Best High Schools in Kansas

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 318)	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 (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
201200001533	1	Blue Valley West High	Public	9-12	16200 Antioch Road	Overland Park	66085	Johnson County	Blue Valley	No	No	No	No	(913) 239-3700	1,514	101	14.9	8.9%	1,000 (66.1%)	48 (3.2%)	91 (6.0%)	301 (19.9%)	2 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	71 (4.7%)	$9,791			$402			$9,389	99.1	99.1	2	1
201200000541	2	Blue Valley Northwest High	Public	9-12	13260 Switzer Road	Overland Park	66213	Johnson County	Blue Valley	No	No	No	No	(913) 239-3400	1,344	96	13.9	12.7%	887 (66.0%)	76 (5.7%)	104 (7.7%)	209 (15.6%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	66 (4.9%)	$9,522			$251			$9,271	98.5	98.6	3	1
200914002083	3	Maize Virtual Preparatory School	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	301 S Park	Maize	67101	Sedgwick County	Maize	No	No	Yes	No	(316) 462-8800	396	21	18.9	0.8%	339 (85.6%)	10 (2.5%)	16 (4.0%)	7 (1.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.8%)	$4,889			$26			$4,863	98.1	100	1	2
200795001419	4	Sumner Academy of Arts & Science	Public, Magnet	8-12	1610 N 8th Street	Kansas City	66101	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	Yes	No	No	(913) 627-7200	1,102	68	16	69.1%	136 (12.3%)	200 (18.1%)	617 (56.0%)	100 (9.1%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (4.3%)	$10,982			$1,395			$9,587	96.2	95.5	6	2
200035002016	5	Axtell High	Public	9-12	504 Pine Street	Axtell	66403	Marshall County	Prairie Hills	No	No	No	No	(785) 736-2237	44	5	9.1	25.0%	43 (97.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.3%)	$11,943			$319			$11,624	95.9	97.7	4	1
201143001075	6	Skyline High	Public	9-12	20269 W. Hwy 54	Pratt	67124	Pratt County	Skyline Schools	No	No	No	No	(620) 672-5651	105	7	16.1	39.0%	96 (91.4%)	1 (1.0%)	6 (5.7%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	$12,455			$246			$12,209	95.8	79.6	43	37
200035302050	7	Nemaha Central High School	Public	9-12	214 N. 11th	Seneca	66538	Nemaha County	Nemaha Central	No	No	No	No	(785) 336-3557	221	22	9.9	16.3%	205 (92.8%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.0%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	$13,264			$499			$12,765	95.8	85.1	22	15
200336000860	8	Andover High	Public	9-12	1744 N Andover Rd	Andover	67002	Butler County	Andover	No	No	No	No	(316) 218-4600	1,014	54	18.6	16.8%	790 (77.9%)	26 (2.6%)	79 (7.8%)	64 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	53 (5.2%)	$8,217			$362			$7,855	94.6	88.9	15	7
201200000112	9	Blue Valley High	Public	9-12	6001 W. 159th St.	Stilwell	66085	Johnson County	Blue Valley	No	No	No	No	(913) 239-4800	1,412	90	15.7	10.6%	1,059 (75.0%)	41 (2.9%)	103 (7.3%)	135 (9.6%)	3 (0.2%)	3 (0.2%)	68 (4.8%)	$9,700			$342			$9,357	93.3	94.7	8	1
201200001990	10	Blue Valley Southwest High School	Public	9-12	17600 Quivira Road	Overland Park	66062	Johnson County	Blue Valley	No	No	No	No	(913) 624-2000	1,014	74	13.7	6.6%	816 (80.5%)	14 (1.4%)	51 (5.0%)	91 (9.0%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (3.9%)	$11,296			$306			$10,990	92.8	87.9	18	8

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