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Towns with the best schools in Kansas

Ranked by our Schools score out of 100, which is based on how many high-school students take AP, IB or college classes, how many students miss a lot of school, the graduation rate and class size, for the public schools in the town. Of the 170 towns in Kansas with 1,000 or more people, these are the top 25.

De Soto ranks first with a score of 81. Sabetha and Girard follow, with 79 and 76. Scores compare each town with all 27,850 towns we track across the US.

RankTownScore High-school students in AP or IB classesHigh-school students taking college classes Population
1 De Soto 81 27.3%41.2% 6,414
2 Sabetha 79 12.6%32.9% 2,471
3 Girard 76 11.3%32.3% 2,777
4 Eureka 73 52.6%24.5% 2,223
5 Shawnee 73 26.5%22.7% 68,542
6 Holton 72 21.2%33.3% 3,387
7 Olathe 70 38.4%16.0% 145,057
8 Louisburg 69 24.1%30.4% 5,094
9 Overland Park 68 31.8%12.8% 200,306
10 Maize 67 14.7%34.6% 6,824
11 Garden Plain 67 0.0%32.0% 1,126
12 Chanute 67 34.6%33.9% 8,598
13 Basehor 66 4.6%27.7% 7,491
14 Valley Center 66 17.3%29.3% 8,590
15 Fredonia 65 13.9%39.4% 1,945
16 WaKeeney 65 0.0%22.7% 1,852
17 Victoria 65 0.0%33.8% 1,095
18 Andover 65 13.6%21.4% 15,965
19 Scott City 64 0.0%24.7% 3,800
20 Seneca 64 0.0%23.7% 2,090
21 Wamego 64 21.9%24.3% 4,386
22 Andale 64 0.0%87.3% 1,062
23 Hesston 63 2.7%33.8% 3,582
24 Conway Springs 63 0.0%23.7% 1,573
25 Independence 63 10.3%25.5% 8,422

This is not a test-score ranking, and graduation rates are from 2018 or 2019. Only towns with a high school of their own are listed, and a town does not show up when its students go to school elsewhere. Only towns with 1,000 or more people are ranked. Scores compare each town with all towns we track. See how we score towns and where the figures come from. These are estimates, so check official sources before you decide.

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