Best High Schools in Kansas for Gifted and Talented 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, Gifted and Talented students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

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 (Gifted and Talented vs All Students - 2021)
ID	Rank (of 35)	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 (Gifted and Talented)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Gifted and Talented)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
201014001793	1	Olathe Northwest High School	Public	9-12	21300 College Blvd	Olathe	66061	Johnson County	Olathe	No	No	No	No	(913) 780-7150	1,859	109	17	14.5%	1,392 (74.9%)	85 (4.6%)	231 (12.4%)	78 (4.2%)	9 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	64 (3.4%)	$10,089			$432			$9,657	97.1%	95.9%	1.21%
200897000983	2	Louisburg High	Public	9-12	202 Aquatic Drive	Louisburg	66053	Miami County	Louisburg	No	No	No	No	(913) 837-1720	507	36	14.2	16.6%	459 (90.5%)	3 (0.6%)	22 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (3.9%)	$9,711			$330			$9,381	94.3%	86.3%	8.04%
201014000137	3	Olathe North Senior High	Public	9-12	600 E Prairie St	Olathe	66061	Johnson County	Olathe	No	No	No	No	(913) 780-7140	2,126	127	16.7	37.1%	1,016 (47.8%)	244 (11.5%)	645 (30.3%)	115 (5.4%)	4 (0.2%)	6 (0.3%)	96 (4.5%)	$11,316			$674			$10,643	91.4%	75.3%	16.12%
200918000853	4	Manhattan High School	Public	9-12	2100 Poyntz Avenue	Manhattan	66502	Riley County	Manhattan-Ogden	No	No	No	No	(785) 587-2100	1,844	135	13.6	35.2%	1,187 (64.4%)	154 (8.4%)	277 (15.0%)	65 (3.5%)	8 (0.4%)	9 (0.5%)	144 (7.8%)	$12,183			$429			$11,755	88.6%	92.2%	3.62%
200549001723	5	Mill Valley High School	Public	9-12	5900 Monticello Road	Shawnee	66226	Johnson County	De Soto	No	No	No	No	(913) 422-4351	1,319	83	15.8	4.8%	1,107 (83.9%)	47 (3.6%)	79 (6.0%)	45 (3.4%)	3 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (2.9%)	$8,417			$279			$8,139	85.7%	95.6%	9.91%
200336000860	6	Andover High	Public	9-12	1744 N Andover Rd	Andover	67002	Butler County	Andover	No	No	No	No	(316) 218-4600	902	50	18.1	11.8%	707 (78.4%)	22 (2.4%)	58 (6.4%)	64 (7.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (5.5%)	$8,217			$362			$7,855	82.9%	97.8%	14.96%
201164001574	7	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	1,725	97	17.8	8.1%	1,421 (82.4%)	32 (1.9%)	135 (7.8%)	36 (2.1%)	5 (0.3%)	2 (0.1%)	94 (5.4%)	$9,443			$408			$9,035	80.0%	99.4%	19.38%
201071000208	8	Pittsburg High	Public	9-12	1978 East 4th	Pittsburg	66762	Crawford County	Pittsburg	No	No	No	No	(620) 235-3200	937	54	17.2	54.5%	630 (67.2%)	45 (4.8%)	163 (17.4%)	9 (1.0%)	5 (0.5%)	18 (1.9%)	67 (7.2%)	$8,477			$406			$8,072	77.1%	77.5%	0.36%
201200001533	9	Blue Valley West High	Public	9-12	16200 Antioch Road	Overland Park	66085	Johnson County	Blue Valley	No	No	No	No	(913) 239-3700	1,595	78	20.3	5.4%	1,113 (69.8%)	40 (2.5%)	93 (5.8%)	268 (16.8%)	6 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	74 (4.6%)	$9,791			$402			$9,389	74.3%	94.1%	19.78%
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	1,580	75	20.9	9.4%	1,091 (69.1%)	52 (3.3%)	115 (7.3%)	253 (16.0%)	2 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	65 (4.1%)	$9,522			$251			$9,271	71.4%	98.1%	26.70%

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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.