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Lawrence Free State High

PublicHighGrades 9–12

4700 Overland Drive, Lawrence, KS 66049 · (785) 832-6050 · Part of Lawrence Unified School District 497

Lawrence’s School Grade B better than 63% of Kansas school districts

Directions
Students
1,774
Students per teacher
16:1
Free or reduced lunch
30%
Setting
City
Grades
9–12
The gist

What stands out about Lawrence Free State High

  • Its own letter, B: better results than 58% of Kansas’s public schools

On the path

Where Lawrence kids come from and go next. The whole path →

6–84 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–12Lawrence Free State HighYou are here

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency29%
State average 27.9%
Reading / language arts39%
State average 35.5%

Its own letter, B, places these results among Kansas’s 1,221 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

4700 Overland Drive, Lawrence

Students

Enrollment by grade
Grade 9445
Grade 10415
Grade 11446
Grade 12468
Enrollment over time
1,786’20
1,832’21
1,777’22
1,768’23
1,774’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Who goes here
White 70%Two or more races 10%Hispanic 9%Black 5%Asian 4%American Indian/Alaska Native 2%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Lawrence Free State High from Lawrence families.

Other schools in Lawrence Unified School District 497

The district →
New York Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Lawrence
B−
415 students20:1
Langston Hughes Elem
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Lawrence
A+
560 students19:1
Lawrence Virtual School
Other · Grades K–12 · Lawrence
A
543 students22:1
Sunflower Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Lawrence
A−
444 students13:1
Schwegler Elem
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Lawrence
B−
434 students14:1
Deerfield Elem
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Lawrence
A−
433 students15:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Kansas’s other public schools; Lawrence’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.