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The public high schools with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios in Kansas

Across Kansas, 172 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by the fewest students per teacher, a proxy for class size and staffing. Medicine Lodge Jr/Sr High School leads the list at 8.7:1, against a median of 13.2:1 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

172

Kansas

Best Students/teacher

8.7:1

Median Students/teacher

13.2:1

LOWEST RATIO · KANSAS

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	Ratio
1	Medicine Lodge Jr/Sr High School	Medicine Lodge, KS	Barber County North	High	224	8.7:1
2	Oskaloosa JR-SR High School	Oskaloosa, KS	Oskaloosa Public Schools	High	247	9.3:1
3	Cimarron High	Cimarron, KS	Cimarron-Ensign	High	251	9.3:1
4	Haven High	Haven, KS	Haven Public Schools	High	223	9.3:1
5	Nickerson High	Nickerson, KS	Nickerson	High	255	9.3:1
6	Larned Sr High	Larned, KS	Ft Larned	High	234	9.3:1
7	Bluestem Jr/Sr High	Leon, KS	Bluestem	High	241	9.4:1
8	Royal Valley High	Hoyt, KS	Royal Valley	High	223	9.4:1
9	Sabetha High School	Sabetha, KS	Prairie Hills	High	217	9.4:1
10	Rossville Jr.-Sr. High School	Rossville, KS	Kaw Valley	High	253	9.4:1
11	St. Marys Junior Senior High	St Marys, KS	Kaw Valley	High	246	9.5:1
12	Mission Valley Junior and Senior High School	Eskridge, KS	Mission Valley	High	216	9.6:1
13	Burlington High	Burlington, KS	Burlington	High	246	9.6:1
14	Cheney High	Cheney, KS	Cheney	High	235	9.6:1
15	Atchison County Community JR/SR High	Effingham, KS	Atchison Co Comm Schools	High	254	9.7:1
16	Prairie View High	LaCygne, KS	Prairie View	High	258	9.9:1
17	Minneapolis Jr-Sr High School	Minneapolis, KS	North Ottawa County	High	300	9.9:1
18	Lyons High School	Lyons, KS	Lyons	High	221	10.1:1
19	Holcomb High	Holcomb, KS	Holcomb	High	265	10.1:1
20	Smoky Valley High	Lindsborg, KS	Smoky Valley	High	243	10.1:1
21	Russell Junior-Senior High	Russell, KS	Russell County	High	328	10.1:1
22	Eureka Jr/Sr High	Eureka, KS	Eureka	High	234	10.2:1
23	Jayhawk-Linn High	Mound City, KS	Jayhawk	High	263	10.2:1
24	West Franklin High School	Pomona, KS	West Franklin	High	200	10.3:1
25	Riley County High School	Riley, KS	Riley County	High	232	10.5:1
26	Douglass High	Douglass, KS	Douglass Public Schools	High	206	10.5:1
27	Neodesha High	Neodesha, KS	Neodesha	High	360	10.5:1
28	Beloit Jr-Sr High	Beloit, KS	Beloit	High	336	10.6:1
29	Jackson Heights High School and Middle School	Holton, KS	North Jackson	High	229	10.7:1
30	Abilene High School	Abilene, KS	Abilene	High	443	10.7:1
31	Halstead High	Halstead, KS	Halstead	High	240	10.7:1
32	Silver Lake Jr-Sr High	Silver Lake, KS	Silver Lake	High	355	10.8:1
33	Southeast Saline High	Gypsum, KS	Southeast Of Saline	High	323	10.8:1
34	Riverton High	Riverton, KS	Riverton	High	218	10.8:1
35	Osawatomie High	Osawatomie, KS	Osawatomie	High	295	10.8:1
36	Republic County Jr./Sr. High School	Belleville, KS	Republic County	High	245	10.9:1
37	Sedgwick High	Sedgwick, KS	Sedgwick Public Schools	High	238	10.9:1
38	Southwestern Heights Jr/Sr High	Kismet, KS	Kismet-Plains	High	310	11.0:1
39	Hillsboro Middle/High School	Hillsboro, KS	Durham-Hillsboro-Lehigh	High	310	11.0:1
40	Cherryvale Sr / Middle School	Cherryvale, KS	Cherryvale	High	277	11.1:1
41	Hoisington High	Hoisington, KS	Hoisington	High	225	11.1:1
42	Field Kindley High	Coffeyville, KS	Coffeyville	High	451	11.2:1
43	Columbus Junior High and High School	Columbus, KS	Columbus	High	438	11.2:1
44	Iola Sr High	Iola, KS	Iola	High	296	11.2:1
45	Winfield High	Winfield, KS	Winfield	High	638	11.3:1
46	Baxter Springs High	Baxter Springs, KS	Baxter Springs	High	361	11.3:1
47	Osage City High	Osage City, KS	Osage City	High	218	11.3:1
48	Central Heights High	Richmond, KS	Central Heights	High	300	11.4:1
49	Girard High	Girard, KS	Girard	High	284	11.4:1
50	Marysville Jr/Sr High	Marysville, KS	Marysville	High	364	11.5:1

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