Charter Schools in Kansas: 7 Tuition-Free

Online charter schools in Kansas (4)

These schools told the federal survey that most or all of their teaching is online (2024-25). Their address is an office; ask each one which parts of Kansas it enrolls from.

Charter school	Grades	Students (2024-25)	Per teacher	Town	Phone
Insight School of KansasFully online	7-12	1,159	33.6	Spring Hill	(913) 592-4600
Lawrence Virtual SchoolFully online	K-12	543	21.8	Lawrence	(785) 832-5620
Smoky Valley Virtual Charter SchoolFully online	K-12	402		Lindsborg	(785) 227-4292
Hugoton Learning AcademyFully online	7-12	29		Hugoton	(620) 428-6374

Charter schools in Kansas (3)

By town.

Charter school	Grades	Students (2024-25)	Per teacher	Town	Phone
Caney Valley Charter Academy	9-12	5		Caney	(620) 879-9232
Service Valley Charter Academy	K-8	106	9.9	Parsons	(620) 421-3449
Hope Street Charter Academy	10-12	103	6.3	Topeka	(785) 438-4280

Who runs and charters them

Charter authorizers named most often: Kansas State Board of Education (7).

Names as the state reported them to the federal directory (2025-26).

Charter schools: how they work

Public and free. NCES describes a public charter school as a publicly funded school, usually run by a group or organization under a contract (the charter) with the state, the district or another body. The federal definition says a charter school does not charge tuition.
Families choose it. Under the same definition, a charter school is one parents choose to send their children to, and it admits students by lottery when more apply than it has room for.
Its own rules, its own accountability. The charter frees the school from some state or local rules; in return it must meet the standards written in its charter. It is nonsectarian.
No program badge. ChoiceFunded’s program badges and “schools that accept” lists cover private schools only. Charter schools are listed separately here, with no badge, and are never counted with private schools.

Sources: 20 U.S.C. 7221i (federal Charter Schools Program definitions); NCES, Condition of Education: Public Charter School Enrollment. Each state writes its own charter law, so ask the school how enrollment works there.

School facts: U.S. Department of Education, Common Core of Data (2025-26 directory, 2024-25 enrollment and staff). Where our data comes from.