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
311	West High	Public	9-12	820 S Osage	Wichita	67213	Sedgwick County	Wichita	No	No	No	No	(316) 973-3600	1,306	91	14.3	88.9%	376 (28.8%)	214 (16.4%)	581 (44.5%)	9 (0.7%)	14 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	111 (8.5%)	$14,448			$1,710			$12,738	9.7	7.1	307	4		201299000349
312	Hutchinson Virtual School	Public, Virtual, Alternative	1-12	800 E 15th Circle	Hutchinson	67502	Reno County	Hutchinson Public Schools	No	No	Yes	No	(620) 615-4950	300				185 (61.7%)	21 (7.0%)	67 (22.3%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (8.0%)	$14,145			$2,188			$11,957	8.8			(n/a)		200762002136
313	Cedar Vale High	Public	6-12	508 Dora	Cedar Vale	67024	Chautauqua County	Cedar Vale	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 758-2791	63	10	6.4	46.0%	48 (76.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (14.3%)	$17,873			$1,371			$16,502	8.8			(n/a)		200450000444
314	Central State Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	4501 West 4th Ave	Hutchinson	67501	Reno County	Nickerson	No	No	Yes	No	(620) 500-5945	110				88 (80.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (13.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.5%)	$17,764			$1,596			$16,168	8.7	15	291	23		200999002092
315	West Elk Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	1201 St Hwy 99	Howard	67349	Elk County	West Elk	No	No	Yes	No	(620) 374-2113	226	4	57.9		150 (66.4%)	26 (11.5%)	32 (14.2%)	5 (2.2%)	4 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.0%)	$5,323			$00			$5,323	8			(n/a)		200750002133
316	Kinsley Junior/Senior High School	Public	6-12	716 N Colony	Kinsley	67547	Edwards County	Kinsley-Offerle	No	No	No	No	(620) 659-2126	135	15	9.2	44.4%	98 (72.6%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (25.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.5%)	$18,193			$1,819			$16,375	7.3	56.2	121	195		200810001944
317	Hope Street Charter Academy	Public, Charter	10-12	1900 SW Hope Street	Topeka	66604	Shawnee County	Topeka Public Schools	Yes	No	No	No	(785) 438-4280	103	16	6.2	78.6%	44 (42.7%)	12 (11.7%)	32 (31.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (13.6%)	$36,065			$2,346			$33,719	6.9	13.1	293	24		201226001596
318	GC Achieve at J.D. Adams Hall	Public, Alternative	K-12	1312 N. 7th Street	Garden City	67846	Finney County	Garden City	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 805-8600	111	17	6.6	86.5%	22 (19.8%)	4 (3.6%)	81 (73.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.6%)	$15,322			$2,501			$12,822	6	3.6	313	5		200639002067
319	Washington High	Public	9-12	7340 Leavenworth Road	Kansas City	66109	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	No	(913) 627-7800	1,180	65	18	67.0%	158 (13.4%)	391 (33.1%)	417 (35.3%)	144 (12.2%)	2 (0.2%)	11 (0.9%)	57 (4.8%)	$17,809			$5,622			$12,188	5.6	3.6	312	7		200795001433
320	Plainville High	Public	7-12	202 SE Cardinal Avenue	Plainville	67663	Rooks County	Plainville	No	No	No	No	(785) 434-4547	197	18	11.1	41.1%	180 (91.4%)	5 (2.5%)	5 (2.5%)	3 (1.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	$15,898			$884			$15,015	5.5	41.2	196	124		201074000400

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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.