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)
200540000075	301	Deerfield High	Public	9-12	803 Beech Street	Deerfield	67838	Kearny County	Deerfield	No	No	No	No	(620) 426-8401	65	7	8.9	75.4%	28 (43.1%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (55.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$20,464			$2,607			$17,857	9.7	18.2	289	12
201226001476	302	Highland Park High	Public	9-12	2424 SE California Ave	Topeka	66605	Shawnee County	Topeka Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 274-6000	836	54	15.6	87.6%	153 (18.3%)	184 (22.0%)	378 (45.2%)	2 (0.2%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	115 (13.8%)	$14,619			$1,957			$12,662	9.6	7.4	311	9
201299000348	303	Southeast High	Public	9-12	2641 S. 127th St E	Wichita	67207	Sedgwick County	Wichita	No	No	No	No	(316) 973-2700	1,973	112	17.5	78.4%	355 (18.0%)	542 (27.5%)	600 (30.4%)	304 (15.4%)	17 (0.9%)	13 (0.7%)	142 (7.2%)	$10,947			$2,576			$8,371	9.2	10	305	2
201299000350	304	Heights High	Public	9-12	5301 N Hillside	Wichita	67219	Sedgwick County	Wichita	No	No	No	No	(316) 973-1400	1,454	88	16.5	73.9%	480 (33.0%)	519 (35.7%)	289 (19.9%)	32 (2.2%)	10 (0.7%)	3 (0.2%)	121 (8.3%)	$12,081			$2,559			$9,521	8.7	11.5	302	2
201299000347	305	South High	Public	9-12	701 W 33rd S	Wichita	67217	Sedgwick County	Wichita	No	No	No	No	(316) 973-5450	1,661	113	14.6	87.8%	547 (32.9%)	339 (20.4%)	561 (33.8%)	40 (2.4%)	16 (1.0%)	7 (0.4%)	151 (9.1%)	$11,384			$2,533			$8,851	8.2	9	308	3
200873001286	306	Liberal Senior High	Public	9-12	1611 W 2nd	Liberal	67901	Seward County	Liberal	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 604-1200	1,403	89	15.6	84.2%	136 (9.7%)	14 (1.0%)	1,195 (85.2%)	22 (1.6%)	5 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (2.2%)	$10,314			$384			$9,930	7.1	8.4	309	3
201299000349	307	West High	Public	9-12	820 S Osage	Wichita	67213	Sedgwick County	Wichita	No	No	No	No	(316) 973-3600	1,390	90	15.4	90.2%	422 (30.4%)	236 (17.0%)	586 (42.2%)	10 (0.7%)	17 (1.2%)	1 (0.1%)	118 (8.5%)	$11,479			$2,919			$8,561	7.1	6.3	317	10
201059000902	308	Peabody-Burns Junior/Senior High School	Public	6-12	810 Sycamore Street	Peabody	66866	Marion County	Peabody-Burns	No	No	No	No	(620) 983-2196	106	11	9.3	44.3%	94 (88.7%)	1 (0.9%)	6 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.8%)	$14,816			$977			$13,839	5.7	43.5	184	124
200996002109	309	Opportunity Academy	Public	7-12	900 West Broadway	Newton	67114	Harvey County	Newton	No	No	No	No	(316) 284-6590	49	8	6.5	79.6%	33 (67.3%)	1 (2.0%)	10 (20.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (8.2%)								3.9	6.5	316	7
200795001420	310	Wyandotte High	Public	9-12	2501 Minneosta Avenue	Kansas City	66102	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	No	(913) 627-7650	1,841	92	20	79.5%	49 (2.7%)	370 (20.1%)	1,334 (72.5%)	50 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.3%)	32 (1.7%)	$11,167			$2,141			$9,027	3.8	3.8	323	13

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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.