Best High Schools in Kansas

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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 (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 318)	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	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
200924000948	71	Marion High	Public	9-12	701 E Main	Marion	66861	Marion County	Marion-Florence	No	No	No	No	(620) 382-2168	153	15	10.5	37.3%	133 (86.9%)	1 (0.7%)	15 (9.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.0%)	$12,522			$847			$11,675	69.4	68	78	7
200942000106	72	Meade High	Public	9-12	409 School Addition	Meade	67864	Meade County	Meade	No	No	No	No	(620) 873-2981	105	9	12	39.0%	85 (81.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (14.3%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.8%)	$12,122			$482			$11,641	69.1	67	84	12
200441001065	73	Caney Valley High	Public	7-12	601 E. Bullpup Blvd	Caney	67333	Montgomery County	Caney Valley	No	No	No	No	(620) 879-9220	326	29	11.3	42.0%	258 (79.1%)	2 (0.6%)	18 (5.5%)	2 (0.6%)	28 (8.6%)	1 (0.3%)	17 (5.2%)	$11,219			$805			$10,414	69.1	74.1	57	16
200702001322	74	Hays High	Public	9-12	2300 E 13th	Hays	67601	Ellis County	Hays	No	No	No	No	(785) 623-2600	1,013	52	19.4	40.9%	809 (79.9%)	15 (1.5%)	130 (12.8%)	9 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (4.8%)	$12,333			$1,698			$10,635	69	76.6	52	22
200477001928	75	St. Paul High School	Public	9-12	118 First Street	Saint Paul	66771	Neosho County	Chetopa-St. Paul	No	No	No	No	(620) 449-2245	67	6	11.9	47.8%	65 (97.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$15,669			$1,173			$14,496	68.8	90.9	13	62
201110000820	76	Riley County High School	Public	9-12	12451 Fairview Church Road	Riley	66531	Riley County	Riley County	No	No	No	No	(785) 485-4020	213	17	12.9	24.9%	200 (93.9%)	1 (0.5%)	9 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	$11,480			$00			$11,480	68.6	86.9	20	56
200555001296	77	Dighton High	Public	7-12	200 S Wichita	Dighton	67839	Lane County	Dighton	No	No	No	No	(620) 397-5333	91	9	10.4	39.6%	79 (86.8%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (13.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$17,124			$82			$17,042	68	83.8	29	48
200372000704	78	Baldwin High School	Public	9-12	415 Eisenhower	Baldwin City	66006	Douglas County	Baldwin City	No	No	No	No	(785) 594-2725	413	31	13.5	26.4%	350 (84.7%)	8 (1.9%)	20 (4.8%)	2 (0.5%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	29 (7.0%)	$9,873			$721			$9,153	67.7	60.7	113	35
201311000770	79	Yates Center High	Public	7-12	105 W Bell	Yates Center	66783	Woodson County	Woodson	No	No	No	No	(620) 625-8820	173	13	13.8	54.9%	155 (89.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (5.8%)	$13,760			$915			$12,845	67	50.5	159	80
201164001577	80	Shawnee Mission South High	Public	9-12	5800 W 107th St	Overland Park	66207	Johnson County	Shawnee Mission Pub School	No	No	No	No	(913) 993-7500	1,593	97	16.4	34.7%	1,022 (64.2%)	132 (8.3%)	315 (19.8%)	50 (3.1%)	3 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	71 (4.5%)	$10,147			$496			$9,650	67	77.8	49	31

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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.