Kansas School District Rankings

290 districts serving 483,170 students

Data from NCES Common Core of Data. Browse all Kansas districts

Largest District

Wichita

46,516 students

Most Schools

Wichita

87 schools

Total Districts

290

Total Students

0.5M

Largest Districts by Enrollment

The 50 largest school districts in Kansas, ranked by total student enrollment.

#	District	City	Students
1	Wichita	Wichita	46,516
2	Olathe	Olathe	28,590
3	Shawnee Mission Pub Sch	Shawnee Mission	26,464
4	Blue Valley	Overland Park	22,393
5	Kansas City	Kansas City	21,132
6	Topeka Public Schools	Topeka	12,601
7	Lawrence	Lawrence	10,594
8	Andover	Andover	9,376
9	Maize	Maize	8,160
10	De Soto	De Soto	7,364
11	Geary County Schools	Junction City	7,331
12	Derby	Derby	7,284
13	Garden City	Garden City	7,235
14	Dodge City	Dodge City	7,181
15	Manhattan-Ogden	Manhattan	7,163
16	Salina	Salina	6,791
17	Goddard	Goddard	6,253
18	Auburn-Washburn	Topeka	6,008
19	Gardner Edgerton	Gardner	5,895
20	Spring Hill	Spring Hill	5,633
21	Haysville	Haysville	5,528
22	Liberal	Liberal	4,676
23	Emporia	Emporia	4,399
24	Hutchinson Public Schools	Hutchinson	4,277
25	Turner-Kansas City	Kansas City	3,901
26	Seaman	Topeka	3,807
27	Shawnee Heights	Tecumseh	3,659
28	Hays	Hays	3,522
29	Leavenworth	Leavenworth	3,457
30	Pittsburg	Pittsburg	3,395
31	Valley Center Pub Sch	Valley Center	3,179
32	Basehor-Linwood	Basehor	3,097
33	Newton	Newton	3,069
34	Great Bend	Great Bend	2,951
35	Arkansas City	Arkansas City	2,917
36	Piper-Kansas City	Kansas City	2,774
37	Buhler	Buhler	2,572
38	Bonner Springs	Bonner Springs	2,560
39	Lansing	Lansing	2,511
40	McPherson	McPherson	2,263
41	Ottawa	Ottawa	2,241
42	Winfield	Winfield	2,106
43	Circle	Towanda	2,087
44	Tonganoxie	Tonganoxie	2,010
45	Renwick	Andale	1,980
46	Augusta	Augusta	1,963
47	El Dorado	El Dorado	1,838
48	Independence	Independence	1,828
49	Mulvane	Mulvane	1,819
50	Paola	Paola	1,810

Kansas school districts ranked by number of schools in the district.

#	District	City	Schools
1	Wichita	Wichita	87
2	Olathe	Olathe	52
3	Shawnee Mission Pub Sch	Shawnee Mission	45
4	Kansas City	Kansas City	43
5	Blue Valley	Overland Park	37
6	Topeka Public Schools	Topeka	27
7	Lawrence	Lawrence	18
8	Garden City	Garden City	18
9	Geary County Schools	Junction City	15
10	Manhattan-Ogden	Manhattan	14
11	De Soto	De Soto	13
12	Derby	Derby	13
13	Salina	Salina	13
14	Maize	Maize	12
15	Goddard	Goddard	12
16	Andover	Andover	11
17	Dodge City	Dodge City	11
18	Gardner Edgerton	Gardner	11
19	Spring Hill	Spring Hill	11
20	Hutchinson Public Schools	Hutchinson	10
21	Auburn-Washburn	Topeka	9
22	Haysville	Haysville	9
23	Liberal	Liberal	8
24	Emporia	Emporia	8
25	Turner-Kansas City	Kansas City	8
26	Leavenworth	Leavenworth	8
27	Newton	Newton	8
28	Arkansas City	Arkansas City	8
29	Seaman	Topeka	7
30	Hays	Hays	7
31	Valley Center Pub Sch	Valley Center	7
32	Basehor-Linwood	Basehor	7
33	Great Bend	Great Bend	7
34	Buhler	Buhler	7
35	Labette County	Altamont	7
36	Wellington	Wellington	7
37	Kingman - Norwich	Kingman	7
38	Shawnee Heights	Tecumseh	6
39	Pittsburg	Pittsburg	6
40	McPherson	McPherson	6
41	Ottawa	Ottawa	6
42	Winfield	Winfield	6
43	Circle	Towanda	6
44	Renwick	Andale	6
45	El Dorado	El Dorado	6
46	Abilene	Abilene	6
47	Clay County	Clay Center	6
48	Chapman	Chapman	6
49	Bonner Springs	Bonner Springs	5
50	Augusta	Augusta	5