Harvey County	Hesston	No	No	No	No	(620) 327-7122	272	19	14	24.3%	232 (85.3%)	3 (1.1%)	27 (9.9%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.9%)	$10,484			$258			$10,226	98.0%	88.4%	9.63%
200462001249	6	Chapman High	Public	9-12	400 W 4th	Chapman	67431	Dickinson County	Chapman	No	No	No	No	(785) 922-6561	380	26	14.5	35.5%	338 (88.9%)	8 (2.1%)	26 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.1%)	$12,010			$602			$11,408	97.6%	95.9%	1.68%
200648000193	7	Girard High	Public	9-12	415 North Summit	Girard	66743	Crawford County	Girard	No	No	No	No	(620) 724-4326	297	19	15.4	42.8%	251 (84.5%)	5 (1.7%)	23 (7.7%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.1%)	$13,965			$345			$13,620	97.2%	91.8%	5.36%
201200001533	8	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	96.8%	99.7%	2.90%
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	96.4%	97.2%	0.78%
200624000042	10	Frederic Remington High	Public	9-12	8850 NW Meadowlark Rd	Whitewater	67154	Butler County	Remington-Whitewater	No	No	No	No	(316) 799-2123	148	14	10.5	32.4%	125 (84.5%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (8.8%)	1 (0.7%)	3 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.1%)	$13,893			$411			$13,481	96.0%	91.5%	4.47%

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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.