Best High Schools in Kansas

All 295 ranked high schools in Kansas, ordered by state rank, with each school's rank history.

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Top 50 high schools in Kansas, 2026-27

295 Kansas high schools are ranked in this edition, ordered here by state rank.

  1. Sumner Academy of Arts and Science — Kansas City · #1 in KS · #101 nationally
  2. Blue Valley Northwest High School — Overland Park · #2 in KS · #321 nationally
  3. Blue Valley West High School — Overland Park · #3 in KS · #328 nationally
  4. Blue Valley High School — Stilwell · #4 in KS · #598 nationally
  5. Blue Valley Southwest High School — Overland Park · #5 in KS · #691 nationally
  6. Blue Valley North High School — Overland Park · #6 in KS · #856 nationally
  7. Andover High School — Andover · #7 in KS · #1,228 nationally
  8. Shawnee Mission East High School — Prairie Village · #8 in KS · #1,436 nationally
  9. DeSoto High School — De Soto · #9 in KS · #2,000 nationally
  10. Olathe Northwest High School — Olathe · #10 in KS · #2,027 nationally
  11. Holton High School — Holton · #11 in KS · #2,118 nationally
  12. Mill Valley High School — Shawnee · #12 in KS · #2,400 nationally
  13. Independence Senior High School — Independence · #13 in KS · #2,595 nationally
  14. Olathe North Senior High School — Olathe · #14 in KS · #2,695 nationally
  15. Rock Creek High School — St George · #15 in KS · #2,706 nationally
  16. Andover Central High School — Andover · #16 in KS · #2,737 nationally
  17. Spring Hill High School — Spring Hill · #17 in KS · #2,818 nationally
  18. Manhattan High School West/East Campus — Manhattan · #18 in KS · #2,906 nationally
  19. Lawrence Free State High School — Lawrence · #19 in KS · #3,097 nationally
  20. Shawnee Mission South High School — Overland Park · #20 in KS · #3,108 nationally
  21. Sabetha High School — Sabetha · #21 in KS · #3,258 nationally
  22. Pratt Senior High School — Pratt · #22 in KS · #3,317 nationally
  23. Chapman High School — Chapman · #23 in KS · #3,362 nationally
  24. Chanute High School — Chanute · #24 in KS · #3,472 nationally
  25. Lansing High 9-12 — Leavenworth · #25 in KS · #3,688 nationally
  26. Olathe East Senior High School — Olathe · #26 in KS · #3,755 nationally
  27. Northeast Magnet High School — Bel Aire · #27 in KS · #3,765 nationally
  28. Maize South High School — Wichita · #28 in KS · #3,944 nationally
  29. Olathe West High School — Olathe · #29 in KS · #4,186 nationally
  30. Wallace County High School — Sharon Springs · #30 in KS · #4,222 nationally
  31. Ingalls High School/Junior High School — Ingalls · #31 in KS · #4,320 nationally
  32. Washburn Rural High School — Topeka · #32 in KS · #4,405 nationally
  33. Shawnee Heights High School — Tecumseh · #33 in KS · #4,822 nationally
  34. Louisburg High School — Louisburg · #34 in KS · #4,952 nationally
  35. Piper High School — Kansas City · #35 in KS · #4,968 nationally
  36. Madison High School — Madison · #36 in KS · #5,054 nationally
  37. Skyline High School — Pratt · #37 in KS · #5,155 nationally
  38. Salina High South — Salina · #38 in KS · #5,424 nationally
  39. Southeast Saline High School — Gypsum · #39 in KS · #5,549 nationally
  40. Shawnee Mission Northwest High School — Shawnee · #40 in KS · #5,695 nationally
  41. Osborne Junior/Senior High School — Osborne · #41 in KS · #5,743 nationally
  42. Lawrence High School — Lawrence · #42 in KS · #5,744 nationally
  43. Minneola High School — Minneola · #43 in KS · #5,748 nationally
  44. Frederic Remington High School — Whitewater · #44 in KS · #5,803 nationally
  45. Council Grove High School — Council Grove · #45 in KS · #5,858 nationally
  46. Olathe South Senior High School — Olathe · #46 in KS · #6,015 nationally
  47. Onaga Senior High School — Onaga · #47 in KS · #6,024 nationally
  48. East High School — Wichita · #48 in KS · #6,063 nationally
  49. Nemaha Valley High School — Seneca · #49 in KS · #6,073 nationally
  50. Baldwin High School — Baldwin City · #50 in KS · #6,262 nationally

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Ranks are from the 2026-27 U.S. News & World Report Best High Schools edition. How HighSchoolTrends uses this data.