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The highest-performing public high schools in science in Kansas

Across Kansas, 262 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state science standard. Lakeside Junior/Senior High School leads the list at 73.3%, against a median of 25.0% 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

262

Kansas

Top % Proficient (Science)

73.3%

Median % Proficient (Science)

25.0%

BEST IN SCIENCE · KANSAS

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Science)
1	Lakeside Junior/Senior High School	Downs, KS	Waconda	High	127	73.3%
2	Caney Valley High	Caney, KS	Caney Valley	High	335	67.4%
3	Rawlins County Jr/Sr High School	Atwood, KS	Rawlins County	High	151	66.7%
4	Ingalls High School/Junior High	Ingalls, KS	Ingalls	High	114	66.7%
5	Southeast Saline High	Gypsum, KS	Southeast Of Saline	High	323	65.0%
6	Centralia High	Centralia, KS	Vermillion	High	145	64.0%
7	Ellis Jr/Sr High	Ellis, KS	Ellis	High	161	63.0%
8	Inman Jr/Sr High School	Inman, KS	Inman	High	188	61.1%
9	Atchison County Community JR/SR High	Effingham, KS	Atchison Co Comm Schools	High	254	60.5%
10	Smith Center Jr Sr High	Smith Center, KS	Smith Center	High	183	60.0%
11	Spearville Jr/Sr High	Spearville, KS	Spearville	High	177	60.0%
12	Stafford Middle School/High School	Stafford, KS	Stafford	High	116	60.0%
13	Sterling Junior High/Senior High	Sterling, KS	Sterling	High	232	59.5%
14	Silver Lake Jr-Sr High	Silver Lake, KS	Silver Lake	High	355	58.9%
15	Osborne Junior/Senior High	Osborne, KS	Osborne County	High	157	58.3%
16	Valley Heights Jr/Sr High	Blue Rapids, KS	Valley Heights	High	166	57.6%
17	Uniontown High School	Uniontown, KS	Uniontown	High	178	56.7%
18	Waverly High	Waverly, KS	Lebo-Waverly	High	105	56.3%
19	Lincoln Jr/Sr High	Lincoln, KS	Lincoln	High	181	55.6%
20	Sedgwick High	Sedgwick, KS	Sedgwick Public Schools	High	238	55.6%
21	Baxter Springs High	Baxter Springs, KS	Baxter Springs	High	361	54.5%
22	Bluestem Jr/Sr High	Leon, KS	Bluestem	High	241	53.8%
23	St Francis High	St Francis, KS	St Francis Comm Sch	High	164	52.2%
24	Olpe Jr./Sr. High School	Olpe, KS	Southern Lyon County	High	179	52.0%
25	Hillsboro Middle/High School	Hillsboro, KS	Durham-Hillsboro-Lehigh	High	310	51.9%
26	Blue Valley Northwest High	Overland Park, KS	Blue Valley	High	1,496	50.5%
27	Central Heights High	Richmond, KS	Central Heights	High	300	50.0%
28	Dexter High	Dexter, KS	Dexter	High	157	50.0%
29	Mission Valley Junior and Senior High School	Eskridge, KS	Mission Valley	High	216	48.5%
30	Central Jr-Sr High	Burden, KS	Central	High	139	48.1%
31	Ness City High	Ness City, KS	Ness City	High	122	47.8%
32	Jefferson West High	Meriden, KS	Jefferson West	High	247	47.5%
33	Cherryvale Sr / Middle School	Cherryvale, KS	Cherryvale	High	277	47.4%
34	Haven High	Haven, KS	Haven Public Schools	High	223	47.4%
35	Chase County Junior Senior High School	Cottonwood Falls, KS	Chase County	High	192	47.2%
36	Madison High	Madison, KS	Madison-Virgil	High	106	46.7%
37	Oskaloosa JR-SR High School	Oskaloosa, KS	Oskaloosa Public Schools	High	247	45.0%
38	Louisburg High	Louisburg, KS	Louisburg	High	529	44.2%
39	Olathe Northwest High School	Olathe, KS	Olathe	High	1,958	44.1%
40	Spring Hill High School	Spring Hill, KS	Spring Hill	High	1,121	44.0%
41	Anderson County Jr/Sr High School	Garnett, KS	Garnett	High	419	43.9%
42	Troy High and Middle School	Troy, KS	Troy Public Schools	High	150	43.8%
43	Shawnee Mission East High	Prairie Village, KS	Shawnee Mission Pub Sch	High	1,737	42.8%
44	Phillipsburg High	Phillipsburg, KS	Phillipsburg	High	173	42.6%
45	Blue Valley High	Stilwell, KS	Blue Valley	High	1,396	42.1%
46	Goessel High	Goessel, KS	Goessel	High	154	41.7%
47	Independence Sr High	Independence, KS	Independence	High	550	41.7%
48	Council Grove Junior Senior High School	Council Grove, KS	Morris County	High	368	41.3%
49	Larned Sr High	Larned, KS	Ft Larned	High	234	41.2%
50	Sumner Academy of Arts & Science	Kansas City, KS	Kansas City	High	1,045	40.9%

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