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The public high schools with the highest share of Black students in Kansas

This ranking covers the public high schools with the highest share of Black students in Kansas, drawn from 263 qualifying public high schools. Heights High leads the list at 37.0%, against a median of 1.1% 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 % Black

37.0%

Median % Black

1.1%

MOST BLACK · KANSAS

#	School	City	District	Students	Black students	% Black
1	Heights High	Wichita, KS	Wichita	1,505	557	37.0%
2	Lawrence Gardner High School	Topeka, KS	Department of Corrections	111	37	33.3%
3	Washington High	Kansas City, KS	Kansas City	1,180	391	33.1%
4	Southeast High	Wichita, KS	Wichita	2,066	574	27.8%
5	Northeast Magnet High School	Bel Aire, KS	Wichita	686	189	27.6%
6	F L Schlagle High	Kansas City, KS	Kansas City	841	230	27.4%
7	Wichita Alternative High	Wichita, KS	Wichita	133	34	25.6%
8	Highland Park High	Topeka, KS	Topeka Public Schools	835	187	22.4%
9	East High	Wichita, KS	Wichita	2,435	504	20.7%
10	South High	Wichita, KS	Wichita	1,662	325	19.6%
11	Wyandotte High	Kansas City, KS	Kansas City	1,903	357	18.8%
12	Junction City Sr High	Junction City, KS	Geary County Schools	1,713	296	17.3%
13	Piper High	Kansas City, KS	Piper-Kansas City	913	157	17.2%
14	J C Harmon High	Kansas City, KS	Kansas City	1,285	213	16.6%
15	West High	Wichita, KS	Wichita	1,306	214	16.4%
16	Northwest High	Wichita, KS	Wichita	1,424	220	15.4%
17	Sumner Academy of Arts & Science	Kansas City, KS	Kansas City	1,045	159	15.2%
18	Shawnee Mission West High	Overland Park, KS	Shawnee Mission Pub Sch	1,599	233	14.6%
19	Leavenworth Sr High	Leavenworth, KS	Leavenworth	1,237	174	14.1%
20	Bonner Springs High	Bonner Springs, KS	Bonner Springs	778	107	13.8%
21	Topeka West High	Topeka, KS	Topeka Public Schools	971	130	13.4%
22	Olathe East Sr High	Olathe, KS	Olathe	1,844	233	12.6%
23	Turner High	Kansas City, KS	Turner-Kansas City	1,147	137	11.9%
24	Hope Street Charter Academy	Topeka, KS	Topeka Public Schools	103	12	11.7%
25	Topeka High	Topeka, KS	Topeka Public Schools	1,578	181	11.5%
26	Atchison High School	Atchison, KS	Atchison Public Schools	419	43	10.3%
27	Olathe North Sr High	Olathe, KS	Olathe	2,011	202	10.0%
28	Parsons Sr High	Parsons, KS	Parsons	399	38	9.5%
29	Shawnee Mission North High	Overland Park, KS	Shawnee Mission Pub Sch	1,502	138	9.2%
30	Shawnee Mission Northwest High	Shawnee, KS	Shawnee Mission Pub Sch	1,599	145	9.1%
31	Shawnee Mission South High	Overland Park, KS	Shawnee Mission Pub Sch	1,574	131	8.3%
32	Manhattan High School	Manhattan, KS	Manhattan-Ogden	2,087	171	8.2%
33	Olathe South Sr High	Olathe, KS	Olathe	1,778	138	7.8%
34	Field Kindley High	Coffeyville, KS	Coffeyville	451	34	7.5%
35	Lansing High 9-12	Leavenworth, KS	Lansing	860	62	7.2%
36	Lawrence High	Lawrence, KS	Lawrence	1,454	101	7.0%
37	Derby High School	Derby, KS	Derby	2,172	149	6.9%
38	North High	Wichita, KS	Wichita	2,041	128	6.3%
39	Blue Valley North High	Overland Park, KS	Blue Valley	1,376	83	6.0%
40	Olathe Northwest High School	Olathe, KS	Olathe	1,958	117	6.0%
41	Blue Valley Northwest High	Overland Park, KS	Blue Valley	1,496	85	5.7%
42	Lawrence Free State High	Lawrence, KS	Lawrence	1,774	95	5.4%
43	Independence Sr High	Independence, KS	Independence	550	29	5.3%
44	Shawnee Heights High	Tecumseh, KS	Shawnee Heights	1,218	64	5.3%
45	Mill Valley High School	Shawnee, KS	De Soto	1,432	72	5.0%
46	Gardner Edgerton High	Gardner, KS	Gardner Edgerton	1,794	88	4.9%
47	Washburn Rural High	Topeka, KS	Auburn-Washburn	1,878	87	4.6%
48	Salina High Central	Salina, KS	Salina	934	43	4.6%
49	Andover Central High School	Andover, KS	Andover	886	40	4.5%
50	Douglass High	Douglass, KS	Douglass Public Schools	206	9	4.4%

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Racial and ethnic enrollment shares are factual figures reported by each school to the federal government (NCES). This list describes the composition of student bodies and is not an evaluation or endorsement of any school.

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