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)
200447000406	191	Lakeside Junior/Senior High School	Public	6-12	1306 N Morgan	Downs	67437	Osborne County	Waconda	No	No	No	No	(785) 454-3332	135	13	10.5	57.0%	124 (91.9%)	2 (1.5%)	3 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.0%)	$14,713			$566			$14,147	42.3	40.1	208	17
201125000886	192	Rose Hill High	Public	9-12	710 S Rose Hill Road	Rose Hill	67133	Butler County	Rose Hill Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(316) 776-3360	600	39	15.4	27.8%	475 (79.2%)	27 (4.5%)	62 (10.3%)	7 (1.2%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.2%)	$8,961			$429			$8,533	42.2	41.4	201	9
200504000491	193	South Central High School	Public	9-12	600 E. Garfield	Coldwater	67029	Comanche County	Comanche County	No	No	No	No	(620) 582-2158	85	8	10.8	36.5%	74 (87.1%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.7%)	$12,590			$1,422			$11,167	41.8	67	83	110
201191000711	194	St John High	Public	7-12	505 North Broadway	St John	67576	Stafford County	St John-Hudson	No	No	No	No	(620) 549-3277	135	12	11.4	51.9%	95 (70.4%)	1 (0.7%)	38 (28.1%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,817			$172			$13,645	41.4	26.6	262	68
201230000803	195	Circle High	Public	9-12	905 Main	Towanda	67144	Butler County	Circle	No	No	No	No	(316) 541-2277	605	32	19	32.2%	540 (89.3%)	8 (1.3%)	27 (4.5%)	4 (0.7%)	6 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	19 (3.1%)	$8,639			$400			$8,239	41.3	42.3	190	5
201074000400	196	Plainville High	Public	7-12	202 SE Cardinal Avenue	Plainville	67663	Rooks County	Plainville	No	No	No	No	(785) 434-4547	172	17	10.2	41.3%	158 (91.9%)	5 (2.9%)	6 (3.5%)	2 (1.2%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,544			$761			$11,783	41.2	31.4	246	50
200480000010	197	Cimarron High	Public	7-12	400 N 5th	Cimarron	67835	Gray County	Cimarron-Ensign	No	No	No	No	(620) 855-3323	282	26	10.8	46.1%	191 (67.7%)	4 (1.4%)	82 (29.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)	$10,188			$669			$9,519	41.1	39	214	17
200438000744	198	Caldwell Secondary School	Public	6-12	31 N. Osage St.	Caldwell	67022	Sumner County	Caldwell	No	No	No	No	(620) 845-2585	107	16	6.5	69.2%	84 (78.5%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (13.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (8.4%)	$15,241			$626			$14,615	41	28.7	252	54
201299001694	199	Northeast Magnet High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	5550 N Lycee	Bel Aire	67226	Sedgwick County	Wichita	No	Yes	No	No	(316) 973-2300	681	50	13.6	60.6%	259 (38.0%)	173 (25.4%)	140 (20.6%)	43 (6.3%)	11 (1.6%)	1 (0.1%)	54 (7.9%)	$10,840			$2,597			$8,244	41	54.5	135	64
200996000796	200	Newton Senior High	Public	9-12	900 West 12th	Newton	67114	Harvey County	Newton	No	No	No	No	(316) 284-6280	982	70	14.1	51.6%	575 (58.6%)	20 (2.0%)	309 (31.5%)	14 (1.4%)	7 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (5.8%)	$10,121			$407			$9,714	40.7	40.8	203	3

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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.