Washington High School in Kansas City

Category	Rating	Details
Test Scores	1/10	The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2025 Kansas State Assessments data from Kansas State Department of Education.
College Readiness	1/10	The College Readiness Rating uses this high school's graduation rates, college entrance exam participation and performance, or AP, IB, or Dual Enrollment participation to determine how well schools are preparing students for success in college and beyond. The College Readiness Rating was created using the following data from the 2021 Civil Rights Data Collection: percentage of students enrolled in IB, AP or Dual Enrollment classes in grades 9-12, using 2024 Average ACT score data from Kansas State Department of Education, using 2025 4-year high school graduation rate data from Kansas State Department of Education, and using 2023 demographic data from the National Center for Education Statistics.

Posted: February 17, 2026

As a former student, I feel that Washington has made attempts to work with families to support their students, but they havent achieved this goal. I feel that when I started high school, there was a clear emphasis on funding for sports over quality materials. Books were torn, worn, and old. This, to me, is reasonable with the rise in technology. I feel that access to that technology, however, is held back by lack in funds and student engagement opportunities. It was not unreasonable to hear about fights in the school, in fact, it is a major issue within the school with very little solutions. Students would simply be suspended, come back, and repeat the process. I feel that the best part of the entire school is the teachers, as a good amount of them provide emotional support, college advice, and an all-around good atmosphere for students. There are gems amongst the administration core, but overall, I wish that there would be more done to assist student engagement outside of just sports and clubs. I also feel that the JROTC program at the school has a strong connection with those involved, seeking to offer whatever support they can to students. This may be in military service or college preparation. Overall, I think if you have the option to send your child to Sumner, do so, but Washington is one of the better secondary options.

Posted: February 17, 2026

Posted: May 3, 2022

It is an awful school there are fights every day and I never fill safe

Posted: May 3, 2022

My personal experience at Washington High School is that kids are too crazy. The only thing that is positive is certain teachers, but the other half are rude. ROTC is the most positive class at this school

Posted: May 3, 2022

My experience at this school was/is very good I love that they still have Trio Gear up and the teachers treat respectful and keep on track and so does the Main Principal Mr. Amaya.

Posted: May 3, 2022

It is very fun not the best people but the teachers are cool,rotc is very good

Posted: May 3, 2022

This school is fine, there boring but there also fun, like JORTC they have a lot of stuff you can do and after-school activities like art club those are pretty fun.

Posted: May 3, 2022

The school is not the best environment to be in but its also not the worst

Posted: May 3, 2022

It has a field for almost anything but also some opertunities for the future by what classes you just generally take. The cleaning around the school is okay. The type of teachers can vary some can be good and some can be bad. But most of the time its a easy day and you kinda learn everyday.

Posted: May 3, 2022

This school is decent as it is a public school its very diverse with halfway decent teachers, I do feel safe as in no shootings.

Posted: May 3, 2022

1. The program JROTC gives us student many activities to do and makes class easy and open doors for many things
2. The program JROTC give cadets many opportunities for students to go out and help the community and teaches students to behave and learn leadership and commitment towards others.

Posted: May 3, 2022

The ROTC program is a great opportunity to get poor behaved students back on track. When I first joined ROTC I wasn't motivated to do my work from the past experience I had with a school in the district. The sergeants care about all the cadets and take time to help students through stressful times. There are some teachers that I connect with, not everyone finds teachers they can reach out to and be comfortable around but if you try the teachers will be able to understand and help you better through your day. One thing I will say is that the standards aren't high and need to be it makes it seem as if administrators are looking down upon the students and do whatever they can to not pay attentions to the concern or problems between students. They dont care about solving issues they just move it aside.

Posted: May 3, 2022

Posted: May 2, 2022

really good school they care abt there student ig

Posted: May 2, 2022

This school is ok the teachers are nice but it's not the best school ive been to

Posted: May 2, 2022

i would 10/10 recommend this school to anyone one bad thing there are no elevators for injured people but other than that there are great teachers sports and others like orchestra which is the best ever but some of the students are just not very good alot are mean and distracting a lot of the teachers are good and the rotc program is realy good for self discipline but its mostly just the kids that are bad

Posted: May 2, 2022

Washington has AFJROTC which has good benefits for future references such as paying half of the scholarship for colleges and helps with community service, helping others in general, showing discipline, courage, determination and hard work within the program, It's a good social working experience that may. Orchestra has a family friendly environment where the students really learn and improve in their skills and the teacher helps a lot by teaching and going over things that are complicated for students, making them learn more and have fun in participating in the class.

Posted: May 2, 2022

Good chance to learn how to support yourself.

Posted: May 2, 2022

This school is the best thing that has ever happened to me ever since I took my first step in I was so excited for this school its the best school ever

Posted: May 2, 2022

Posted: September 15, 2014

This school is absolutely horrible! The teachers do not do anymore work than they have too. They are not held accountable for their actions. The principal does not listen to any concerns. I was referred to the Board of Education, who turns around and gives me back to principal. This school is a joke.

Posted: October 7, 2013

My school is one of the best schools in the district. We work had to make good grades and to graduate. Our teachers make it easy to look forward to go to college and be excited to learn. I believe that our teachers make things better for life

Posted: December 10, 2012

Washington high school is not all that bad. There are actual students who want to learn and try their best. Although a lot of students don't put as much effort into their education as others, there are great possibilities for students to learn. The teachers give effort as well into their students education. A new system called '9th hour' has been established this year. This is meant for students that are failing a core class. That class will send a email via school loop requiring the student to come after school during '9th hour' which is an hour of tutoring or an extra class session to help kids bring up their grades and understand more. Each teacher will have this extra hour at least two times a week. These dedicated teachers also stay after other days to help anyone else who needs help in that class. I think this was a great idea and I've seen improvement throughout the school.

#	Name	Type	City	State	Overall Rating	Distance
1	Savannah West	Apartment Complex	Kansas City	MO		13.1 mi
2	Shenandoah	Neighborhood/Subdivision	Leavenworth	KS		14.7 mi

#	Name	City	State	Distance
1	Lansing	Lansing	KS	11 mi
2	River Walk/ Downtown Area	Leavenworth	KS	14.4 mi
3	Main Street	Weston	MO	20.1 mi

Base	Distance
Kansas City Military	14.5 mi.
Fort Leavenworth	17.1 mi.

Washington High School

Kansas City, KS 66109

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