Best High Schools in Kansas for African American 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, African American 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 (African American vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 50)	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 (African American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (African American)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
200795001419	1	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	98.0%	98.7%	0.74%
200549001723	2	Mill Valley High School	Public	9-12	5900 Monticello Road	Shawnee	66226	Johnson County	De Soto	No	No	No	No	(913) 422-4351	1,355	81	16.7	6.9%	1,080 (79.7%)	69 (5.1%)	95 (7.0%)	50 (3.7%)	6 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	54 (4.0%)	$8,417			$279			$8,139	96.0%	93.7%	2.29%
201200000112	3	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	94.0%	97.2%	3.17%
201200000541	4	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	92.0%	99.4%	7.37%
201200001644	5	Blue Valley North High	Public	9-12	12200 Lamar Ave.	Overland Park	66209	Johnson County	Blue Valley	No	No	No	No	(913) 239-3000	1,414	94	15.1	15.6%	908 (64.2%)	105 (7.4%)	125 (8.8%)	182 (12.9%)	7 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	87 (6.2%)	$10,284			$230			$10,054	90.0%	96.5%	6.54%
201200001533	6	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	88.0%	99.7%	11.69%
201014000137	7	Olathe North Senior High	Public	9-12	600 E Prairie St	Olathe	66061	Johnson County	Olathe	No	No	No	No	(913) 780-7140	2,230	133	16.7	41.2%	1,033 (46.3%)	225 (10.1%)	729 (32.7%)	110 (4.9%)	8 (0.4%)	9 (0.4%)	116 (5.2%)	$11,316			$674			$10,643	86.0%	73.3%	12.73%
201218001135	8	Shawnee Heights High	Public	9-12	4201 SE Shawnee Heights Rd	Tecumseh	66542	Shawnee County	Shawnee Heights	No	No	No	No	(785) 379-5880	1,293	68	18.9	30.2%	793 (61.3%)	83 (6.4%)	277 (21.4%)	9 (0.7%)	14 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	117 (9.0%)	$9,377			$663			$8,714	84.0%	69.8%	14.19%
200834001230	9	Lansing High 9-12	Public	9-12	1412 147th Street	Leavenworth	66048	Leavenworth County	Lansing	No	No	No	No	(913) 727-3357	870	49	17.7	24.9%	614 (70.6%)	53 (6.1%)	97 (11.1%)	15 (1.7%)	7 (0.8%)	6 (0.7%)	78 (9.0%)	$6,780			$513			$6,268	82.0%	87.1%	5.11%
201014001793	10	Olathe Northwest High School	Public	9-12	21300 College Blvd	Olathe	66061	Johnson County	Olathe	No	No	No	No	(913) 780-7150	1,952	123	15.8	16.8%	1,438 (73.7%)	109 (5.6%)	223 (11.4%)	94 (4.8%)	8 (0.4%)	6 (0.3%)	74 (3.8%)	$10,089			$432			$9,657	80.0%	93.1%	13.08%

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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.