The All Star High School program, launched in 2022, extends the Apply Kansas mission to enhance college access by guiding students through the application process. Students in these schools receive support in completing admissions applications, seeking financial aid, and celebrating all postsecondary paths. This ongoing series of events, sustained year after year, cultivates a college-going atmosphere throughout the entire school community.
2025 Kansas All Star High Schools
| High School Name | City | High School Name | City | High School Name | City |
| Altoona-Midway High School | Buffalo | Hesston High School | Hesston | Republic County J/Sr High School | Belleville |
| Andover Central High School | Andover | Hiawatha High School | Hiawatha | Riley County High School | Riley |
| Andover High School | Andover | Highland Park High School | Topeka | Riverton High School | Riverton |
| Argonia High School | Argonia | Hillsboro Middle High School | Hillsboro | Rock Creek High School | St. George |
| Arkansas City High School | Arkansas City | Hodgeman County High School | Jetmore | Rolla High School | Rolla |
| Ashland High School | Ashland | Hoisington High School | Hoisington | Rossville High School | Rossville |
| Atchison High School | Atchison | Holcomb High School | Holcomb | Royal Valley High School | Hoyt |
| Augusta High School | Augusta | Holton High School | Holton | Russell Jr/Sr High School | Russell |
| Baldwin High School | Baldwin City | Hope High School | Hope | Sabetha High School | Sabetha |
| Basehor Linwood High School | Basehor | Hoxie High School | Hoxie | Saint Thomas Aquinas High School | Overland Park |
| Beloit Jr/Sr High School | Beloit | Hugoton High School | Hugoton | Salina High School Central | Salina |
| Blue Valley High School | Randolph | Humboldt High School | Humboldt | Salina South High School | Salina |
| Bonner Springs High School | Bonner Springs | Inman Jr/Sr High School | Inman | Satanta Jr/Sr High School | Satanta |
| Bucklin High School | Bucklin | Jackson Heights High School | Holton | Scott Community High School | Scott City |
| Burlingame Jr/Sr High School | Burlingame | JC Harmon High School | Kansas City | Sedan High School | Sedan |
| Burlington High School | Burlington | Jefferson West High School | Meriden | Sedgwick High School | Sedgwick |
| Campus High School | Wichita | Kingman High School | Kingman | Shawnee Heights High School | Tecumseh |
| Caney Valley High School | Caney | Kinsley Jr/Sr High School | Kinsley | Shawnee Mission Northwest High School | Shawnee |
| Cedar Vale High School | Cedar Vale | Kiowa County High School | Greensburg | Shawnee Mission South High School | Overland Park |
| Central Heights High School | Richmond | La Crosse High School | La Crosse | Shawnee Mission West High School | Overland Park |
| Central Jr/Sr High School | Burden | Labette County High School | Altamont | Silver Lake High School | Silver Lake |
| Central Plains High School | Claflin | Lakeside Jr/Sr High School | downs | Skyline High School | Pratt |
| Chanute High School | Chanute | Lakin High School | Lakin | Smith Center Jr/Sr High School | Smith Center |
| Chaparral High School | Anthony | Lebo High School | Lebo | Smoky Valley High School | Lindsborg |
| Chase County Jr/Sr High School | Cottonwood Falls | Liberal High School | Liberal | Solomon High School | Solomon |
| Chase High School | Chase | Linn High School | Linn | South Central High School | Coldwater |
| Cherryvale Middle High School | Cherryvale | Little River High School | Little River | South Gray High School | Montezuma |
| Chetopa High School | Chetopa | Lyndon High School | Lyndon | Southeast High School | Cherokee |
| Cimarron High School | Cimarron | Lyons High School | Lyons | Southeast of Saline High School | Gypsum |
| Circle High School | Towanda | Macksville High School | Macksville | Southern Coffey County | LeRoy |
| Clay Center Community High School | Clay Center | Madison High School | Madison | Southwestern Heights High School | Kismet |
| Clifton-Clyde High School | Clyde | Maize High School | Maize | Spring Hill High School | Spring Hill |
| Colby High School | Colby | Maize South High School | Wichita | St. John High School | St. John |
| Concordia High School | Concordia | Marais des Cygnes Valley High School | Melvern | St. John's Catholic High School | Beloit |
| Conway Springs High School | Conway Springs | Marysville Jr/Sr High School | Marysville | St. Mary's Colgan High School | Pittsburg |
| Council Grove High School | Council Grove | McPherson High School | McPherson | St. Marys High School | St. Marys |
| Decatur Community High School | Oberlin | Meade High School | Meade | Stafford High School | Stafford |
| Deerfield High School | Deerfield | Mill Valley High School | Shawnee | Stanton County High School | Johnson |
| Dexter Jr/Sr High School | Dexter | Minneola High School | Minneola | Sterling High School | Sterling |
| Dighton High School | Dighton | Mission Valley Jr/Sr High School | Eskridge | Stockton High School | Stockton |
| Dodge City High School | Dodge City | Moscow High School | Moscow | Sublette High School | Sublette |
| Doniphan West High School | Highland | Moundridge High School | Moundridge | Sumner Academy High School | Kansas City |
| Douglass High School | Douglass | Mulvane High School | Mulvane | Tescott High School | Tescott |
| Eisenhower High School | Goddard | Nemaha Central High School | Seneca | Thomas More Prep-Marian High School | Hays |
| El Dorado High School | El Dorado | Neodesha Jr/Sr High School | Neodesha | Tonganoxie High School | Tonganoxie |
| Ell-Saline High School | Brookville | Ness City High School | Ness City | Topeka High School | Topeka |
| Ellinwood High School | Ellinwood | Newton High School | Newton | Topeka West High School | Topeka |
| Ellis High School | Ellis | Nickerson High School | Nickerson | Turner High School | Kansas City |
| Ellsworth High School | Ellsworth | Northeast High School | Arma | Ulysses High School | Ulysses |
| Emporia High School | Emporia | Northeast Magnet High School | Bel Aire | Uniontown High School | Uniontown |
| Erie High School | Erie | Norton Community High School | Norton | Valley Center High School | Valley Center |
| Eureka High School | Eureka | Norwich High School | Norwich | Victoria High School | Victoria |
| Fairfield High School | Langdon | Olathe East High School | Olathe | Wakefield High School | Wakefield |
| Field Kindley High School | Coffeyville | Olathe North High School | Olathe | Wallace County High School | Sharon Springs |
| FL Schlagle High School | Kansas City | Olathe Northwest High School | Olathe | Wamego High School | Wamego |
| Flinthills High School | Rosalia | Olathe South High School | Olathe | Washburn Rural High School | Topeka |
| Fort Scott High School | Fort Scott | Onaga High School | Onaga | Washington County High School | Washington |
| Fredonia Jr/Sr High School | Fredonia | Osage City High School | Osage City | Washington High School | Kansas City |
| Frontenac High School | Frontenac | Osborne High School | Osborne | Waverly High School | Waverly |
| Garden City Achieve High School | Garden City | Oskaloosa High School | Oskaloosa | Wellsville High School | Wellsville |
| Garden City High School | Garden City | Oswego Jr/Sr High School | Oswego | West Elk High School | Howard |
| Garden Plain High School | Garden Plain | Ottawa High School | Ottawa | West Franklin High School | Pomona |
| Gardner-Edgerton High School | Gardner | Oxford High School | Oxford | Western Plains High School | Ransom |
| Girard High School | Girard | Paola High School | Paola | White City High School | White City |
| Goddard High School | Goddard | Parsons High School | Parsons | Wichita County Jr/Sr High School | Leoti |
| Goodland High School | Goodland | Peabody-Burns Jr/Sr High School | Peabody | Wichita High School East | Wichita |
| Great Bend High School | Great Bend | Phillipsburg High School | Phillipsburg | Wichita High School Heights | Wichita |
| Greeley County High School | Tribune | Pike Valley High School | Scandia | Wichita High School North | Wichita |
| Greenbush Virtual Academy | Lawrence | Plainville High School | Plainville | Wichita Northwest High School | Wichita |
| Hanover High School | Hanover | Pratt High School | Pratt | Wichita South High School | Wichita |
| Hayden High School | Topeka | Pretty Prairie High School | Pretty Prairie | Winfield High School | Winfield |
| Hays High School | Hays | Quinter High School | Quinter | Wyandotte High School | Kansas City |
| Remington High School | Whitewater |
2025 All Star High school recognition
How to Become an all star high school
1. Host an Apply Kansas Event
Register as an Apply Kansas School
Host your Application Event
2. Submit your Apply Kansas Summary Data (due annually December 1st)
3. Sponsor or collaborate on a FAFSA Completion Event (typically between Oct-Feb)
Plan an event where students & parents can start on the FAFSA application together
Event should provide support to answer specific, confidential questions for families. Financial Aid officers and Admissions representatives from local institutions are often good resources and willing to come help.
FAFSA events can be held at the high school, but can also be held at higher education institutions or other community locations if you are joining together with other high schools.
Be aware of shift work, first generation, undocumented students and other underserved populations. Try to create an event at times and in locations that meets the needs of your underserved community members.
If you host a FAFSA event in the fall, consider doing something again in Jan-Feb. Many students who would benefit most from the FAFSA aren't always ready to apply in the fall. Follow up encouragement and support in the new year might be just what some students need to finalize those postsecondary plans
4. Host a Senior Signing Day Event (around May 1)
This event should celebrate the decisions and different pathways for your seniors.
It can be as big or small as you want to make it. (Some schools make it actual signing event for all seniors and invite different colleges, and some incorporate announcing the plans of all seniors into their Honors and Awards ceremony. Creating a bulletin board, banner, poster activity, t-shirt day are all some of the many great ways you can celebrate your seniors' plans) See the link in the resources below.
Whatever you plan, consider how it will look for students planning to go to work or other placements. If you are announcing college placements, how will you announce the job placements? If you do a t-shirt day, will all students be able to participate? You might have to get creative with some of the non-traditional pathways.
Consider if you can share these pathways with your underclassmen. Can you hang the banner or bulletin board for the school community to see? Are underclassmen invited to your award ceremony. By celebrating every senior, you give all of your students an opportunity to consider a post-secondary path outside of what they already know.
5. Complete the All Star High School Survey (April 1st) from Mistie Knox to describe your three events
RESOURCES
College Signing Day National Resource Website
Google Doc with College Signing Day Photos & Ideas (add your ideas to share here!)
BANNER
Each All Star High School will receive a certificate and vinyl banner to display at school (photo 1). Each year after that, award winning schools will receive a certificate and star sticker to add to their banner, indicating multiple award winning years (photo 2).
Year #1: Banner
Year #2-5: Sticker
CONTACT
For more information:
Mistie Knox, Associate Director, Academic Affairs
Apply Kansas State Coordinator