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If you had an hour of school board time for Blue Valley Southwest High School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
1,057
High
DISTRICT 1,194 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLUE VALLEY·NCES 201200001990
Blue Valley Southwest High School
17600 Quivira Road, Overland Park, KS 66062 · (913) 624-2000 · Johnson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,057 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% 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.
- B-Beats 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
13.7:1
77 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 27.4:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
6%
64 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 | 293 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 259 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 257 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 248 | 23% |
Student demographics
36%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
68.5%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
70.8%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 | 68.5% | 70.8% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 52.4% |
% 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
47.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.3%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Southwest High School
Blue Valley Southwest High School's state test result (47.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Valley Southwest High School this school | 1,057 | 6.1% | 47.4% |
| Blue Valley High Stilwell | 1,396 | 12.1% | 53.4% |
| Blue Valley Northwest High Overland Park | 1,496 | 14.6% | 59.5% |
| Blue Valley North High Overland Park | 1,376 | 14.5% | 52.6% |
| 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 Southwest High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #12 of 262 | #6 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.8% | #2 of 262 | #1 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.5% | #1 of 262 | #1 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,057 | #47 of 332 | #18 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #96 of 172 | #2 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.0% | #83 of 172 | #17 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 6.1% | #263 of 263 | #19 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.0% | #71 of 100 | #8 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
1,057
-18 (-2%) vs 2020
+26% since 2010-11, when it was 839
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 1,057 | 77.2 | 13.7:1 | 6% (64) |
| 2023-24 | 995 | 69.8 | 14.3:1 | 8% (75) |
| 2022-23 | 1,014 | 73.8 | 13.7:1 | 7% (67) |
| 2020-21 | 1,075 | 64 | 16.8:1 | 3% (36) |
| 2017-18 | 1,101 | 74.2 | 14.8:1 | 5% (58) |
| 2015-16 | 1,130 | 71 | 15.9:1 | 5% (58) |
| 2010-11 | 839 | 49 | 17.1:1 | 5% (38) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Blue Valley Southwest High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (1,101 to 1,057); teachers up 4% (74.2 to 77.2).
About Blue Valley Southwest High School
Blue Valley Southwest High School is a large high school serving families in Overland Park, Kansas. The school serves 1,057 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. For comparison, high schools in Kansas average about 410 students.
Blue Valley has 37 schools; together they serve 22,225 students.
By race and ethnicity, Blue Valley Southwest High School is 79% White. It is also 11% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. For comparison, Johnson County is about 79% White. By the diversity index, Blue Valley Southwest High School comes in at 36%.
Teachers at Blue Valley Southwest High School total 77.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.7:1. The 11.9:1 average for high schools in Kansas is lower than this school's figure. The school counts 64 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 6%. That is 21 points below the 27% average for public schools in Johnson County.
Blue Valley Southwest High School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 79% of Kansas public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 59.3% at Blue Valley Southwest High School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 47.4%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Johnson County, median household income is about $109,208, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 58% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. Blue Valley Southwest High School is one of 168 public schools in Johnson County, which together enroll about 93,598 students.
The closest other public school is Aubry Bend Middle School, about 0.3 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 47.4% is below the 64.3% average for nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Mid-size.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 1,075 in 2020-21 and 1,057 in 2024-25. The school's ratio fell from 16.8:1 to 13.7:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 North HighHigh · 1,376 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 North HighHigh · 1,376 students
Nearby schools
- Aubry Bend Middle School0.3 mi · 792
- Aspen Grove Elementary0.7 mi · 163
- Timber Creek Elementary School1.4 mi · 583
- Wolf Springs Elementary School1.7 mi · 541
- Cedar Hills Elementary2.3 mi · 587
- Pleasant Ridge Middle2.3 mi · 581
Frequently asked questions
About Blue Valley Southwest High SchoolHow large is Blue Valley Southwest High School?
Blue Valley Southwest High School enrolls approximately 1,057 students in grades 09-12.
Is Blue Valley Southwest High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Blue Valley Southwest High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Blue Valley Southwest High School have?
Blue Valley Southwest High School employs 77 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Blue Valley Southwest High School?
Student demographics at Blue Valley Southwest High School are roughly 79% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 11% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Blue Valley Southwest High School in?
Blue Valley Southwest High School is part of Blue Valley.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.