Best High Schools in Kansas

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Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Kansas test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the KAP test scores by the Kansas State Department of Education. The most recent update was on Tuesday, October 14, 2025.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 332)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
91	St. Paul High School	Public	9-12	118 First Street	Saint Paul	66771	Neosho County	Chetopa-St. Paul	No	No	No	No	(620) 449-2245	56	7	8.4	48.2%	51 (91.1%)	1 (1.8%)	4 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$14,607			$1,234			$13,373	66.5	68.8	75	16		200477001928
92	Baldwin High School	Public	9-12	415 Eisenhower	Baldwin City	66006	Douglas County	Baldwin City	No	No	No	No	(785) 594-2725	437	32	13.7	27.7%	373 (85.4%)	10 (2.3%)	24 (5.5%)	3 (0.7%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.5%)	$11,474			$963			$10,512	66.5	67.7	78	14		200372000704
93	Olathe East Senior High	Public	9-12	14545 W 127th St	Olathe	66062	Johnson County	Olathe	No	No	No	No	(913) 780-7120	1,844	128	14.4	28.1%	1,062 (57.6%)	233 (12.6%)	352 (19.1%)	84 (4.6%)	7 (0.4%)	8 (0.4%)	98 (5.3%)	$14,387			$796			$13,591	66.4	65	87	6		201014000040
94	Quinter Junior-Senior High	Public	7-12	600 Long	Quinter	67752	Gove County	Quinter Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(785) 754-3660	133	15	8.7	35.3%	121 (91.0%)	2 (1.5%)	4 (3.0%)	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.0%)	$14,403			$943			$13,460	65.8	45.8	178	84		201095000473
95	Marais Des Cygnes Valley High	Public	9-12	508 NE Main	Melvern	66510	Osage County	Marais Des Cygnes Valley	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 549-3313	53	6	8.7	60.4%	48 (90.6%)	1 (1.9%)	1 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (5.7%)	$19,923			$1,505			$18,417	65.5	48.7	164	69		200948001165
96	Central Junior-Senior High	Public	7-12	700 Main	Burden	67019	Cowley County	Central	No	No	No	No	(620) 438-2215	139	17	8.2	48.9%	114 (82.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (8.6%)	1 (0.7%)	2 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (7.2%)	$19,799			$718			$19,082	65.2	69.8	69	27		200423001200
97	Southeast Saline High	Public	7-12	5056 E. K-4 Highway	Gypsum	67448	Saline County	Southeast Of Saline	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 536-4286	323	30	10.8	30.0%	282 (87.3%)	3 (0.9%)	17 (5.3%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.6%)	$14,632			$1,158			$13,475	65.2	86.7	25	72		200000100523
98	Council Grove Junior Senior High School	Public	7-12	129 Hockaday St.	Council Grove	66846	Morris County	Morris County	No	No	No	No	(620) 767-5149	368	31	11.7	51.1%	323 (87.8%)	1 (0.3%)	27 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.8%)	$15,625			$692			$14,933	65.1	79.7	43	55		200528000988
99	St Francis High	Public	6-12	100 College Street	Saint Francis	67756	Cheyenne County	St Francis Community School	No	No	No	No	(785) 332-8153	164	14	11.6	53.7%	134 (81.7%)	1 (0.6%)	25 (15.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.4%)	$21,011			$675			$20,335	64.7	20.2	278	179		201188000484
100	Washburn Rural High	Public	9-12	5900 SW 61st	Topeka	66619	Shawnee County	Auburn-Washburn	No	No	No	No	(785) 339-4100	1,878	133	14.1	30.5%	1,361 (72.5%)	87 (4.6%)	219 (11.7%)	39 (2.1%)	8 (0.4%)	3 (0.2%)	161 (8.6%)	$12,886			$682			$12,203	64.7	65.1	86	14		200320001073

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on KAP English Language Arts, KAP Mathematics, KAP Science test scores released by the Kansas State Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 14, 2025, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Kansas State Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Kansas State Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.