Best High Schools in Kansas
The top 50 high schools (grades 9-12) in Kansas, ranked by enrollment from NCES data with EDFacts proficiency rates where available. Average proficiency across this list is 63%.
| # | School | City | Enrollment | Proficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andover eCademy | Andover, KS | 3,223 | 68% |
| 2 | East High | Wichita, KS | 2,295 | 38% |
| 3 | Olathe North Sr High | Olathe, KS | 2,230 | 57% |
| 4 | Southeast High | Wichita, KS | 2,189 | 37% |
| 5 | Derby High School | Derby, KS | 2,172 | 62% |
| 6 | Dodge City High School | Dodge City, KS | 2,084 | 38% |
| 7 | North High | Wichita, KS | 2,074 | 33% |
| 8 | Garden City High School | Garden City, KS | 1,973 | 43% |
| 9 | Manhattan High School West/East Campus | Manhattan, KS | 1,954 | 49% |
| 10 | Olathe Northwest High School | Olathe, KS | 1,952 | 63% |
| 11 | Lawrence Free State High | Lawrence, KS | 1,777 | 64% |
| 12 | Olathe West High School | Olathe, KS | 1,662 | 66% |
| 13 | Blue Valley West High | Overland Park, KS | 1,514 | 62% |
| 14 | Blue Valley North High | Overland Park, KS | 1,414 | 74% |
| 15 | Mill Valley High School | Shawnee, KS | 1,355 | 64% |
| 16 | Blue Valley Northwest High | Overland Park, KS | 1,344 | 65% |
| 17 | Maize Sr High | Maize, KS | 1,289 | 65% |
| 18 | Kansas Connections Academy | Elkhart, KS | 1,251 | 74% |
| 19 | Central Plains Adult Diploma Program | Holyrood, KS | 1,185 | 70% |
| 20 | Insight School of Kansas | Spring Hill, KS | 1,035 | 62% |
| 21 | Andover High | Andover, KS | 1,014 | 69% |
| 22 | Blue Valley Southwest High School | Overland Park, KS | 1,014 | 77% |
| 23 | Eisenhower High School | Goddard, KS | 1,002 | 65% |
| 24 | De Soto High School | De Soto, KS | 997 | 72% |
| 25 | Lansing High 9-12 | Leavenworth, KS | 870 | 67% |
| 26 | Piper High | Kansas City, KS | 779 | 68% |
| 27 | Lawrence Virtual School | Lawrence, KS | 766 | 76% |
| 28 | Louisburg High | Louisburg, KS | 562 | 67% |
| 29 | Mulvane High | Mulvane, KS | 556 | 63% |
| 30 | Eudora High School | Eudora, KS | 541 | 65% |
| 31 | Education Imagine Academy | Wichita, KS | 520 | 70% |
| 32 | Wamego High | Wamego, KS | 507 | 63% |
| 33 | Blue Valley Virtual Program | Overland Park, KS | 447 | 72% |
| 34 | Patton Jr High | Fort Leavenworth, KS | 439 | 74% |
| 35 | Baldwin High School | Baldwin City, KS | 424 | 65% |
| 36 | Maize Virtual Preparatory School | Maize, KS | 396 | 73% |
| 37 | Avondale Academy | Topeka, KS | 379 | 71% |
| 38 | Clearwater High | Clearwater, KS | 368 | 64% |
| 39 | Kansas Online Learning Program | Lost Springs, KS | 338 | 73% |
| 40 | Clay Center Community High | Clay Center, KS | 335 | 62% |
| 41 | Silver Lake Jr-Sr High | Silver Lake, KS | 330 | 62% |
| 42 | Humboldt Virtual Education | Humboldt, KS | 326 | 71% |
| 43 | Holton High | Holton, KS | 323 | 65% |
| 44 | Santa Fe Trail High | Carbondale, KS | 308 | 62% |
| 45 | Ellsworth High | Ellsworth, KS | 302 | 63% |
| 46 | Smoky Valley Virtual Charter School | Lindsborg, KS | 283 | 62% |
| 47 | Perry Lecompton High | Perry, KS | 279 | 62% |
| 48 | Rocket Online School KS (ROCS | El Dorado, KS | 268 | 63% |
| 49 | Burlington High | Burlington, KS | 262 | 64% |
| 50 | Cheney High | Cheney, KS | 246 | 68% |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best high school in Kansas?
The largest high school in Kansas is Andover eCademy in Andover with 3,223 students and a 68% proficiency rate. Rankings are based on NCES Common Core of Data enrollment and EDFacts proficiency results.
How many high schools are in Kansas?
This page shows the top 50 high schools (grades 9-12) in Kansas by enrollment. Browse the full state directory to see all schools.
What does the proficiency rate measure?
Proficiency rate is the percentage of students meeting grade-level standards on combined math and reading assessments, as reported by EDFacts. Data is district-level and applied to each school in the district.
Where does this data come from?
Enrollment and school characteristics come from the NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results. Both are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
The this entity category groups every U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment entity sharing this attribute. The list above is the data; the paragraphs below explain what the grouping means against the broader NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts distribution and how to read the relative rankings within the category.
For readers using this category as a starting point, the per-entity detail pages linked from the table above carry the underlying NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts data in full. The category-level view is the filter; the per-entity pages are the actual answer.
Schools are ranked by enrollment within the state. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results, district-level figures applied to each school in the district.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.