Blue River Elementary

Set in Overland Park, Kansas, Blue River Elementary is a big elementary campus, operated by Blue Valley. It instructs 472 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 51% bigger than the state mean of about 313.

Blue Valley runs 40 schools in total, collectively educating 22,491 students. Blue River Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Blue River Elementary records that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 14% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Black. By comparison, Johnson County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Blue River Elementary has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 14% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Johnson County (around 27%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Blue River Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.3%, the actual is 68.3%, a residual of +13.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Johnson County shows the typical household earns roughly $109,208 per year, about 58% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Johnson County runs 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 93,598 students), of which Blue River Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Blue Valley Middle, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Blue River Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Blue River Elementary at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 61.8%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Blue River Elementary's enrollment has grew 10% since 2018, when it stood at 430 (now 472). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 76% to 68% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

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