Name: Kansas schools on the rise · enrollment growth 2017–2024
Creator: allk12
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Keywords: public schools, K-12, enrollment growth, NCES, Kansas

Kansas schools on the rise

Kansas public schools with the largest enrollment growth from 2017-18 to 2024-25.

Schools in this report

top growth in state

Top growth

+410%

Silver City Elem

Range

+29% to +410%

2017-18 → 2024-25

TOP 50 KS PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY ENROLLMENT GROWTH · 2017-18 → 2024-25

School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% change ↓
Silver City Elem	KANSAS CITY	Kansas City	293	1,495	410%
Clearwater Intermediate - Middle School	CLEARWATER	Clearwater	175	405	131%
Morris Hill Elem	FORT RILEY	Geary County Schools	189	413	119%
Linwood Elementary School	BONNER SPRINGS	Basehor-Linwood	118	248	110%
Wabaunsee Elementary School	ALMA	Wabaunsee	101	199	97.0%
New York Elem	LAWRENCE	Lawrence	222	415	86.9%
Valley Center Middle School	VALLEY CENTER	Valley Center Pub Sch	446	802	79.8%
Carl B. Bruce Middle School	KANSAS CITY	Kansas City	473	821	73.6%
Susan B Anthony Middle School	MANHATTAN	Manhattan-Ogden	451	775	71.8%
Olathe West High School	OLATHE	Olathe	929	1,557	67.6%
Wolf Springs Elementary School	OVERLAND PARK	Blue Valley	338	541	60.1%
Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School	MANHATTAN	Manhattan-Ogden	457	730	59.7%
Piper High	KANSAS CITY	Piper-Kansas City	589	913	55.0%
Spring Hill High School	SPRING HILL	Spring Hill	731	1,121	53.4%
McCandless Elementary	HUTCHINSON	Hutchinson Public Schools	226	346	53.1%
Columbus Junior High and High School	COLUMBUS	Columbus	289	438	51.6%
Central Plains Elementary School - Holyrood	HOLYROOD	Central Plains	152	229	50.7%
Solomon Elem	SOLOMON	Solomon	188	283	50.5%
Plainville Elem	PLAINVILLE	Plainville	174	256	47.1%
Hanover Elem	HANOVER	Barnes	158	231	46.2%
Central Elem	DODGE CITY	Dodge City	261	381	46.0%
Moundridge High	MOUNDRIDGE	Moundridge	110	160	45.5%
Moundridge Middle	MOUNDRIDGE	Moundridge	117	170	45.3%
Cordley Elem	LAWRENCE	Lawrence	241	348	44.4%
Tanglewood Elem	DERBY	Derby	426	607	42.5%
Doniphan West JR/SR High School	HIGHLAND	Doniphan West Schools	124	176	41.9%
Pleasant Ridge Elementary	EASTON	Easton	243	344	41.6%
Wyandotte High	KANSAS CITY	Kansas City	1,355	1,903	40.4%
Circle Benton Elementary	BENTON	Circle	206	286	38.8%
Osborne Junior/Senior High	OSBORNE	Osborne County	114	157	37.7%
Pike Valley Elem	COURTLAND	Pike Valley	119	163	37.0%
Yates Center High	YATES CENTER	Woodson	133	181	36.1%
Lebo Elem	LEBO	Lebo-Waverly	117	159	35.9%
St. Paul Elementary School	ST. PAUL	Chetopa-St. Paul	109	148	35.8%
Heights High	WICHITA	Wichita	1,110	1,505	35.6%
Theo Roosevelt Elem	MANHATTAN	Manhattan-Ogden	348	468	34.5%
Chase County Junior Senior High School	COTTONWOOD FALLS	Chase County	144	192	33.3%
Kanopolis Middle	KANOPOLIS	Ellsworth	106	141	33.0%
Russell Junior-Senior High	RUSSELL	Russell County	248	328	32.3%
Lincoln Elem	AUGUSTA	Augusta	227	300	32.2%
Quinter Jr-Sr High	QUINTER	Quinter Public Schools	101	133	31.7%
Spearville Elem	SPEARVILLE	Spearville	149	196	31.5%
McCormick Elementary	OLSBURG	Blue Valley	111	146	31.5%
Scott City Middle	SCOTT CITY	Scott County	311	409	31.5%
Piper Creek Elementary	KANSAS CITY	Piper-Kansas City	455	598	31.4%
Oswego Junior-Senior High School	OSWEGO	Oswego	149	195	30.9%
Garden Plain Elem	GARDEN PLAIN	Renwick	342	445	30.1%
Garfield Elem	OTTAWA	Ottawa	283	368	30.0%
Olpe Jr./Sr. High School	OLPE	Southern Lyon County	138	179	29.7%
Coleman Middle School	WICHITA	Wichita	490	631	28.8%

50 of 50 rows · Brick-and-mortar only. Virtual, online, and cyber schools excluded. Schools must have had ≥100 students in 2017-18 and be open in both school years.↓ Download schools-on-the-rise-by-state-ks.csv

How this list was built

Every Kansas public school that reported total enrollment in both the NCES SY 2017-18 and SY 2024-25 vintages was scored on percent change in enrollment. Schools needed at least 100 students in 2017-18 to qualify, which filters out small specialty programs whose percentage swings are dominated by noise. Brick-and-mortar only: virtual academies, cyber charters, and online schools are excluded by name pattern and by NCES is_virtual flag. Those schools dominate raw growth numbers but rarely represent a school families are choosing for their neighborhood.

Enrollment growth is a leading indicator, not a quality measure. Schools grow because catchment areas shift, because districts consolidate, because a magnet program opens, or because reputation pulls in transfers. A school on this list is one that more Kansasfamilies are sending their kids to in 2024-25 than in 2017-18, for whatever reason. Pair this with the school's page on allk12 for test scores, demographics, and discussion.

Source data

NCES Common Core of Data, EDGE_ADMINDATA_PUBLICSCH MapServer, vintages 2017-18 and 2024-25. Refreshed yearly when NCES publishes a new admin-data release. School names, slugs, and current district affiliation come from the 2024-25 snapshot.

HOW TO CITE THIS REPORT

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allk12 (2026). "Kansas schools on the rise: enrollment growth 2017–2024." Retrieved from https://allk12.com/reports/on-the-rise/kansas

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