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.
2026 Kansas All Star High Schools
| High School | High School | High School |
| Altoona Midway | Hanover High School | Republic County Jr/Sr High School |
| Andover Central High School | Hartford High School | Riley County High School |
| Andover eCademy | Hesston High School | Riverside High School |
| Andover High School | Hiawatha High School | Rock Creek High School |
| Argonia High School | Highland Park High School | Rolla High School |
| Arkansas City High School | Hillsboro Middle High School | Rossville High School |
| Ashland High School | Hodgeman County High School | Royal Valley High School |
| Atchison County Community Jr/Sr High School | Hoisington High School | Russell Jr-Sr High School |
| Atchison High School | Holcomb High School | Sabetha High School |
| Augusta High School | Holton High School | Sacred Heart Jr/Sr High School |
| Basehor Linwood High School | Hope Schools | Saint Thomas Aquinas High School |
| Beloit Jr./Sr. High School | Hoxie High School | Salina High School Central |
| Blue Valley High School | Hugoton High School | Salina South High School |
| Bonner Springs High School | Humboldt High School | Santa Fe Trail High School |
| Brewster High School | Inman High School | Satanta Jr/Sr High School |
| Bucklin High School | J.C. Harmon High School | Scott Community High School |
| Burlingame High School | Jackson Heights High School | Sedan High School |
| Burlington High School | Jefferson West High School | Sedgwick High School |
| Campus High School | Kapaun Mt. Carmel Catholic High School | Shawnee Heights High School |
| Caney Valley High School | Kingman High | Shawnee Mission Northwest High School |
| Cedar Vale High School | Kinsley High School | Shawnee Mission South High School |
| Central Heights High School | Kiowa County High School | Shawnee Mission West |
| Central Jr/Sr High School | La Crosse High School | Skyline High School |
| Central Plains High School | Labette County High School | Smith Center Jr/Sr High School |
| Centralia High School | Lakin High School | Smoky Valley High School |
| Chanute High School | Larned High School | Solomon High School |
| Chaparral High School | Leavenworth High School | South Barber High School |
| Chase County Jr/Sr High School | Lebo High School | South Central High School |
| Cheney High School | Liberal High School | South Gray High School |
| Cherryvale High School | Linn High School | Southeast High School |
| Chetopa High School | Little River HS | Southeast of Saline High School |
| Cimarron High School | Louisburg High School | Southern Coffey County High School |
| Circle High School | Lyndon High School | Southwestern Heights High School |
| Clay Center Community High School | Macksville High School | Spring Hill High School |
| Clearwater High School | Maize High School | St. John High School |
| Clifton-Clyde High School | Maize South High School | St. John's Catholic High School |
| Colby High School | Manhattan High School | St. Mary's Colgan High School |
| Concordia High School | Marais des Cygnes Valley High School | Stafford High School |
| Conway Springs High School | Marmaton Valley High School | Sterling High School |
| Council Grove High School | Marysville Jr/Sr High School | Stockton High School |
| Crest High School | McPherson High School | Sublette High School |
| De Soto High School | Meade High School | Sumner Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| Deerfield High School | Mill Valley High School | Syracuse High School |
| Derby High School | Minneola High School | Tescott High School |
| Dexter High School | Moscow High School | Thomas More Prep Marian |
| Dighton High School | Moundridge High School | Tonganoxie High School |
| Dodge City High School | Mulvane High School | Topeka West HS |
| Doniphan West High School | Nemaha Central High School | Turner High School |
| Eisenhower High School | Neodesha Jr/Sr High School | Ulysses High School |
| El Dorado High School | Ness City High School | Uniontown High School |
| Ell Saline High School | Newton High School | Valley Center High School |
| Ellinwood High School | Nickerson High School | Victoria High School |
| Ellis High School | Northeast High School | Wakefield High School |
| Ellsworth High School | Northeast Magnet | Wallace County High School |
| Emporia High School | Norton Community High School | Wamego High School |
| Erie High School | Norwich High School | Washburn Rural High School |
| Eureka Jr Sr High School | Olathe East High School | Washington County High School |
| F.L. Schlagle High School | Olathe North High School | Washington High School |
| Fairfield High School | Onaga High School | Waverly High School |
| Flinthills High School | Osage City High School | Wellington High School |
| Fort Scott High School | Oskaloosa High Shool | Wellsville High School |
| Frankfort High School | Oswego High School | West Elk High School |
| Frederic Remington High School | Ottawa High School | West Franklin High School |
| Frontenac High School | Oxford High School | Western Plains High School |
| Garden City Achieve | Paola High School | White City High School |
| Garden City High School | Parsons High School | Wichita County Jr/Sr High School |
| Garden Plain High School | Peabody-Burns High School | Wichita High School East |
| Girard High School | Pike Valley High School | Wichita High School Heights |
| Goodland High School | Plainville High School | Wichita High School North |
| Great Bend High School | Pratt High School | Wichita High School South |
| Greeley County High School | Pretty Prairie High School | Wichita Southeast |
| Greenbush Virtual Academy | Quinter High School | Winfield High School |
| Rawlins County High School | Wyandotte High School |
How to Become an all star high school
- Register for Apply Kansas
- Host an Apply Kansas Event
- Submit your Apply Kansas Summary Data (due annually December 1st)
- Sponsor or collaborate on a FAFSA Completion Event (typically between Oct-Feb)
- Host a Senior Signing Day Event (around May 1)
- Complete the All Star High School Survey (April 1st) from Mistie Knox to describe your three events
FAFSA Completion Event:
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
Senior Signing Event
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.
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