Best High Schools in Kansas

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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
51	Chase County Junior Senior High School	Public	7-12	600 Main Street	Cottonwood Falls	66845	Chase County	Chase County	No	No	No	No	(620) 273-6354	192	17	11.4	36.5%	178 (92.7%)	1 (0.5%)	12 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	$16,391			$1,067			$15,324	80.7	56.1	122	71		200525002024
52	Clay Center Community High	Public	9-12	1630 Ninth St	Clay Center	67432	Clay County	Clay County	No	No	No	No	(785) 632-2131	326	26	12.5	40.8%	295 (90.5%)	2 (0.6%)	16 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.7%)	$13,671			$764			$12,907	80.7	77.5	49	3		200489000824
53	Smith Center Junior Senior High	Public	7-12	300 Roger Barta Way	Smith Center	66967	Smith County	Smith Center	No	No	No	No	(785) 282-6609	183	19	9.7	50.8%	164 (89.6%)	4 (2.2%)	3 (1.6%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (6.0%)	$15,616			$1,478			$14,138	80	73.4	57	4		200000700156
54	Ashland High	Public	9-12	311 J.E. Humphreys St.	Ashland	67831	Clark County	Ashland	No	No	No	No	(620) 635-2220	69	6	10.7	59.4%	57 (82.6%)	1 (1.4%)	9 (13.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.4%)	$18,773			$1,655			$17,118	79.3	29	248	194		200351000086
55	Lansing High 9-12	Public	9-12	1412 147th Street	Leavenworth	66048	Leavenworth County	Lansing	No	No	No	No	(913) 727-3357	860	54	15.8	29.8%	602 (70.0%)	62 (7.2%)	96 (11.2%)	12 (1.4%)	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	83 (9.7%)	$12,130			$1,289			$10,841	78.8	80	41	14		200834001230
56	Manhattan High School	Public	9-12	2100 Poyntz Avenue	Manhattan	66502	Riley County	Manhattan-Ogden	No	No	No	No	(785) 587-2100	2,087	138	15.1	41.8%	1,265 (60.6%)	171 (8.2%)	347 (16.6%)	83 (4.0%)	9 (0.4%)	18 (0.9%)	194 (9.3%)	$13,068			$99			$12,970	78.8	73.4	58	2		200918000853
57	De Soto High School	Public	9-12	35000 W 91st Street	De Soto	66018	Johnson County	De Soto	No	No	No	No	(913) 667-6250	918	71	12.8	21.6%	715 (77.9%)	20 (2.2%)	135 (14.7%)	13 (1.4%)	7 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (3.1%)	$13,468			$675			$12,793	78.2	87.1	23	34		200549000127
58	Shawnee Mission Northwest High	Public	9-12	12701 W 67th St	Shawnee	66216	Johnson County	Shawnee Mission Pub School	No	No	No	No	(913) 993-7200	1,599	103	15.4	40.7%	882 (55.2%)	145 (9.1%)	419 (26.2%)	46 (2.9%)	5 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	102 (6.4%)	$13,089			$743			$12,346	78	62.2	98	40		201164001576
59	Dexter High	Public	6-12	311 N. Main	Dexter	67038	Cowley County	Dexter	No	No	No	No	(620) 876-5415	157	13	11.9	41.4%	141 (89.8%)	1 (0.6%)	3 (1.9%)	2 (1.3%)	2 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (5.1%)	$14,424			$1,662			$12,762	77.9	51.5	150	91		200552001245
60	Rock Creek High School	Public	9-12	9355 Flush Road	Saint George	66535	Pottawatomie County	Rock Creek	No	No	No	No	(785) 494-8591	415	30	13.7	23.6%	371 (89.4%)	5 (1.2%)	30 (7.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.7%)	$13,364			$1,829			$11,535	77.5	77.7	47	13		200000401708

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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.

Educational resources:

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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.