Blue Valley Unified School District

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The Blue Valley Unified School District (Kansas Unified School District 229) is one of the major school districts in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. Located in east central and southeast Johnson County, Kansas covering 91 square miles of Overland Park, Kansas. The school district enrolled 20,023 students in the 2005-2006 school year. As of 2005, the district comprises 5 high schools, 8 middle schools, and 18 elementary schools.

1 Administration
2 School board
3 Elementary schools
4 Middle schools
5 High schools
6 Demographics
7 See also
8 References
9 External links

[edit] Administration

The Blue Valley School District is currently under the leadership of Superintendent Dr. Tom Trigg, Deputy Superintendent Dr. Al Hanna and Assistant Superintendent Dr. Susan Swift.

[edit] School board

The Blue Valley School Board is currently under the leadership of President Lori Hisle and Vice President Clint Robinson. Other board members include: Dan French, John Fuller, Steve Klika, Sue Matson and Pam Robinson.

[edit] Elementary schools

[edit] Middle schools

Blue Valley Middle School
Harmony Middle School
Lakewood Middle School
Leawood Middle School
Overland Trail Middle School
Oxford Middle School
Pleasant Ridge Middle School
Prairie Star Middle School

Blue Valley High School

[edit] High schools

Blue Valley High School
Blue Valley North High School
Blue Valley Northwest High School
Blue Valley West High School
Blue Valley Academy
Blue Valley Southwest High School (2010)

[edit] Demographics

As of the census of 2000, the district has a total population of 84,268 with 29,691 households (or occupied housing units) and 23,155 families. 79.7% of the occupied housing units are occupied by the owner. The racial makeup of the district is 92.5% White, 2.0% Black or African American, 0.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 3.8% Asian, less than 0.1% Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander, 0.5% of some other race, and 1.1% of two or more races. 2.0% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 29,691 households out of which 18.1% are individuals living alone, 78.0% are families, and 3.9% are non-families with two or more people. 71.1% of households (or 91.1% of families) are married couples living together and 45.5% (or 58.4%) have their own children (that is persons under the age of 18) living with them. Out of the 6.9% of households that have a householder with no spouse present, 53.3% are women living with their own children. The average household size is 2.82, and the average family size is 3.26.

The 26,772 children residing in the district are 31.8% of the total population, and 6,659 (7.9%) are under the age of 5; 7,795 (9.3%) are from 5 to 9; 7,910 (9.4%) are from 10 to 14; and 4,408 (5.2%) are from 15 to 17. 48.9% of the children are female. For 98.4% of the children in the district the householder is the child's parent and 89.9% live in married-couple families, but 0.4% are not related to the householder. Also 6 householders or spouses are under the age of 18.