Commissioner's Award
The Commissioner’s Award in the Kansans Can Recognition program recognizes those districts that outperform their predicted postsecondary effectiveness rate above a .40 standard deviation. A district’s predicted postsecondary effectiveness rate factors in the degree to which identified risk factors known to depress effectiveness rates, such as poverty, chronic absenteeism and student mobility, are present in a district’s student population. Districts that outperform their predictive rate by:
Commissioner's Award Levels:
- Commissioner’s Award with Highest Distinction: 2 or more standard deviations
- Commissioner’s Award with Honors: 1-1.99 standard deviations
- Commissioner’s Award: .4 - .99 standard deviations
Awards
Commissioner's Award with Highest Distinction
2025:
- Erie-Galesburg USD 101
- Plainville USD 270
- Satanta USD 507
- St. John-Hudson USD 350
2024:
- Cheney USD 268
- Erie-Galesburg USD 101
- Fairfield USD 310
- St. John-Hudson USD 350
- Frontenac USD 249
- Pike Valley USD 426
- Plainville USD 270
2023:
- Cheney USD 268
- Frontenac USD 249
- Hamilton USD 390
- Ingalls USD 477
- South Haven USD 509
- St. John-Hudson USD 350
2022:
- Smith Center USD 237
2021:
- Pike Valley USD 426
- Plainville USD 270
2020:
- Dighton USD 482
- Fairfield USD 310
- Frontenac USD 249
- Wichita Catholic Diocese
Commissioner's Award with Honors
2025:
- Attica USD 511
- Blue Valley USD 229
- Buhler USD 313
- Caney Valley USD 436
- Chanute USD 413
- Cheney USD 268
- Chetopa-St. Paul USD 505
- Clifton-Clyde USD 224
- Crest USD 479
- Cunningham USD 332
- Durham-Hillsboro-Lehigh USD 410
- Easton USD 449
- Ellinwood USD 355
- Frontenac USD 249
- Garnett USD 365
- Golden Plains USD 316
- Greeley County USD 200
- Hoisington USD 431
- Hoxie Community USD 412
- Ingalls USD 477
- Iola USD 257
- Kansas City Catholic Diocese
- Kinsley-Offerle USD 347
- Kismet-Plains USD 483
- La Crosse USD 395
- Lebo-Waverly USD 243
- Lincoln USD 298
- Lyndon USD 421
- Meade USD 226
- Oakley USD 274
- Pratt USD 382
- Rawlins County USD 105
- Republic County USD 109
- Rock Hills USD 107
- Skyline USD 438
- Smith Center USD 237
- South Haven USD 509
- Sterling USD 376
- Thunder Ridge USD 110
- Twin Valley USD 240
- Waconda USD 272
- Wichita Catholic Diocese
2024:
- Attica USD 511
- Blue Valley USD 229
- Buhler USD 313
- Caney Valley USD 436
- Chanute USD 413
- Chetopa-St. Paul USD 505
- Clifton-Clyde USD 224
- Crest USD 479
- Durham-Hillsboro-Lehigh USD 410
- Golden Plains USD 316
- Greeley County USD 200
- Hamilton USD 390
- Hoisington USD 431
- Hoxie USD 412
- Ingalls USD 477
- Iola USD 257
- Kansas City Catholic Diocese
- Labette County USD 506
- La Crosse USD 395
- Lebo-Waverly USD 243
- LeRoy-Gridley USD 245
- Marion-Florence USD 408
- Rawlins County USD 105
- Rolla USD 217
- Satanta USD 507
- Skyline USD 438
- Smith Center USD 237
- South Haven USD 509
- Thunder Ridge USD 110
- Twin Valley USD 240
- Valley Falls USD 338
- Waconda USD 272
2023:
- Blue Valley USD 229
- Buhler USD 313
- Chanute USD 413
- Chetopa-St. Paul USD 505
- Crest USD 479
- Erie-Galesburg USD 101
- Garnett USD 365
- Golden Plains USD 316
- Hays USD 489
- Hoisington USD 431
- Kansas City Catholic Diocese
- Labette County USD 506
- La Crosse USD 395
- Marion-Florence USD 408
- Onaga-Havensville-Wheaton USD 322
- Palco USD 269
- Pike Valley USD 426
- Plainville USD 270
- Rawlins County USD 105
- Rolla USD 217
- Satanta USD 507
- Skyline USD 438
- Smith Center USD 237
- Stanton County USD 452
- Twin Valley USD 240
- Valley Falls USD 338
- Waconda USD 272
- Weskan USD 242
- Wheatland USD 292
- Wichita Catholic Diocese
2022:
- Blue Valley USD 229
- Caldwell USD 360
- Caney Valley USD 436
- Chanute Public Schools USD 413
- Cheney USD 268
- Chetopa-St. Paul USD 505
- Concordia USD 333
- Crest USD 479
- Erie-Galesburg USD 101
- Frontenac Public Schools USD 249
- Garnett USD 365
- Girard USD 248
- Hays USD 489
- Hoisington USD 431
- Ingalls USD 477
- Kansas City Catholic Diocese
- Labette County USD 506
- La Crosse USD 395
- Madison-Virgil USD 386
- Marion-Florence USD 408
- Palco USD 269
- Pike Valley USD 426
- Plainville USD 270
- Rawlins County USD 105
- Rolla USD 217
- Skyline Schools USD 438
- South Brown County USD 430
- South Haven USD 509
- St. John-Hudson USD 350
- Stanton County USD 452
- Triplains USD 275
- Valley Falls USD 338
- Wichita Catholic Diocese
2021:
- Barnes USD 223
- Blue Valley USD 229
- Caldwell USD 360
- Chanute Public Schools USD 413
- Cheney USD 268
- Cheylin USD 103
- Clifton-Clyde USD 224
- Concordia USD 333
- Erie-Galesburg USD 101
- Fairfield USD 310
- Frontenac Public Schools USD 249
- Garnett USD 365
- Graham County USD 281
- Hamilton USD 390
- Hays USD 489
- Herington USD 487
- Hoisington USD 431
- Ingalls USD 477
- Kansas City USD 500
- Kansas City Catholic Diocese
- La Crosse USD 395
- Madison-Virgil USD 386
- Marion-Florence USD 408
- Northern Valley USD 212
- Onaga-Havensville-Wheaton USD 322
- Osborne County USD 392
- Palco USD 269
- Pleasanton USD 344
- Rawlins County USD 105
- Silver Lake USD 372
- Smith Center USD 237
- Stanton County USD 452
- Sylvan Grove USD 299
- Triplains USD 275
- Valley Falls USD 338
- Wichita Catholic Diocese
2020:
- Altoona-Midway USD 387
- Ashland USD 220
- Barnes USD 223
- Blue Valley USD 229
- Caldwell USD 360
- Cheylin USD 103
- Clifton-Clyde USD 224
- Concordia USD 333
- Cunningham USD 332
- Ellinwood USD 355
- Fort Larned USD 495
- Graham County USD 281
- Hays USD 489
- Hesston USD 460
- Hoisington USD 431
- Kansas City USD 500
- Kansas City Catholic Diocese
- La Crosse USD 395
- Logan USD 326
- Madison-Virgil USD 386
- Marion-Florence USD 408
- Osborne County USD 392
- Palco USD 269
- Pike Valley USD 426
- Piper USD 203
- Plainville USD 270
- Rawlins County USD 105
- Republic County USD 109
- Smith Center USD 237
- Stanton County USD 452
- Stockton USD 271
- Thunder Ridge USD 110
- Triplains USD 275
- Troy Public Schools USD 429
- Valley Falls USD 338
- Washington County Schools USD 108
- Weskan USD 242
- Western Plains USD 106
- Wheatland USD 292
Commissioner's Award
2025:
- Barnes USD 223
- Blue Valley USD 384
- Bucklin USD 459
- Chapman USD 473
- Chase County USD 284
- Colby USD 315
- Comanche County USD 300
- Doniphan West USD 111
- Emporia USD 253
- Fredonia USD 484
- Girard USD 248
- Hamilton USD 390
- Hays USD 489
- Hesston USD 460
- Holcomb USD 363
- Inman USD 448
- Jayhawk USD 346
- Jefferson County North USD 339
- Labette County USD 506
- Macksville USD 351
- Madison-Virgil USD 386
- Marion-Florence USD 408
- Marysville USD 364
- Nemaha Central USD 115
- Ness City USD 303
- North Lyon County USD 251
- Pike Valley USD 426
- Prairie Hills USD 113
- Pretty Prairie USD 311
- Quinter USD 293
- Rolla USD 217
- Salina Catholic Diocese
- Scott County USD 466
- Sedgwick USD 439
- Silver Lake USD 372
- Spearville USD 381
- Sublette USD 374
- Trego County USD 208
- Valley Falls USD 338
- Vermillion USD 380
- Wabaunsee USD 329
- Wallace County USD 241
- Washington County USD 108
2024:
- Ashland USD 220
- Barnes USD 223
- Cedar Vale USD 285
- Colby USD 315
- Cunningham USD 332
- Easton USD 449
- Fredonia USD 484
- Garnett USD 365
- Girard USD 248
- Hays USD 489
- Hesston USD 460
- Holcomb USD 363
- Independence USD 446
- Inman USD 448
- Jayhawk USD 346
- Kinsley-Offerle USD 347
- Lincoln USD 298
- Lyndon USD 421
- Madison-Virgil USD 386
- Meade USD 226
- Nemaha Central USD 115
- Ness City USD 303
- Oakley USD 274
- Osage City USD 420
- Osborne County USD 392
- Prairie Hills USD 113
- Pratt USD 382
- Pretty Prairie USD 311
- Quinter USD 293
- Republic County USD 109
- Rock Hills USD 107
- Salina Catholic Diocese
- Silver Lake USD 372
- South Barber USD 255
- Southeast of Saline USD 306
- Southern Lyon County USD 252
- Stanton County USD 452
- Sterling USD 376
- Trego County USD 208
- Vermillion USD 380
- Washington County USD 108
- Wheatland USD 292
- Wichita Catholic Diocese
- Woodson USD 366
2023:
- Ashland USD 220
- Attica USD 511
- Barnes USD 223
- Caldwell USD 360
- Central Plains USD 112
- Chase County USD 284
- Cheylin USD 103
- Clifton-Clyde USD 224
- Colby USD 315
- Concordia USD 333
- Cunningham USD 332
- Durham-Hillsboro-Lehigh USD 410
- Ellinwood USD 355
- Girard USD 248
- Goodland USD 352
- Graham County USD 281
- Greeley County USD 200
- Hesston USD 460
- Hoxie USD 412
- Independence USD 446
- Inman USD 448
- Jayhawk USD 346
- Lakin USD 215
- Lebo-Waverly USD 243
- Lincoln USD 298
- Lyndon USD 421
- Madison-Virgil USD 386
- Meade USD 226
- Nemaha Central USD 115
- Ness City USD 303
- Oakley USD 274
- Prairie Hills USD 113
- Pretty Prairie USD 311
- Republic County USD 109
- Rock Hills USD 107
- Salina Catholic Diocese
- Scott County USD 466
- Silver Lake USD 372
- Southeast of Saline USD 306
- Southern Lyon County USD 252
- Sterling USD 376
- Thunder Ridge USD 110
- Trego USD 208
- Vermillion USD 380
- Washington County USD 108
2022:
- Andover USD 385
- Ashland USD 220
- Barnes USD 223
- Beloit USD 273
- Buhler USD 313
- Chase County USD 284
- Cheylin USD 103
- Clifton-Clyde USD 224
- Colby Public Schools USD 315
- Comanche County USD 300
- Durham-Hillsboro-Lehigh USD 410
- Ellinwood Public Schools USD 355
- Golden Plains USD 316
- Graham County USD 281
- Greeley County Schools USD 200
- Hamilton USD 390
- Hesston USD 460
- Independence USD 446
- Inman USD 448
- Jayhawk USD 346
- Lakin USD 215
- Lansing USD 469
- Lebo-Waverly USD 243
- LeRoy-Gridley USD 245
- Lincoln USD 298
- Lyndon USD 421
- Marysville USD 364
- Meade USD 226
- Nemaha Central USD 115
- Ness City USD 303
- Northern Valley USD 212
- Oakley USD 274
- Onaga-Havensville-Wheaton USD 322
- Osborne County USD 392
- Phillipsburg USD 325
- Piper-Kansas City USD 203
- Pleasanton USD 344
- Prairie Hills USD 113
- Pretty Prairie USD 311
- Renwick USD 267
- Republic County USD 109
- Rock Hills USD 107
- Salina Catholic Diocese
- Scott County USD 466
- Silver Lake USD 372
- South Barber USD 255
- Southern Lyon County USD 252
- Sterling USD 376
- Stockton USD 271
- Sylvan Grove USD 299
- Thunder Ridge Schools USD 110
- Twin Valley USD 240
- Uniontown USD 235
- Valley Center Public Schools USD 262
- Vermillion USD 380
- Waconda USD 272
- Wallace County Schools USD 241
- Washington County Schools USD 108
- Weskan USD 242
- Wheatland USD 292
2021:
- Andover USD 385
- Ashland USD 220
- Atchison County Community Schools USD 377
- Buhler USD 313
- Caney Valley USD 436
- Chase County USD 284
- Chetopa-St. Paul USD 505
- Comanche County USD 300
- Crest USD 479
- Cunningham USD 332
- De Soto USD 232
- Dighton USD 482
- Durham-Hillsboro-Lehigh USD 410
- Ellinwood Public Schools USD 355
- Fowler USD 225
- Fort Larned USD 495
- Garden City USD 457
- Girard USD 248
- Golden Plains USD 316
- Great Bend USD 428
- Hesston USD 460
- Holcomb USD 363
- Hutchinson Public Schools USD 308
- Independence USD 446
- Labette County USD 506
- Lansing USD 469
- Lebo-Waverly USD 243
- Leoti USD 467
- LeRoy-Gridley USD 245
- Lincoln USD 298
- Logan USD 326
- Lyndon USD 421
- Maize USD 266
- Marysville USD 364
- Meade USD 226
- Ness City USD 303
- Newton USD 373
- North Lyon County USD 251
- Oakley USD 274
- Piper-Kansas City USD 203
- Pittsburg USD 250
- Renwick USD 267
- Republic County USD 109
- Rock Hills USD 107
- Rolla USD 217
- Salina Catholic Diocese
- Skyline Schools USD 438
- South Barber USD 255
- South Brown County USD 430
- South Haven USD 509
- Southern Lyon County USD 252
- Stockton USD 271
- Thunder Ridge Schools USD 110
- Tonganoxie USD 464
- Troy Public Schools USD 429
- Twin Valley USD 240
- Udall USD 463
- Valley Center Public Schools USD 262
- Vermillion USD 380
- Waconda USD 272
- Wakeeney USD 208
- Wallace County Schools USD 241
- Washington County Schools USD 108
- Wellsville USD 289
- Weskan USD 242
2020:
- Andover USD 385
- Atchison County Community Schools USD 377
- Beloit USD 273
- Chase County USD 284
- Chetopa-St. Paul USD 505
- Coffeyville USD 445
- Conway Springs USD 356
- Crest USD 479
- De Soto USD 232
- Emporia USD 253
- Erie-Galesburg USD 101
- Garden City USD 457
- Garnett USD 365
- Girard USD 248
- Golden Plains USD 316
- Great Bend USD 428
- Herington USD 487
- Hillsboro USD 410
- Holcomb USD 363
- Ingalls USD 477
- Kansas School for the Deaf
- Labette County USD 506
- Lakin USD 215
- Larned Juvenile Correction
- Lebo-Waverly USD 243
- Leoti USD 467
- Lincoln USD 298
- Maize USD 266
- Marysville USD 364
- Montezuma USD 371
- Nemaha Central USD 115
- Ness City USD 303
- Newton USD 373
- North Lyon County USD 251
- Northeast USD 246
- Northern Valley USD 212
- Oakley USD 274
- Onaga-Havensville-Wheaton USD 322
- Pittsburg USD 250
- Pleasanton USD 344
- Renwick USD 267
- Rock Hills USD 107
- Salina Catholic Diocese
- Shawnee Mission USD 512
- South Brown County USD 430
- Southern Coffey County USD 245
- Southern Lyon County USD 252
- St. John-Hudson USD 350
- Sterling USD 376
- Sylvan Grove USD 299
- Twin Valley USD 240
- Udall USD 463
- Victoria USD 432
- Wallace County Schools USD 241
