Best Cities in Kansas for Schools

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Rank (of 339)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2025)	Rank (2024)	Rank change from 2024
1^st	Westwood	1	0	0	0	1	0.998	1
2^nd	Leawood	4	2	0	0	3	0.979	4	2
3^rd	Edgerton	1	0	0	0	0	0.974	9	6
4^th	Prairie Village	4	1	1	0	4	0.96	3	1
5^th	Allen	0	0	1	0	0	0.958	20	15
6^th	Fort Leavenworth	3	1	0	0	0	0.957	10	4
7^th	Riley	1	0	1	0	0	0.941	23	16
8^th	Cheney	1	1	1	0	1	0.94	5	3
9^th	Cawker City	1	1	0	0	0	0.939	2	7
10^th	Louisburg	2	1	3	0	0	0.928	7	3
11^th	Little River	0	1	1	1	0	0.926	8	3
12^th	Silver Lake	1	0	1	0	0	0.923	28	16
13^th	Randolph	0	1	1	0	0	0.923	101	88
14^th	Alma	1	0	1	0	1	0.912	111	97
15^th	Stilwell	1	0	1	0	0	0.907	12	3
16^th	Blue Rapids	1	0	1	0	0	0.906	40	24
17^th	Edna	1	0	0	0	0	0.886	22	5
18^th	Holyrood	1	0	0	0	0	0.883	24	6
19^th	Garden Plain	1	0	1	0	0	0.882	42	23
20^th	Hesston	1	1	1	0	0	0.873	13	7
21^st	Roeland Park	1	0	0	0	2	0.869	11	10
22^nd	Otis	1	0	2	0	0	0.865	196	174
23^rd	Paxico	0	1	0	0	0	0.862	25	2
24^th	Andale	1	0	1	0	0	0.851	21	3
25^th	Hanover	1	0	1	0	1	0.847	235	210
26^th	Greensburg	1	0	1	0	0	0.845	112	86
27^th	Sharon Springs	1	0	1	0	0	0.843	15	12
28^th	Smith Center	1	0	1	0	0	0.838	76	48
29^th	Ingalls	1	0	1	0	0	0.838	17	12
30^th	Weskan	1	0	1	0	0	0.835	257	227
31^st	Dexter	1	0	1	0	0	0.835	92	61
32^nd	Protection	1	1	0	0	0	0.832	74	42
33^rd	Hillsboro	1	0	1	0	0	0.831	36	3
34^th	Colwich	2	0	0	0	0	0.828	67	33
35^th	Mission	2	0	0	0	0	0.828	31	4
36^th	Sterling	1	0	1	0	0	0.823	38	2
37^th	Overland Park	30	9	8	0	16	0.823	32	5
38^th	Caney	1	0	2	0	0	0.818	33	5
39^th	Centralia	1	0	1	0	0	0.815	98	59
40^th	Linn	1	0	1	0	1	0.809	47	7
41^st	Frankfort	1	0	1	0	0	0.806	27	14
42^nd	Cottonwood Falls	0	0	1	0	0	0.806	164	122
43^rd	Osborne	1	0	1	0	0	0.801	73	30
44^th	Olsburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.796	71	27
45^th	Longton	1	0	1	0	0	0.793	147	102
46^th	Windom	1	0	0	0	0	0.79	6	40
47^th	Potwin	1	0	0	0	0	0.785	46	1
48^th	Saint George	1	1	1	0	0	0.785	30	18
49^th	Olpe	1	0	1	0	0	0.784	26	23
50^th	Sabetha	1	1	1	0	0	0.778	35	15
51^st	Dighton	1	0	1	0	0	0.778	41	10
52^nd	Maize	4	2	1	1	0	0.777	63	11
53^rd	Clearwater	1	1	1	0	0	0.776	79	26
54^th	Scandia	0	1	1	0	0	0.774	209	155
55^th	Easton	1	1	1	0	0	0.771	65	10
56^th	Shawnee	13	3	2	0	8	0.769	50	6
57^th	Lenexa	7	1	0	0	4	0.756	54	3
58^th	Haviland	1	0	0	0	0	0.753		(n/a)
59^th	De Soto	1	1	2	0	0	0.752	60	1
60^th	Cunningham	1	0	1	0	0	0.749	115	55
61^st	Conway Springs	1	1	1	0	1	0.748	104	43
62^nd	Waverly	1	0	1	0	0	0.748	136	74
63^rd	Tescott	1	0	1	0	0	0.747	172	109
64^th	Basehor	3	1	1	1	0	0.743	18	46
65^th	Lincoln	1	0	1	0	0	0.741	152	87
66^th	Chapman	1	1	1	0	0	0.74	96	30
67^th	Pratt	2	1	2	2	0	0.736	72	5
68^th	Courtland	1	0	0	0	0	0.733	49	19
69^th	Kensington	1	0	1	0	0	0.732	34	35
70^th	Seneca	1	0	1	0	1	0.731	16	54
71^st	Andover	3	2	2	1	0	0.731	43	28
72^nd	Gypsum	1	0	1	0	0	0.722	86	14
73^rd	Benton	1	1	0	0	0	0.721	69	4
74^th	Hoxie	1	0	1	0	0	0.717	29	45
75^th	Clay Center	2	1	1	0	0	0.715	102	27
76^th	Eudora	1	1	2	0	0	0.714	107	31
77^th	Westmoreland	1	0	0	0	0	0.712	53	24
78^th	Offerle	1	0	0	0	0	0.707	37	41
79^th	Onaga	1	1	1	0	0	0.703	80	1
80^th	Inman	1	0	1	0	0	0.7	133	53
81^st	Baldwin City	2	1	1	0	0	0.697	61	20
82^nd	Madison	1	0	1	0	0	0.696	64	18
83^rd	Hays	5	1	1	1	3	0.692	75	8
84^th	Parker	1	0	0	0	0	0.689	62	22
85^th	Osage City	1	1	1	0	0	0.688	122	37
86^th	Meriden	1	1	1	1	0	0.683	52	34
87^th	Goddard	5	4	2	1	1	0.68	77	10
88^th	Baxter Springs	2	0	2	0	0	0.678	59	29
89^th	Caldwell	1	0	2	0	0	0.674	180	91
90^th	Halstead	0	1	1	0	0	0.673	127	37
91^st	Olathe	36	11	7	0	6	0.671	94	3
92^nd	Melvern	0	1	1	0	0	0.67	200	108
93^rd	Manhattan	9	2	1	1	2	0.67	90	3
94^th	Phillipsburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.669	109	15
95^th	Grainfield	1	0	1	0	0	0.666		(n/a)
96^th	Paola	2	1	1	0	2	0.665	78	18
97^th	Milford	1	0	0	0	0	0.659	245	148
98^th	Burden	1	0	1	0	0	0.656	175	77
99^th	Kiowa	1	0	1	0	0	0.656	140	41
100^th	Saint Paul	1	1	1	0	0	0.654	91	9
101^st	Copeland	1	1	0	0	0	0.653	117	16
102^nd	Wamego	2	1	2	0	0	0.653	51	51
103^rd	Ness City	1	0	1	0	1	0.652	134	31
104^th	Whitewater	0	1	1	0	0	0.652	44	60
105^th	Spearville	1	0	1	0	0	0.651	48	57
106^th	Girard	1	1	1	0	0	0.651	39	67
107^th	Ellis	1	0	1	0	1	0.65	66	41
108^th	Burlington	1	1	1	0	0	0.646	169	61
109^th	Victoria	1	0	1	0	0	0.644	219	110
110^th	Goessel	1	0	1	0	0	0.642	144	34
111^th	Lindsborg	1	1	1	1	0	0.641	187	76
112^th	Lebo	1	0	1	0	0	0.641	19	93
113^th	Lecompton	1	0	0	0	0	0.64	190	77
114^th	Marion	1	1	1	0	0	0.64	81	33
115^th	Frontenac	1	1	1	0	0	0.636	88	27
116^th	Ashland	1	1	1	0	0	0.635	157	41
117^th	Norwich	1	1	1	0	0	0.634	151	34
118^th	Minneola	1	0	1	0	0	0.633	56	62
119^th	Fort Riley	5	1	0	0	0	0.627	93	26
120^th	Abilene	5	1	2	0	2	0.626	168	48
121^st	Sedgwick	1	0	1	0	0	0.624	68	53
122^nd	Spring Hill	4	2	2	0	0	0.618	159	37
123^rd	Brookville	0	0	1	0	0	0.616	145	22
124^th	Axtell	1	0	1	0	0	0.613	103	21
125^th	Downs	1	0	1	0	0	0.611	105	20
126^th	Lansing	2	1	0	0	0	0.611	87	39
127^th	Rossville	1	0	1	0	0	0.609	201	74
128^th	Moundridge	1	1	1	0	0	0.608	131	3
129^th	Berryton	1	0	0	0	0	0.607	97	32
130^th	Rosalia	1	1	1	0	0	0.606	82	48
131^st	Logan	1	0	1	0	0	0.605	256	125
132^nd	Winchester	0	0	1	0	0	0.602	279	147
133^rd	Ellsworth	1	0	1	0	0	0.6	125	8
134^th	Quenemo	1	0	0	0	0	0.599	191	57
135^th	Eskridge	1	0	1	0	0	0.598	118	17
136^th	Kanopolis	0	1	0	0	0	0.598	70	66
137^th	Mound Valley	1	0	0	0	0	0.594	126	11
138^th	Wathena	0	1	1	1	0	0.59	249	111
139^th	Quinter	1	0	1	0	0	0.59	197	58
140^th	Jetmore	1	0	1	0	0	0.589	89	51
141^st	Oxford	1	0	1	1	0	0.588	100	41
142^nd	Valley Center	4	1	2	0	0	0.583	177	35
143^rd	Eureka	1	0	1	0	0	0.583	155	12
144^th	Denton	2	0	0	0	0	0.582	120	24
145^th	Uniontown	1	0	1	0	0	0.581	138	7
146^th	Saint Marys	1	0	1	0	0	0.579	206	60
147^th	Americus	1	0	0	0	0	0.579	121	26
148^th	Bird City	1	0	1	0	0	0.579	160	12
149^th	Thayer	1	0	0	0	0	0.574	150	1
150^th	Council Grove	1	1	1	0	0	0.572	110	40
151^st	Galena	2	1	1	0	0	0.571	202	51
152^nd	Sublette	1	1	1	0	0	0.568	277	125
153^rd	Lawrence	11	4	2	1	8	0.567	141	12
154^th	Mulvane	2	1	1	0	0	0.566	239	85
155^th	Anthony	1	0	2	0	0	0.557	176	21
156^th	Derby	6	3	1	1	2	0.557	137	19
157^th	Marysville	1	0	1	0	2	0.556	174	17
158^th	Harper	1	0	0	0	0	0.552	148	10
159^th	Mayetta	0	1	0	0	0	0.551	57	102
160^th	Medicine Lodge	1	0	1	0	0	0.55	216	56
161^st	Meade	1	0	1	0	0	0.547	129	32
162^nd	Towanda	1	0	1	0	0	0.544	280	118
163^rd	Udall	1	1	1	1	0	0.544	99	64
164^th	La Crosse	1	1	1	0	0	0.543	217	53
165^th	Auburn	1	0	0	0	0	0.543	146	19
166^th	Effingham	1	0	1	0	0	0.542	211	45
167^th	Junction City	7	1	1	0	1	0.538	165	2
168^th	St John	1	0	1	0	0	0.536		(n/a)
169^th	Gardner	6	3	1	0	0	0.535	143	26
170^th	Mankato	1	0	1	0	0	0.534	220	50
171^st	Altamont	1	0	2	0	0	0.534	195	24
172^nd	Bartlett	1	0	0	0	0	0.531	85	87
173^rd	Clyde	0	0	1	0	0	0.53	106	67
174^th	Concordia	1	1	1	0	0	0.529	161	13
175^th	Kingman	1	1	2	0	1	0.529	246	71
176^th	Leoti	1	0	1	0	0	0.528	84	92
177^th	Richmond	1	0	1	0	0	0.525	95	82
178^th	Fort Scott	2	1	1	0	3	0.524	271	93
179^th	Merriam	2	0	0	0	0	0.523	132	47
180^th	Moscow	1	0	1	0	0	0.523	333	153
181^st	Cimarron	1	0	1	0	0	0.521	179	2
182^nd	Atwood	1	0	1	0	0	0.515	173	9
183^rd	Hiawatha	1	1	1	0	0	0.514	186	3
184^th	Holton	2	1	3	0	0	0.512	189	5
185^th	Independence	2	1	2	0	3	0.511	139	46
186^th	South Haven	1	0	1	0	0	0.509	274	88
187^th	Edwardsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.508	128	59
188^th	Lacygne	1	1	1	0	0	0.507	178	10
189^th	Stockton	1	0	1	0	0	0.507	210	21
190^th	Saint Francis	1	0	1	0	0	0.505	294	104
191^st	Douglass	1	1	1	0	0	0.502	83	108
192^nd	Beloit	1	0	1	0	2	0.501	149	43
193^rd	Bucklin	1	0	1	0	0	0.499	193
194^th	Bennington	1	0	1	0	0	0.497	185	9
195^th	Oakley	1	1	1	0	1	0.495	233	38
196^th	Larned	1	1	1	0	0	0.494	188	8
197^th	Tecumseh	2	1	1	0	0	0.493	113	84
198^th	Sedan	1	0	1	0	0	0.492	303	105
199^th	Hope	1	0	1	0	0	0.489	182	17
200^th	Argonia	1	0	1	0	0	0.488	156	44
201^st	Coldwater	0	0	1	0	0	0.485	242	41
202^nd	Moran	1	0	2	0	0	0.482	208	6
203^rd	Lucas	1	0	0	0	0	0.482	199	4
204^th	Stafford	1	0	1	0	0	0.48	308	104
205^th	Pretty Prairie	1	1	1	0	0	0.479	252	47
206^th	Nickerson	1	0	1	1	0	0.476	270	64
207^th	Williamsburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.474	304	97
208^th	Parsons	5	1	1	1	1	0.474	236	28
209^th	McPherson	4	1	1	0	2	0.473	194	15
210^th	Minneapolis	1	0	1	0	0	0.47	181	29
211^th	Bonner Springs	2	1	1	0	0	0.469	221	10
212^th	Hill City	1	0	1	0	0	0.466	204	8
213^th	Yates Center	1	0	1	0	0	0.466	158	55
214^th	Oberlin	1	0	1	0	0	0.463	231	17
215^th	Haven	1	1	1	1	0	0.459	162	53
216^th	Chanute	1	1	1	0	2	0.459	170	46
217^th	Garnett	1	0	1	0	1	0.458	116	101
218^th	Colby	1	1	1	0	3	0.456	251	33
219^th	Ottawa	3	1	2	0	1	0.448	184	35
220^th	Cherryvale	1	0	1	0	0	0.438	296	76
221^st	Lyndon	1	0	1	0	0	0.437	167	54
222^nd	South Hutchinson	1	0	0	0	0	0.434	311	89
223^rd	Solomon	1	0	1	0	0	0.433	267	44
224^th	Wakeeney	1	0	1	0	0	0.43	269	45
225^th	Elwood	2	0	0	0	0	0.43	119	106
226^th	Hoisington	2	1	1	0	0	0.426	250	24
227^th	Hugoton	1	1	2	0	1	0.426	171	56
228^th	Bel Aire	1	0	1	0	3	0.425	234	6
229^th	Lakin	1	1	1	0	0	0.422	298	69
230^th	Rose Hill	2	1	1	0	0	0.422	205	25
231^st	Montezuma	1	0	1	0	0	0.421	203	28
232^nd	Washington	1	0	1	0	0	0.42	215	17
233^rd	Oswego	1	0	1	0	0	0.42	229	4
234^th	Weir	1	0	0	0	0	0.419	123	111
235^th	Wellsville	1	1	1	0	0	0.418	230	5
236^th	Perry	0	1	1	0	0	0.413	207	29
237^th	Augusta	3	1	1	0	1	0.405	224	13
238^th	Belleville	1	0	1	0	0	0.402	212	26
239^th	Agra	0	1	0	0	0	0.397	163	76
240^th	Clifton	1	1	0	0	0	0.396	198	42
241^st	Buhler	1	0	2	1	0	0.391	108	133
242^nd	Pittsburg	4	1	1	0	3	0.389	237	5
243^rd	Claflin	0	0	2	0	0	0.382	283	40
244^th	Galva	1	0	0	0	0	0.381	272	28
245^th	Tonganoxie	1	1	1	0	1	0.38	166	79
246^th	Colony	1	0	1	0	0	0.379	183	63
247^th	Troy	1	0	1	0	0	0.375	222	25
248^th	Nortonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.371	227	21
249^th	Oskaloosa	1	0	1	0	0	0.37	259	10
250^th	Hoyt	1	0	1	0	0	0.367	130	120
251^st	Scott City	1	1	2	0	0	0.366	260	9
252^nd	Neosho Rapids	1	0	0	0	0	0.361	192	60
253^rd	Salina	9	2	3	0	5	0.361	232	21
254^th	Ellinwood	1	1	1	0	1	0.36	240	14
255^th	White City	1	0	1	0	0	0.357	153	102
256^th	Great Bend	5	1	1	0	3	0.352	276	20
257^th	Leon	1	0	1	0	0	0.351	305	48
258^th	Gridley	1	0	0	0	0	0.349		(n/a)
259^th	Rexford	0	1	1	0	0	0.347	225	34
260^th	Pomona	1	1	1	0	0	0.345	218	42
261^st	Mc Louth	1	1	1	0	0	0.344	287	26
262^nd	Norton	1	1	1	0	0	0.343	248	14
263^rd	Herington	1	1	1	0	0	0.341	154	109
264^th	Mound City	1	0	1	0	0	0.341	114	150
265^th	Neodesha	2	0	1	0	0	0.341	262	3
266^th	Riverton	1	1	1	0	0	0.333	243	23
267^th	Selden	1	0	0	0	0	0.332		(n/a)
268^th	Topeka	25	8	8	2	12	0.332	255	13
269^th	Wellington	4	1	2	0	1	0.33	265	4
270^th	Wilson	1	0	0	0	0	0.325	281	11
271^st	Strong City	1	0	0	0	0	0.32	244	27
272^nd	Attica	1	0	1	0	0	0.311	275	3
273^rd	Ogden	1	0	0	0	0	0.309	45	228
274^th	Elkhart	1	1	2	1	0	0.307	288	14
275^th	Syracuse	1	0	1	0	0	0.307	223	52
276^th	Holcomb	2	1	2	0	0	0.306	310	34
277^th	Erie	1	0	1	0	0	0.306	284	7
278^th	Sylvan Grove	0	0	1	0	0	0.302	264	14
279^th	Ransom	1	0	1	0	0	0.298		(n/a)
280^th	Emporia	6	1	1	1	2	0.298	286	6
281^st	Galesburg	0	1	0	0	0	0.292	213	68
282^nd	Columbus	2	1	1	0	0	0.292	214	68
283^rd	Carbondale	0	1	1	0	0	0.29	278	5
284^th	Iola	1	1	2	0	0	0.286	316	32
285^th	Burlingame	1	0	1	0	0	0.284	290	5
286^th	Winfield	5	1	1	0	2	0.283	261	25
287^th	Wakefield	1	0	1	0	0	0.281	328	41
288^th	Leavenworth	5	2	2	0	3	0.281	282	6
289^th	Hutchinson	9	4	1	1	4	0.275	285	4
290^th	Johnson	1	0	1	0	0	0.265	301	11
291^st	Garden City	11	4	2	1	3	0.264	302	11
292^nd	Valley Falls	1	0	1	0	0	0.254	258	34
293^rd	Alta Vista	1	0	0	0	0	0.253	55	238
294^th	Fredonia	2	0	1	0	0	0.252	297	3
295^th	Haysville	4	2	0	0	1	0.238	300	5
296^th	Macksville	1	0	1	0	0	0.237	254	42
297^th	Canton	0	0	1	0	0	0.237	312	15
298^th	El Dorado	4	1	1	1	0	0.235	299	1
299^th	Humboldt	1	1	2	0	0	0.235	273	26
300^th	Hartford	0	0	1	0	0	0.234	336	36
301^st	Osawatomie	2	1	2	0	0	0.234	291	10
302^nd	Enterprise	1	0	0	0	1	0.233	306	4
303^rd	Horton	1	0	1	0	0	0.233	142	161
304^th	Everest	0	1	0	0	0	0.231	325	21
305^th	Wichita	66	18	12	2	37	0.224	313	8
306^th	Wakarusa	0	1	0	0	0	0.223	318	12
307^th	Kinsley	0	0	1	0	0	0.218	226	81
308^th	Plains	1	0	0	0	0	0.215	322	14
309^th	Grinnell	1	1	0	0	0	0.215	330	21
310^th	Arkansas City	6	1	1	0	2	0.21	314	4
311^th	Atchison	1	1	1	1	4	0.209	317	6
312^th	Tribune	1	0	1	0	0	0.208	238	74
313^th	Satanta	1	0	1	0	0	0.208	266	47
314^th	Park City	1	0	0	0	0	0.204	292	22
315^th	Russell	2	1	1	0	0	0.202	307	8
316^th	Brewster	1	0	1	0	0	0.201		(n/a)
317^th	Pleasanton	1	0	1	0	0	0.201	321	4
318^th	Belle Plaine	1	1	1	0	0	0.193	247	71
319^th	Highland	1	0	1	0	0	0.187	135	184
320^th	Newton	4	2	2	0	3	0.184	315	5
321^st	Coffeyville	1	1	2	0	0	0.182	326	5
322^nd	Kansas City	36	10	11	1	9	0.172	319	3
323^rd	Goodland	2	1	2	0	0	0.171	289	34
324^th	Hamilton	1	0	1	0	0	0.166		(n/a)
325^th	Deerfield	1	1	1	0	0	0.163	329	4
326^th	Peabody	1	0	1	0	0	0.159	331	5
327^th	Kismet	1	0	1	0	0	0.156	337	10
328^th	Ulysses	2	1	2	0	0	0.154	324	4
329^th	Arma	1	0	2	0	0	0.151	295	34
330^th	Lyons	2	1	1	0	0	0.138	253	77
331^st	Dodge City	8	2	1	0	1	0.127	332	1
332^nd	Plainville	1	0	1	0	1	0.121	293	39
333^rd	Burrton	1	0	1	0	1	0.114	320	13
334^th	Cherokee	0	1	1	0	0	0.113	263	71
335^th	Buffalo	0	0	1	0	0	0.101	335
336^th	Le Roy	0	1	1	0	0	0.083	338	2
337^th	Liberal	5	2	1	0	1	0.07	334	3
338^th	Cedar Vale	1	0	1	0	0	0.057		(n/a)
339^th	Chetopa	1	0	1	0	0	0.044	309	30

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