High Schools in Hesston

Hesston has one listed high school, Hesston High, serving grades 9–12 with 274 students. Because it is the only school in the list, there is no meaningful school-to-school comparison. The main takeaway is that the school’s 2025–26 proficiency rates exceeded Kansas’s in all three subjects, with its largest advantages in English language arts (ELA) and mathematics.

Hesston High’s strongest result relative to the state was ELA: 70% proficient, 24 percentage points above Kansas, and 5 points above the Hesston district. Mathematics was 60%, 19 points above the state but 5 points below the district. Science was the relative weak spot: 43% proficient, just 5 points above Kansas and 11 points below the district. In grade-specific results, 10th-grade ELA was 29 points above the state, 10th-grade mathematics 23 points above, and 11th-grade science 13 points above. SchoolDigger ranks the school 24th of 340 Kansas high schools, in the 93rd percentile, with five stars.

ELA and mathematics improved markedly from 2024–25 to 2025–26: ELA rose 19 percentage points while Kansas rose 1, and mathematics rose 18 points while the state rose 2. The school’s advantage over Kansas widened by 17 points in ELA and 16 in mathematics. SchoolDigger’s ranking also improved from 69th of 332 schools in 2024–25 to 24th of 340 in 2025–26, after standing 37th of 318 in 2023–24. Other indicators are favorable against the state: graduation was 96% versus 90%, and chronic absenteeism was 12% versus 18%; however, absenteeism was 4 points higher than the district’s 8%. The school’s 11.7 student–teacher ratio and 24% free/reduced-lunch rate provide context, not an explanation of its results.