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Enrollment
1,376
High
DISTRICT 1,194 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLUE VALLEY·NCES 201200001644
Blue Valley North High
12200 Lamar Ave., Overland Park, KS 66209 · (913) 239-3000 · Johnson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,376 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% of Kansas public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kansas public high schools
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
97 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 27.4:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
200 students
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 51%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 341 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 319 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 346 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 370 | 27% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 58% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
62.5%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
63.1%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.5% | 63.1% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 47.8% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
52.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.3%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kansas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Blue Valley North High
Blue Valley North High's state test result (52.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Valley North High this school | 1,376 | 14.5% | 52.6% |
| Blue Valley Northwest High Overland Park | 1,496 | 14.6% | 59.5% |
| Blue Valley High Stilwell | 1,396 | 12.1% | 53.4% |
| Blue Valley Southwest High School Overland Park | 1,057 | 6.1% | 47.4% |
| Andover High Andover | 1,018 | 19.7% | 43.4% |
| Olathe Northwest High School Olathe | 1,958 | 14.6% | 44.1% |
Matched among Kansas high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Blue Valley North High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #3 of 262 | #3 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.1% | #9 of 262 | #5 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #8 of 262 | #5 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,376 | #36 of 332 | #16 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #109 of 172 | #3 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.0% | #40 of 172 | #8 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.5% | #258 of 263 | #14 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.5% | #40 of 100 | #3 of 14 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,376
-125 (-8%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 1,403
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 20.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,376 | 96.8 | 14.2:1 | 15% (200) |
| 2023-24 | 1,402 | 88 | 15.9:1 | 14% (196) |
| 2022-23 | 1,414 | 93.6 | 15.1:1 | 16% (220) |
| 2020-21 | 1,501 | 74 | 20.3:1 | 12% (173) |
| 2017-18 | 1,521 | 91.7 | 16.6:1 | 12% (177) |
| 2015-16 | 1,514 | 87 | 17.4:1 | 11% (168) |
| 2010-11 | 1,549 | 81 | 19.1:1 | 8% (123) |
| 2000-01 | 1,644 | 98 | 16.8:1 | 1% (10) |
| 1990-91 | 1,403 | 84 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Blue Valley North High.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (1,521 to 1,376); teachers up 6% (91.7 to 96.8).
About Blue Valley North High
Blue Valley North High is a high-enrollment high school in Overland Park, Kansas, administered by Blue Valley. Enrolled students number 1,376 students, in grades 9 through 12. Statewide, high schools in Kansas average about 410 students each.
Blue Valley North High is in Blue Valley, a district with 22,225 students across 37 schools.
A majority of students at Blue Valley North High, 64%, are White. Other reported shares: 15% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 6% Black. Johnson County's residents are about 79% White, 14 points above the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Blue Valley North High belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 55%.
At Blue Valley North High, 96.8 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 14.2:1. For comparison, high schools in Kansas average 11.9:1. Roughly 15% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The 27% average for public schools in Johnson County is 12 points higher.
The allk12 Grade for Blue Valley North High is A+. Compared with Kansas public high schools, the school scored higher than 97% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In Kansas, Blue Valley North High is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 52.6% actual against a predicted 55.3%.
Census estimates describe Johnson County this way: median household income is about $109,208, about 58% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 168 public schools in Johnson County, with a combined enrollment of about 93,598.
The nearest other public school, Valley Park Elementary, is about 0.2 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Blue Valley North High. By average proficiency, Blue Valley North High is 8th among 9 schools close by.
Federal data place Blue Valley North High in the City: Mid-size locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal counts put enrollment at 1,501 in 2020-21 and 1,376 in 2024-25, an 8% decrease. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 20.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.2:1.
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Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
620,631
Census ACS
Median income
$109,208
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
168
93,598 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Blue Valley
- Blue Valley West HighHigh · 1,534 students
- Blue Valley Northwest HighHigh · 1,496 students
- Blue Valley HighHigh · 1,396 students
- Blue Valley Southwest High SchoolHigh · 1,057 students
- Aubry Bend Middle SchoolMiddle · 792 students
- Oxford MiddleMiddle · 620 students
Other schools in Overland Park
- Shawnee Mission West HighHigh · 1,599 students
- Shawnee Mission South HighHigh · 1,574 students
- Blue Valley West HighHigh · 1,534 students
- Shawnee Mission North HighHigh · 1,502 students
- Blue Valley Northwest HighHigh · 1,496 students
- Blue Valley Southwest High SchoolHigh · 1,057 students
Nearby schools
- Valley Park Elementary0.2 mi · 549
- Heartland Elementary1.3 mi · 412
- Overland Trail Elementary1.5 mi · 531
- Overland Trail Middle1.5 mi · 540
- Mission Trail Elementary2.0 mi · 384
- Shawnee Mission South High2.1 mi · 1,574
Frequently asked questions
About Blue Valley North HighHow large is Blue Valley North High?
Blue Valley North High enrolls approximately 1,376 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Blue Valley North High serve?
Blue Valley North High serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Blue Valley North High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Blue Valley North High is approximately 14.2:1 (97 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Blue Valley North High?
At Blue Valley North High, the student body is approximately 64% White, 8% Hispanic, 6% Black, 15% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Blue Valley North High in?
Blue Valley North High is part of Blue Valley.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.