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Kansas school data rankings

Compare every reported district by one measure at a time, then inspect the underlying profile. Of 336 current districts, 289 report 2024–25 enrollment and 287 match the FY 2023 finance file.

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289 districts with this measure reported

Rank	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
26	Seaman	Topeka	7	3,700
27	Shawnee Heights	Tecumseh	6	3,647
28	Hays	Hays	6	3,527
29	Pittsburg	Pittsburg	6	3,377
30	Leavenworth	Leavenworth	8	3,269
31	Valley Center Pub Sch	Valley Center	7	3,177
32	Basehor-Linwood	Basehor	8	3,096
33	Great Bend	Great Bend	7	2,999
34	Newton	Newton	9	2,965
35	Arkansas City	Arkansas City	8	2,902
36	Piper-Kansas City	Kansas City	5	2,840
37	Lansing	Lansing	5	2,626
38	Bonner Springs	Bonner Springs	6	2,535
39	Buhler	Buhler	7	2,522
40	McPherson	McPherson	6	2,165
41	Ottawa	Ottawa	6	2,150
42	Circle	Towanda	6	2,122
43	Winfield	Winfield	6	2,050
44	Renwick	Andale	6	1,989
45	Tonganoxie	Tonganoxie	3	1,988
46	Augusta	Augusta	6	1,933
47	Independence	Independence	5	1,887
48	El Dorado	El Dorado	6	1,815
49	Paola	Paola	4	1,785
50	Coffeyville	Coffeyville	4	1,764
51	Fort Scott	Fort Scott	6	1,749
52	Louisburg	Louisburg	5	1,745
53	Mulvane	Mulvane	5	1,718
54	Rose Hill Public Schools	Rose Hill	4	1,715
55	Chanute Public Schools	Chanute	4	1,714
56	Eudora	Eudora	5	1,707
57	Wamego	Wamego	5	1,640
58	Elkhart	Elkhart	5	1,580
59	Fort Leavenworth	Fort Leavenworth	4	1,542
60	Labette County	Altamont	7	1,532
61	Ulysses	Ulysses	5	1,517
62	Abilene	Abilene	6	1,494
63	Atchison Public Schools	Atchison	4	1,458
64	Wellington	Wellington	7	1,439
65	Baldwin City	Baldwin City	4	1,398
66	Rock Creek	St. George	4	1,330
67	Parsons	Parsons	5	1,317
68	Clay County	Clay Center	6	1,279
69	Pratt	Pratt	5	1,275
70	Central Plains	Claflin	4	1,225
71	Smoky Valley	Lindsborg	4	1,218
72	Iola	Iola	4	1,176
73	Concordia	Concordia	3	1,161
74	Chapman	Chapman	6	1,134
75	Kaw Valley	St. Marys	4	1,100
76	Clearwater	Clearwater	3	1,095
77	Holton	Holton	4	1,067
78	Osawatomie	Osawatomie	6	1,021
79	Girard	Girard	3	1,019
80	Hugoton Public Schools	Hugoton	4	1,018
81	Nickerson	Hutchinson	5	1,015
82	Humboldt	Humboldt	4	1,013
83	Santa Fe Trail	Scranton	3	1,009
84	Frontenac Public Schools	Frontenac	3	1,006
85	Columbus	Columbus	3	994
86	Colby Public Schools	Colby	3	958
87	Prairie Hills	Sabetha	5	953
88	Scott County	Scott City	3	941
89	Goodland	Goodland	5	930
90	Garnett	Garnett	4	925
91	Holcomb	Holcomb	5	907
92	Prairie View	LaCygne	4	903
93	Hiawatha	Hiawatha	3	890
94	Baxter Springs	Baxter Springs	4	866
95	Kingman - Norwich	Kingman	7	865
96	Beloit	Beloit	2	862
97	Royal Valley	Mayetta	3	862
98	Wellsville	Wellsville	3	856
99	Hesston	Hesston	3	853
100	Ft Larned	Larned	3	843
101	Jefferson West	Meriden	4	843
102	Chaparral Schools	Anthony	4	829
103	Galena	Galena	5	827
104	Cheney	Cheney	3	823
105	Burlington	Burlington	3	811
106	Perry Public Schools	Perry	4	802
107	Caney Valley	Caney	3	798
108	Halstead	Halstead	3	786
109	Marysville	Marysville	2	781
110	Morris County	Council Grove	3	762
111	Russell County	Russell	3	762
112	Haven Public Schools	Haven	4	758
113	Hoisington	Hoisington	4	752
114	Nemaha Central	Seneca	2	751
115	Neodesha	Neodesha	3	750
116	Riley County	Riley	2	746
117	Lyons	Lyons	4	716
118	Silver Lake	Silver Lake	2	710
119	Norton Community Schools	Norton	3	701
120	Southeast Of Saline	Gypsum	2	698
121	Osage City	Osage City	3	692
122	Easton	Easton	3	687
123	Lakin	Lakin	3	684
124	Cherryvale	Cherryvale	3	683
125	Riverton	Riverton	3	679
126	Fredonia	Fredonia	4	651
127	Vermillion	Vermillion	4	644
128	West Franklin	Pomona	4	642
129	Riverside	Elwood	5	638
130	Ellsworth	Ellsworth	3	629
131	Durham-Hillsboro-Lehigh	Hillsboro	2	613
132	North Ottawa County	Minneapolis	2	598
133	West Elk	Howard	2	597
134	Twin Valley	Bennington	4	595
135	Douglass Public Schools	Douglass	3	587
136	Phillipsburg	Phillipsburg	3	585
137	Jayhawk	Mound City	2	577
138	Kismet-Plains	Kismet	3	575
139	Belle Plaine	Belle Plaine	3	573
140	Cimarron-Ensign	Cimarron	2	563
141	Centre	Lost Springs	2	563
142	Eureka	Eureka	2	543
143	Central Heights	Richmond	2	541
144	Remington-Whitewater	Whitewater	3	537
145	Southern Lyon County	Hartford	4	536
146	South Brown County	Horton	3	524
147	Lebo-Waverly	Waverly	4	522
148	Sedgwick Public Schools	Sedgwick	2	521
149	Republic County	Belleville	2	519
150	Marion-Florence	Marion	3	519
151	Barnes	Barnes	4	518
152	Moundridge	Moundridge	3	513
153	Bluestem	Leon	2	508
154	Oskaloosa Public Schools	Oskaloosa	2	503
155	Sterling	Sterling	2	500
156	Atchison Co Comm Schools	Effingham	2	498
157	North Jackson	Holton	2	497
158	Syracuse	Syracuse	2	492
159	Barber County North	Medicine Lodge	2	483
160	Oswego	Oswego	3	479
161	Northeast	Arma	3	473
162	Oakley	Oakley	3	456
163	Jefferson County North	Winchester	2	455
164	Plainville	Plainville	2	453
165	Mission Valley	Eskridge	2	452
166	Inman	Inman	2	448
167	Oxford	Oxford	3	447
168	Ell-Saline	Brookville	2	441
169	Uniontown	Uniontown	2	441
170	Erie-Galesburg	Erie	3	438
171	Smith Center	Smith Center	2	437
172	McLouth	McLouth	3	437
173	Cherokee	Cherokee	3	433
174	Hoxie Community Schools	Hoxie	2	432
175	Ellinwood Public Schools	Ellinwood	3	430
176	Woodson	Yates Center	2	430
177	Herington	Herington	3	425
178	Stanton County	Johnson	2	420
179	Lyndon	Lyndon	2	418
180	Wabaunsee	Alma	3	409
181	Chase County	Cottonwood Falls	2	409
182	Leoti	Leoti	2	408
183	Solomon	Solomon	2	399
184	Trego County	WaKeeney	2	399
185	Valley Heights	Blue Rapids	3	398
186	Chetopa-St. Paul	Chetopa	5	396
187	Doniphan West Schools	Highland	2	387
188	Valley Falls	Valley Falls	2	384
189	Graham County	Hill City	2	383
190	Conway Springs	Conway Springs	3	379
191	Oberlin	Oberlin	2	376
192	Spearville	Spearville	2	373
193	Canton-Galva	Canton	2	367
194	St John-Hudson	St. John	2	366
195	Sublette	Sublette	3	366
196	Rock Hills	Mankato	2	364
197	Pleasanton	Pleasanton	3	362
198	Rawlins County	Atwood	2	361
199	Chautauqua Co Community	Sedan	2	360
200	Washington Co. Schools	Washington	2	356
201	Osborne County	Osborne	2	351
202	Ellis	Ellis	2	345
203	Lincoln	Lincoln	2	341
204	Waconda	Cawker City	3	336
205	North Lyon County	Americus	2	331
206	Meade	Meade	2	330
207	Onaga-Havensville-Wheaton	Onaga	3	326
208	Comanche County	Coldwater	3	322
209	Troy Public Schools	Troy	2	315
210	Clifton-Clyde	Clyde	3	310
211	Quinter Public Schools	Quinter	2	309
212	Skyline Schools	Pratt	2	309
213	Udall	Udall	4	305
214	Central	Burden	2	301
215	Rural Vista	White City	4	298
216	St Francis Comm Sch	St Francis	2	297
217	Burlingame Public School	Burlingame	2	293
218	Little River	Little River	3	292
219	Dexter	Dexter	2	291
220	Hodgeman County	Jetmore	2	285
221	Pretty Prairie	Pretty Prairie	3	283
222	Stockton	Stockton	2	282
223	Ness City	Ness City	2	277
224	Marmaton Valley	Moran	3	276
225	Flinthills	Rosalia	4	273
226	Stafford	Stafford	2	273
227	Goessel	GOESSEL	2	272
228	Sylvan Grove	Sylvan Grove	2	269
229	Fairfield	Langdon	1	268
230	Blue Valley	Randolph	3	266
231	Crest	Colony	2	263
232	Kinsley-Offerle	Kinsley	2	263
233	Victoria	Victoria	2	263
234	Kiowa County	Greensburg	2	261
235	LaCrosse	La Crosse	3	249
236	Caldwell	Caldwell	3	248
237	Greeley County Schools	Tribune	2	246
238	Pike Valley	Scandia	3	244
239	Deerfield	Deerfield	3	244
240	Minneola	Minneola	2	244
241	Satanta	Satanta	2	242
242	Madison-Virgil	Madison	2	236
243	Cunningham	Cunningham	2	226
244	Dighton	Dighton	2	225
245	Ingalls	Ingalls	2	225
246	South Haven	South Haven	2	220
247	Peabody-Burns	Peabody	2	208
248	South Barber	Kiowa	2	198
249	Bucklin	Bucklin	2	195
250	Macksville	Macksville	2	195
251	Ashland	Ashland	3	189
252	Montezuma	Montezuma	2	182
253	Marais Des Cygnes Valley	Melvern	3	175
254	LeRoy-Gridley	LeRoy	3	173
255	Otis-Bison	Otis	3	172
256	Thunder Ridge Schools	Kensington	3	170
257	Attica	Attica	2	169
258	Cheylin	Bird City	2	164
259	Golden Plains	Rexford	3	158
260	Wallace County Schools	Sharon Springs	2	154
261	Altoona-Midway	Buffalo	2	151
262	Northern Valley	Almena	3	150
263	Argonia Public Schools	Argonia	2	149
264	Pawnee Heights	Rozel	2	142
265	Moscow Public Schools	Moscow	2	140
266	Cedar Vale	Cedar Vale	2	128
267	Lewis	Lewis	1	128
268	Western Plains	Ransom	3	127
269	Logan	Logan	2	125
270	Brewster	Brewster	2	124
271	Wheatland	Grainfield	2	122
272	Chase-Raymond	Chase	2	120
273	School for Deaf	Olathe	2	118
274	Paradise	Natoma	2	116
275	Weskan	Weskan	2	115
276	Department of Corrections	Topeka	1	111
277	Burrton	Burrton	2	109
278	Rolla	Rolla	2	108
279	Haviland	Haviland	1	106
280	Copeland	Copeland	2	103
281	Elk Valley	Longton	3	101
282	Hamilton	Hamilton	2	90
283	Fowler	Fowler	2	87
284	Grinnell Public Schools	Grinnell	2	78
285	Palco	Damar	3	77
286	Triplains	Winona	2	73
287	Southern Cloud	Glasco	2	60
288	School for Blind	Kansas City	2	38
289	St. Hosp. Training Center Parsons	Parsons	1	14

Data ranking

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.

Data ranking

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.

Data ranking

Kansas high schools with broad reported program access

Counts reported AP, gifted, and computer-science program areas. This does not measure course quality, participation, or current availability.

Rank	Name	Location	Areas offered
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.