The Blue Valley School District's mission is unprecedented academic success and unparalleled personal growth for every student.
Our Commitments:
- We will make a continuous effort to reallocate resources, adopt innovative programs and critically evaluate current practices to ensure academic excellence.
- We are committed to Professional Learning Communities as the means of continuous school improvement.
- We are committed to maintaining and improving an efficiently operated organization and will benchmark the district against peer school districts and other entities in key operational areas to ensure this commitment.
- We are committed to maintaining an environment whereby patrons are increasingly engaged and satisfied with the quality of Blue Valley Schools, and will measure this engagement and satisfaction on a regular basis.
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The Blue Valley School District was unified in 1965. |
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The Blue Valley School District encompasses 91 square miles in southeastern Johnson County. The district is located in south Overland Park which has been recognized in many national quality-of-life rankings. For example, in 2009 U.S. News & World Report rated Overland Park as #3 on its "10 Best Places to Grow Up" list; it was ranked #22 on "America's 25 Best Places to Move" in 2009 by Forbes.com; Business Week rated it #3 in its 2009 list of "America's Best Affordable Places to Retire" and it was ranked #9 in Money Magazine's "Top 10 Best Places to Live" in 2008. |
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20 elementary schools (grades K - 5)
9 middle schools (grades 6 - 8)
5 high schools (grades 9 - 12) |
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K-12: 21,462
Preschool-12: 21,864 |
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Financial Facts (2011-12) |
Operating budget (with LOB): $156,409,453 (estimated)
Per pupil annual expenditure: $7,493 (estimated)
Average teaching salary including benefits, etc.: $38,583 to $74,016, plus benefits
Total assessed valuation: $2,238,596,308 (estimated)
Bonded indebtedness: $340,875,000
Mill levy: 73.40 |
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Certified staff: 1,812
Classified staff: 1,350
Administrators: 100
Percent of teaching staff with a master's degree or higher: 75 percent |
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Grades 7-12 dropout rate: 0.4 percent
Average daily attendance: 96.3 percent
Graduation rate: 95.1 percent
Student/computer ratio: 2:1 |
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