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The highest-poverty public high schools in Kansas

This ranking covers the highest-poverty public high schools in Kansas, drawn from 263 qualifying public high schools. Lawrence Gardner High School leads the list at 91.9%, against a median of 43.9% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

263

Kansas

Top % FRL

91.9%

Median % FRL

43.9%

HIGHEST POVERTY · KANSAS

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Lawrence Gardner High School	Topeka, KS	Department of Corrections	High	111	91.9%
2	Wichita Alternative High	Wichita, KS	Wichita	High	133	91.0%
3	West High	Wichita, KS	Wichita	High	1,306	88.9%
4	South High	Wichita, KS	Wichita	High	1,662	87.5%
5	Liberal Sr High	Liberal, KS	Liberal	High	1,421	86.3%
6	North High	Wichita, KS	Wichita	High	2,041	86.2%
7	Wyandotte High	Kansas City, KS	Kansas City	High	1,903	85.2%
8	Highland Park High	Topeka, KS	Topeka Public Schools	High	835	80.5%
9	Southeast High	Wichita, KS	Wichita	High	2,066	79.3%
10	Dodge City High School	Dodge City, KS	Dodge City	High	2,178	78.9%
11	Hope Street Charter Academy	Topeka, KS	Topeka Public Schools	High	103	78.6%
12	East High	Wichita, KS	Wichita	High	2,435	78.2%
13	Turner High	Kansas City, KS	Turner-Kansas City	High	1,147	76.3%
14	J C Harmon High	Kansas City, KS	Kansas City	High	1,285	75.7%
15	Heights High	Wichita, KS	Wichita	High	1,505	74.9%
16	Satanta Jr-Sr High	Satanta, KS	Satanta	High	114	74.6%
17	F L Schlagle High	Kansas City, KS	Kansas City	High	841	74.4%
18	Southwestern Heights Jr/Sr High	Kismet, KS	Kismet-Plains	High	310	73.5%
19	Lyons High School	Lyons, KS	Lyons	High	221	73.3%
20	North East High	Arma, KS	Northeast	High	133	71.4%
21	Ulysses High	Ulysses, KS	Ulysses	High	438	71.2%
22	Field Kindley High	Coffeyville, KS	Coffeyville	High	451	71.2%
23	Garden City High School	Garden City, KS	Garden City	High	1,946	69.9%
24	Oswego Junior-Senior High School	Oswego, KS	Oswego	High	195	69.7%
25	Caldwell Secondary School	Caldwell, KS	Caldwell	High	109	68.8%
26	Topeka High	Topeka, KS	Topeka Public Schools	High	1,578	67.4%
27	Washington High	Kansas City, KS	Kansas City	High	1,180	67.0%
28	Independence Sr High	Independence, KS	Independence	High	550	66.2%
29	Parsons Sr High	Parsons, KS	Parsons	High	399	66.2%
30	Cherryvale Sr / Middle School	Cherryvale, KS	Cherryvale	High	277	66.1%
31	Herington High	Herington, KS	Herington	High	141	66.0%
32	Hutchinson High School	Hutchinson, KS	Hutchinson Public Schools	High	1,214	65.8%
33	Pittsburg High	Pittsburg, KS	Pittsburg	High	1,033	64.9%
34	Syracuse High	Syracuse, KS	Syracuse	High	230	64.8%
35	Sedan High	Sedan, KS	Chautauqua Co Community	High	182	64.3%
36	Eureka Jr/Sr High	Eureka, KS	Eureka	High	234	64.1%
37	Southeast High	Cherokee, KS	Cherokee	High	152	63.2%
38	Sumner Academy of Arts & Science	Kansas City, KS	Kansas City	High	1,045	62.8%
39	El Dorado High	El Dorado, KS	El Dorado	High	543	62.4%
40	Sublette High	Sublette, KS	Sublette	High	117	62.4%
41	Marmaton Valley High	Moran, KS	Marmaton Valley	High	135	62.2%
42	Horton High	Horton, KS	South Brown County	High	147	61.9%
43	Great Bend High School	Great Bend, KS	Great Bend	High	923	61.8%
44	Northwest High	Wichita, KS	Wichita	High	1,424	61.7%
45	Northeast Magnet High School	Bel Aire, KS	Wichita	High	686	60.1%
46	Chaparral Jr/Sr High	Anthony, KS	Chaparral Schools	High	348	58.9%
47	Salina High Central	Salina, KS	Salina	High	934	58.7%
48	Lakin High	Lakin, KS	Lakin	High	212	58.5%
49	Washington County High School	Washington, KS	Washington Co. Schools	High	163	58.3%
50	Stanton County Jr./Sr. High School	Johnson, KS	Stanton County	High	182	58.2%

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