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The lowest-performing public high schools by test proficiency in Kansas

Across Kansas, 262 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by the lowest composite state-assessment proficiency. Wichita Alternative High leads the list at 2.6%, against a median of 28.9% 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

262

Kansas

Best % Proficient

2.6%

Median % Proficient

28.9%

LOWEST PROFICIENCY · KANSAS

#	School	City	District	Level	% FRL	Students	% Proficient
1	Wichita Alternative High	Wichita, KS	Wichita	High	91.0%	133	2.6%
2	J C Harmon High	Kansas City, KS	Kansas City	High	75.7%	1,285	4.3%
3	Wyandotte High	Kansas City, KS	Kansas City	High	85.2%	1,903	4.3%
4	F L Schlagle High	Kansas City, KS	Kansas City	High	74.4%	841	6.0%
5	Washington High	Kansas City, KS	Kansas City	High	67.0%	1,180	6.3%
6	Highland Park High	Topeka, KS	Topeka Public Schools	High	80.5%	835	8.3%
7	West High	Wichita, KS	Wichita	High	88.9%	1,306	8.8%
8	Hope Street Charter Academy	Topeka, KS	Topeka Public Schools	High	78.6%	103	9.8%
9	Southeast High	Wichita, KS	Wichita	High	79.3%	2,066	10.3%
10	Liberal Sr High	Liberal, KS	Liberal	High	86.3%	1,421	11.6%
11	Turner High	Kansas City, KS	Turner-Kansas City	High	76.3%	1,147	11.7%
12	South High	Wichita, KS	Wichita	High	87.5%	1,662	11.8%
13	Heights High	Wichita, KS	Wichita	High	74.9%	1,505	12.7%
14	Elkhart High	Elkhart, KS	Elkhart	High	53.7%	108	13.0%
15	North High	Wichita, KS	Wichita	High	86.2%	2,041	13.7%
16	Pleasanton High	Pleasanton, KS	Pleasanton	High	58.0%	162	14.0%
17	Arkansas City High	Arkansas City, KS	Arkansas City	High	51.0%	885	14.6%
18	Field Kindley High	Coffeyville, KS	Coffeyville	High	71.2%	451	14.7%
19	Garden City High School	Garden City, KS	Garden City	High	69.9%	1,946	14.9%
20	North East High	Arma, KS	Northeast	High	71.4%	133	15.6%
21	El Dorado High	El Dorado, KS	El Dorado	High	62.4%	543	15.8%
22	McLouth High	McLouth, KS	McLouth	High	42.4%	125	16.2%
23	Peabody-Burns Jr/Sr High School	Peabody, KS	Peabody-Burns	High	51.0%	102	16.8%
24	Erie High School	Erie, KS	Erie-Galesburg	High	45.8%	144	16.9%
25	Hugoton High	Hugoton, KS	Hugoton Public Schools	High	55.5%	317	17.0%
26	Santa Fe Trail High	Carbondale, KS	Santa Fe Trail	High	46.1%	308	17.1%
27	Stanton County Jr./Sr. High School	Johnson, KS	Stanton County	High	58.2%	182	17.2%
28	Hoisington High	Hoisington, KS	Hoisington	High	47.1%	225	17.6%
29	Hartford Jr./Sr. High School	Hartford, KS	Southern Lyon County	High	56.4%	101	17.7%
30	Southwestern Heights Jr/Sr High	Kismet, KS	Kismet-Plains	High	73.5%	310	17.8%
31	Dodge City High School	Dodge City, KS	Dodge City	High	78.9%	2,178	18.0%
32	Russell Junior-Senior High	Russell, KS	Russell County	High	50.3%	328	18.3%
33	Osawatomie High	Osawatomie, KS	Osawatomie	High	55.6%	295	18.3%
34	Holcomb High	Holcomb, KS	Holcomb	High	53.6%	265	18.4%
35	Newton Sr High	Newton, KS	Newton	High	51.7%	932	18.5%
36	Plainville High	Plainville, KS	Plainville	High	41.1%	197	18.6%
37	Southeast High	Cherokee, KS	Cherokee	High	63.2%	152	18.9%
38	Ottawa Sr High	Ottawa, KS	Ottawa	High	50.2%	681	19.0%
39	Lyons High School	Lyons, KS	Lyons	High	73.3%	221	19.1%
40	Sedan High	Sedan, KS	Chautauqua Co Community	High	64.3%	182	19.4%
41	Lakin High	Lakin, KS	Lakin	High	58.5%	212	19.6%
42	South Haven High	South Haven, KS	South Haven	High	38.3%	120	19.7%
43	Campus High Haysville	Wichita, KS	Haysville	High	51.0%	1,803	19.8%
44	East High	Wichita, KS	Wichita	High	78.2%	2,435	20.1%
45	Augusta Sr High	Augusta, KS	Augusta	High	41.4%	594	20.3%
46	Atchison High School	Atchison, KS	Atchison Public Schools	High	57.8%	419	20.3%
47	Wellington High School	Wellington, KS	Wellington	High	52.9%	463	20.4%
48	Horton High	Horton, KS	South Brown County	High	61.9%	147	20.9%
49	Salina High Central	Salina, KS	Salina	High	58.7%	934	20.9%
50	Bonner Springs High	Bonner Springs, KS	Bonner Springs	High	53.2%	778	20.9%

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