Summary:
Meriden has one high school, Jefferson West High, serving grades 9–12 and enrolling 247 students. Its strongest current comparison with Kansas is 11th-grade science, where 42% of students are proficient, 12 percentage points above the state’s 30%.
Because it is the only school listed, Jefferson West High is both the highest and lowest in this set, rather than a school that can be meaningfully ranked against local peers. Its results are above Kansas in all-grades math and science: 42% versus 41% in math, and 42% versus 38% in science. All-grades ELA is essentially level with the state—45.3% compared with 45.9%—though 10th-grade ELA is 45% versus 41% statewide. The school’s simple average across all-grades ELA, math and science is 43%, compared with 42% for Kansas.
Test scores improved notably from 2024–25 to 2025–26: ELA rose 7 percentage points, while Kansas rose 1 point, leaving the school 1 point below the state; math rose 9 points, compared with a 2-point state gain, moving the school from 5 points below to 1 point above Kansas. SchoolDigger gives the school 4 stars and ranks it 79th of 340 Kansas high schools, up 82 places from its prior-year rank of 161st of 332. Other indicators include a 92% graduation rate, 2 points above Kansas, and chronic absenteeism of 13%, 5 points below the state. Its student–teacher ratio is 12.1, and its free/reduced-lunch rate is 30%. With only one school listed, the data cannot show how local schools compare with one another.
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