Best High Schools in Kansas

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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 (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)
200330001495	231	Labette County High School	Public	9-12	601 S High School Street	Altamont	67330	Labette County	Labette County	No	No	No	No	(620) 784-5321	507	29	17.5	57.6%	425 (83.8%)	6 (1.2%)	19 (3.7%)	3 (0.6%)	12 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (8.3%)	$11,422			$180			$11,242	33.2	34.3	238	7
201299000351	232	Northwest High	Public	9-12	1220 N Tyler Rd	Wichita	67212	Sedgwick County	Wichita	No	No	No	No	(316) 973-6000	1,435	87	16.4	62.3%	680 (47.4%)	229 (16.0%)	359 (25.0%)	25 (1.7%)	10 (0.7%)	2 (0.1%)	130 (9.1%)	$12,198			$2,658			$9,539	33.1	40.3	205	27
200906000713	233	Macksville High	Public	7-12	417 N. Gilmore	Macksville	67557	Stafford County	Macksville	No	No	No	No	(620) 348-2475	81	13	6.1	72.8%	38 (46.9%)	1 (1.2%)	35 (43.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (7.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.2%)	$16,655			$324			$16,331	32.9	24.9	268	35
200831002025	234	Fairfield Schools	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	16115 South Langdon Road	Langdon	67583	Reno County	Fairfield	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 596-2152	273	25	11	49.8%	238 (87.2%)	3 (1.1%)	23 (8.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.9%)	$15,768			$1,137			$14,631	32.7	35.5	230	4
200354000956	235	Atchison High School	Public	9-12	1500 W. Riley St	Atchison	66002	Atchison County	Atchison Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(913) 367-4162	434	37	11.7	59.4%	322 (74.2%)	41 (9.4%)	16 (3.7%)	3 (0.7%)	5 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (10.8%)	$10,437			$40			$10,397	32.7	42.1	193	42
200654000381	236	Goddard High	Public	9-12	2500 S 199 St West	Goddard	67052	Sedgwick County	Goddard	No	No	No	No	(316) 794-4100	1,005	52	19.2	34.0%	753 (74.9%)	19 (1.9%)	158 (15.7%)	26 (2.6%)	7 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	41 (4.1%)	$9,636			$480			$9,155	32.4	64.1	97	139
200879000487	237	Lincoln Junior/Senior High	Public	6-12	701 East North	Lincoln	67455	Lincoln County	Lincoln	No	No	No	No	(785) 524-4193	191	14	13.2	54.5%	164 (85.9%)	2 (1.0%)	18 (9.4%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	5 (2.6%)	$11,969			$764			$11,205	32.2	40	209	28
200594000226	238	Emporia High	Public	9-12	3302 W 18th Ave	Emporia	66801	Lyon County	Emporia	No	No	No	No	(620) 341-2365	1,629	88	18.4	51.3%	624 (38.3%)	20 (1.2%)	857 (52.6%)	31 (1.9%)	8 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	88 (5.4%)	$11,441			$887			$10,554	32	39	215	23
201149000693	239	Seaman High	Public	9-12	4850 Rochester Rd	Topeka	66617	Shawnee County	Seaman	No	No	No	No	(785) 286-8300	1,179	76	15.6	31.6%	959 (81.3%)	28 (2.4%)	112 (9.5%)	9 (0.8%)	14 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (4.8%)	$9,288			$467			$8,821	31.9	38.5	217	22
200483001936	240	Jackson Heights High School and Middle School	Public	7-12	12719 266th Road	Holton	66436	Jackson County	North Jackson	No	No	No	No	(785) 364-2195	220	16	13.7	49.5%	201 (91.4%)	4 (1.8%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.7%)	$16,443			$575			$15,869	30.7	37.3	222	18

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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.