High Schools in Liberal

Summary:

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.

District Detail

7 Parkway Blvd
Liberal, KS 67901

(620) 604-1010

SchoolDigger Rank:
261^st of 264 Kansas districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 4,653

Primary Schools: 5
Middle Schools: 2
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				KAP English Language Arts (2025)		KAP Mathematics (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	KAP English Language Arts 10th Grade	KAP English Language Arts All Grades	KAP Mathematics 10th Grade	KAP Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Liberal Senior High	Public	9-12	1611 W 2nd	Liberal	67901	Seward County	Liberal	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 604-1200	1,421	91	15.5	86.3%	121 (8.5%)	14 (1.0%)	1,232 (86.7%)	20 (1.4%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (2.3%)	11.2	309^th of 332 public high schools	6.9%		7.1	306^th of 318 public high schools	3.8%	3	22.0	22.0	12.3	12.3	$12,194	$1,148	$11,046

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Kismet-Plains	17.09 mi	3	246^th
Moscow Public Schools	24.77 mi	2	128^th
Hugoton Public Schools	24.78 mi	4	176^th
Satanta	27.69 mi	2	238^th
Sublette	30.68 mi	3	109^th

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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.

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