Kansas school data rankings

Compare regular public school districts by one measure at a time, then inspect the underlying profile. Of 285 regular districts, 284 report 2024–25 enrollment and 285 match the FY 2023 finance file. Charter, service, specialized, and other agencies remain in the directory but are excluded from these unlike comparisons.

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Showing 1–25 of 284 regular districts reporting enrollment. NCES CCD 2024–25.

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Districts ordered by the selected measure; positions describe data, not school quality
Position	District	City	Schools	Enrollment
1	Wichita	Wichita	81	46,073
2	Olathe	Olathe	52	28,195
3	Shawnee Mission Pub Sch	Shawnee Mission	45	26,513
4	Blue Valley	Overland Park	37	22,252
5	Kansas City	Kansas City	43	21,538
6	Topeka Public Schools	Topeka	27	12,623
7	Lawrence	Lawrence	18	10,443
8	Andover	Andover	11	9,460
9	Maize	Maize	12	8,067
10	Derby	Derby	13	7,416
11	Geary County Schools	Junction City	17	7,307
12	De Soto	De Soto	13	7,295
13	Dodge City	Dodge City	11	7,268
14	Manhattan-Ogden	Manhattan	14	7,204
15	Garden City	Garden City	18	7,106
16	Salina	Salina	13	6,737
17	Goddard	Goddard	12	6,346
18	Auburn-Washburn	Topeka	10	5,873
19	Spring Hill	Spring Hill	11	5,860
20	Gardner Edgerton	Gardner	11	5,858
21	Haysville	Haysville	9	5,465
22	Liberal	Liberal	8	4,654
23	Emporia	Emporia	9	4,267
24	Hutchinson Public Schools	Hutchinson	10	4,230
25	Turner-Kansas City	Kansas City	8	3,926

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Largest school districts in Kansas

Ordered by 2024–25 reported membership. This is a scale comparison, not a quality ranking.

Rank	Name	Location	Students
1	Wichita 81 schools	Wichita	46,073
2	Olathe 52 schools	Olathe	28,195
3	Shawnee Mission Pub Sch 45 schools	Shawnee Mission	26,513
4	Blue Valley 37 schools	Overland Park	22,252
5	Kansas City 43 schools	Kansas City	21,538
6	Topeka Public Schools 27 schools	Topeka	12,623
7	Lawrence 18 schools	Lawrence	10,443
8	Andover 11 schools	Andover	9,460
9	Maize 12 schools	Maize	8,067
10	Derby 13 schools	Derby	7,416
11	Geary County Schools 17 schools	Junction City	7,307
12	De Soto 13 schools	De Soto	7,295
13	Dodge City 11 schools	Dodge City	7,268
14	Manhattan-Ogden 14 schools	Manhattan	7,204
15	Garden City 18 schools	Garden City	7,106
16	Salina 13 schools	Salina	6,737
17	Goddard 12 schools	Goddard	6,346
18	Auburn-Washburn 10 schools	Topeka	5,873
19	Spring Hill 11 schools	Spring Hill	5,860
20	Gardner Edgerton 11 schools	Gardner	5,858
21	Haysville 9 schools	Haysville	5,465
22	Liberal 8 schools	Liberal	4,654
23	Emporia 9 schools	Emporia	4,267
24	Hutchinson Public Schools 10 schools	Hutchinson	4,230
25	Turner-Kansas City 8 schools	Kansas City	3,926

Source: NCES CCD LEA Membership, 2024–25.

Highest spending per pupil in Kansas

Ordered by FY 2023 current expenditure per pupil among districts with at least 200 students. District responsibilities and local costs differ.

Rank	Name	Location	Per pupil
1	Stafford 273 students	Stafford	$24,496
2	Minneola 244 students	Minneola	$23,345
3	West Elk 597 students	Howard	$22,479
4	Paola 1,785 students	Paola	$22,404
5	Lyons 716 students	Lyons	$22,216
6	Winfield 2,050 students	Winfield	$21,663
7	Satanta 242 students	Satanta	$20,310
8	Beloit 862 students	Beloit	$20,283
9	Burlington 811 students	Burlington	$19,836
10	Fairfield 268 students	Langdon	$19,825
11	Ft Larned 843 students	Larned	$19,481
12	Cherokee 433 students	Cherokee	$19,083
13	Salina 6,737 students	Salina	$18,954
14	Comanche County 322 students	Coldwater	$18,953
15	Madison-Virgil 236 students	Madison	$18,853
16	Concordia 1,161 students	Concordia	$18,676
17	Kinsley-Offerle 263 students	Kinsley	$18,598
18	Prairie View 903 students	LaCygne	$18,586
19	Sublette 366 students	Sublette	$18,578
20	McPherson 2,165 students	McPherson	$18,527
21	Stockton 282 students	Stockton	$18,376
22	North Lyon County 331 students	Americus	$18,294
23	Flinthills 273 students	Rosalia	$18,070
24	Rural Vista 298 students	White City	$17,853
25	Marmaton Valley 276 students	Moran	$17,822

Source: NCES School District Finance Survey (F-33), FY 2023. Resource measure only.

Kansas high schools with broad reported program access

Counts AP student enrollment, gifted programming, and computer-science classes reported in CRDC. This does not measure course quality, participation rates, or current availability.

Rank	Name	Location	Positive fields
1	Olathe Northwest High School 09–12 · 43 AP courses	Olathe	3 of 3
2	Olathe South Sr High 09–12 · 42 AP courses	Olathe	3 of 3
3	Olathe West High School 09–12 · 40 AP courses	Olathe	3 of 3
4	Olathe North Sr High 09–12 · 39 AP courses	Olathe	3 of 3
5	Olathe East Sr High 09–12 · 37 AP courses	Olathe	3 of 3
6	Shawnee Mission South High 09–12 · 23 AP courses	Shawnee Mission Pub Sch	3 of 3
7	Chanute High 09–12 · 23 AP courses	Chanute Public Schools	3 of 3
8	Shawnee Mission East High 09–12 · 21 AP courses	Shawnee Mission Pub Sch	3 of 3
9	Shawnee Mission Northwest High 09–12 · 21 AP courses	Shawnee Mission Pub Sch	3 of 3
10	Shawnee Mission West High 09–12 · 21 AP courses	Shawnee Mission Pub Sch	3 of 3
11	De Soto High School 09–12 · 21 AP courses	De Soto	3 of 3
12	Manhattan High School 09–12 · 20 AP courses	Manhattan-Ogden	3 of 3
13	Blue Valley West High 09–12 · 20 AP courses	Blue Valley	3 of 3
14	Mill Valley High School 09–12 · 20 AP courses	De Soto	3 of 3
15	Shawnee Mission North High 09–12 · 19 AP courses	Shawnee Mission Pub Sch	3 of 3
16	Blue Valley North High 09–12 · 19 AP courses	Blue Valley	3 of 3
17	Lawrence High 09–12 · 18 AP courses	Lawrence	3 of 3
18	Blue Valley Northwest High 09–12 · 17 AP courses	Blue Valley	3 of 3
19	Blue Valley High 09–12 · 17 AP courses	Blue Valley	3 of 3
20	Blue Valley Southwest High School 09–12 · 17 AP courses	Blue Valley	3 of 3
21	Lawrence Free State High 09–12 · 16 AP courses	Lawrence	3 of 3
22	Maize Sr High 09–12 · 16 AP courses	Maize	3 of 3
23	Salina High South 09–12 · 16 AP courses	Salina	3 of 3
24	Salina High Central 09–12 · 16 AP courses	Salina	3 of 3
25	Leavenworth Sr High 09–12 · 15 AP courses	Leavenworth	3 of 3

Source: CRDC 2021–22. At least two program fields must be known for inclusion.