Best High Schools in Kansas for African American Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Kansas!

Every year, the Kansas State Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, African American students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

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.

Alert! We are expecting the release of this year's test scores by the Kansas State Department of Education any day now! We will update our rankings as soon as they are released!

Alert! New test scores and rankings are expected from the Kansas State Department of Education any day now!

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (African American vs All Students - 2022)
ID	Rank (of 50)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (African American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (African American)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
201200000541	1	Blue Valley Northwest High	Public	9-12	13260 Switzer Road	Overland Park	66213	Johnson County	Blue Valley	No	No	No	No	(913) 239-3400	1,569	82	19	8.0%	1,064 (67.8%)	78 (5.0%)	111 (7.1%)	244 (15.6%)	2 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	69 (4.4%)	$9,522			$251			$9,271	98.0%	99.1%	1.07%
200834001230	2	Lansing High 9-12	Public	9-12	1412 147th Street	Leavenworth	66048	Leavenworth County	Lansing	No	No	No	No	(913) 727-3357	872	47	18.5	26.7%	628 (72.0%)	49 (5.6%)	96 (11.0%)	20 (2.3%)	3 (0.3%)	4 (0.5%)	72 (8.3%)	$6,780			$513			$6,268	96.0%	89.2%	6.80%
201164001577	3	Shawnee Mission South High	Public	9-12	5800 W 107th St	Shawnee Mission	66207	Johnson County	Shawnee Mission Pub School	No	No	No	No	(913) 993-7500	1,512	94	16	27.0%	992 (65.6%)	116 (7.7%)	286 (18.9%)	37 (2.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	80 (5.3%)	$10,147			$496			$9,650	94.0%	88.9%	5.11%
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	999	61	16.3	68.1%	117 (11.7%)	201 (20.1%)	570 (57.1%)	74 (7.4%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (3.3%)	$10,982			$1,395			$9,587	92.0%	91.4%	0.64%
201014001602	5	Olathe South Senior High	Public	9-12	1640 E 151st St	Olathe	66062	Johnson County	Olathe	No	No	No	No	(913) 780-7160	1,944	130	14.9	16.5%	1,436 (73.9%)	121 (6.2%)	218 (11.2%)	78 (4.0%)	14 (0.7%)	5 (0.3%)	72 (3.7%)	$10,408			$611			$9,796	90.0%	75.0%	15.00%
201014000040	6	Olathe East Senior High	Public	9-12	14545 W 127th St	Olathe	66062	Johnson County	Olathe	No	No	No	No	(913) 780-7120	1,885	139	13.5	25.2%	1,191 (63.2%)	196 (10.4%)	294 (15.6%)	104 (5.5%)	7 (0.4%)	4 (0.2%)	89 (4.7%)	$11,086			$546			$10,540	88.0%	63.6%	24.42%
201200001644	7	Blue Valley North High	Public	9-12	12200 Lamar Ave.	Overland Park	66209	Johnson County	Blue Valley	No	No	No	No	(913) 239-3000	1,531	88	17.4	10.1%	1,023 (66.8%)	98 (6.4%)	124 (8.1%)	200 (13.1%)	8 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	78 (5.1%)	$10,284			$230			$10,054	86.0%	97.8%	11.84%
201014001793	8	Olathe Northwest High School	Public	9-12	21300 College Blvd	Olathe	66061	Johnson County	Olathe	No	No	No	No	(913) 780-7150	1,908	129	14.7	13.3%	1,420 (74.4%)	102 (5.3%)	217 (11.4%)	92 (4.8%)	7 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	69 (3.6%)	$10,089			$432			$9,657	84.0%	95.1%	11.06%
200789001267	9	Junction City Senior High	Public	9-12	1100 Blue Jay Way	Junction City	66441	Geary County	Geary County Schools	No	No	No	No	(785) 717-4200	1,598	116	13.8	38.9%	699 (43.7%)	327 (20.5%)	331 (20.7%)	38 (2.4%)	4 (0.3%)	35 (2.2%)	164 (10.3%)	$12,322			$928			$11,395	82.0%	47.5%	34.47%
201137000521	10	Salina High Central	Public	9-12	650 E Crawford	Salina	67401	Saline County	Salina	No	No	No	No	(785) 309-3500	1,008	70	14.4	57.5%	631 (62.6%)	49 (4.9%)	201 (19.9%)	13 (1.3%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	111 (11.0%)	$11,038			$845			$10,192	80.0%	54.9%	25.06%

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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 11, 2022, 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. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.