Best High Schools in Kansas for Homeless 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, Homeless 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 (Homeless vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 8)	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 (Homeless)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Homeless)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
200795001420	1	Wyandotte High	Public	9-12	2501 Minneosta Avenue	Kansas City	66102	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	No	(913) 627-7650	1,832	107	17.1	82.8%	43 (2.3%)	376 (20.5%)	1,320 (72.1%)	61 (3.3%)	1 (0.1%)	6 (0.3%)	25 (1.4%)	$11,167			$2,141			$9,027	87.5%	2.5%	84.98%
201299000350	2	Heights High	Public	9-12	5301 N Hillside	Wichita	67219	Sedgwick County	Wichita	No	No	No	No	(316) 973-1400	1,292	82	15.6	70.6%	426 (33.0%)	448 (34.7%)	247 (19.1%)	32 (2.5%)	11 (0.9%)	3 (0.2%)	125 (9.7%)	$12,081			$2,559			$9,521	75.0%	4.4%	70.60%
201226001477	2	Topeka High	Public	9-12	800 SW 10th St	Topeka	66612	Shawnee County	Topeka Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 295-3150	1,514	95	15.9	71.8%	516 (34.1%)	207 (13.7%)	576 (38.0%)	11 (0.7%)	15 (1.0%)	6 (0.4%)	183 (12.1%)	$11,941			$1,295			$10,646	75.0%	15.1%	59.91%
200001500463	4	Ottawa Senior High	Public	9-12	1120 South Ash	Ottawa	66067	Franklin County	Ottawa	No	No	No	No	(785) 229-8020	727	54	13.4	50.6%	620 (85.3%)	16 (2.2%)	41 (5.6%)	6 (0.8%)	8 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (5.0%)	$11,788			$465			$11,323	50.0%	23.6%	26.42%
200795001433	5	Washington High	Public	9-12	7340 Leavenworth Road	Kansas City	66109	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	No	(913) 627-7800	1,114	69	16.2	74.6%	169 (15.2%)	422 (37.9%)	333 (29.9%)	112 (10.1%)	1 (0.1%)	9 (0.8%)	68 (6.1%)	$13,134			$2,561			$10,573	37.5%	1.9%	35.61%
200789001267	6	Junction City Senior High	Public	9-12	1100 Blue Jay Way	Junction City	66441	Geary County	Geary County Schools	No	No	No	No	(785) 717-4200	1,657	128	12.9	46.7%	730 (44.1%)	325 (19.6%)	332 (20.0%)	37 (2.2%)	8 (0.5%)	42 (2.5%)	183 (11.0%)	$12,322			$928			$11,395	25.0%	28.6%	3.62%
200918000853	7	Manhattan High School	Public	9-12	2100 Poyntz Avenue	Manhattan	66502	Riley County	Manhattan-Ogden	No	No	No	No	(785) 587-2100	1,954	144	13.5	35.1%	1,223 (62.6%)	165 (8.4%)	319 (16.3%)	72 (3.7%)	13 (0.7%)	6 (0.3%)	156 (8.0%)	$12,183			$429			$11,755	12.5%	81.8%	69.26%
200639001175	8	Garden City High School	Public	9-12	2720 Buffalo Way BLVD	Garden City	67846	Finney County	Garden City	No	No	No	No	(620) 805-5400	1,973	126	15.6	61.7%	386 (19.6%)	45 (2.3%)	1,403 (71.1%)	107 (5.4%)	2 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	29 (1.5%)	$10,683			$971			$9,712	0.0%	6.9%	6.92%

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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:

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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.