High Schools in Liberal

There is only one high school located in Liberal, Kansas - Liberal Senior High. This school has consistently ranked in the bottom 10-15% of Kansas high schools over the past 3 school years, with a ranking of 309 out of 332 schools in 2024-2025. The school has a 0-star rating out of 5 from SchoolDigger, indicating poor overall performance.

Liberal Senior High has significantly below-average academic proficiency rates across all subjects and grade levels. For example, in 2024-2025, only 22.03% of 10th graders were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 37.93%. The school also has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 19.5% in 2024-2025. However, the school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 15.6 and above-average per-student spending of $10,314 in 2018-2019, suggesting that the school may have the resources to improve its performance.

Overall, the data indicates that Liberal Senior High is a struggling high school that is facing significant challenges in providing a high-quality education to its students. Addressing these challenges will likely require a multi-faceted approach that addresses both academic and non-academic factors, such as student engagement and attendance.