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Blue Valley Unified School District

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 of Overland Park, Kansas, including parts of Leawood, Kansas and Olathe, Kansas.

Administration

The Blue Valley School District is currently under the leadership of Superintendent Dr. Tom Trigg, Deputy Superintendent Dr. Al Hanna, Deputy Superintendent Dr. Sue Dole, Assistant Superintendent Dr. Dennis King, and Assistant Superintendent Dr. Mike Slagle.

School board

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

Elementary schools

Blue River Elementary School
Cedar Hills Elementary School
Cottonwood Point Elementary School
Harmony Elementary School
Heartland Elementary School
Indian Valley Elementary School
Lakewood Elementary School
Leawood Elementary School
Liberty View Elementary School
Mission Trail Elementary School
Morse Elementary School
Oak Hill Elementary School
Overland Trail Elementary School
Prairie Star Elementary School
Stanley Elementary School
Stilwell Elementary School
Sunrise Point Elementary School
Sunset Ridge Elementary School
Valley Park Elementary School

Middle schools

High schools

Administrative Buildings

Blue Valley Academy
Blue Valley District Office (Main Office Building, Formerly Stanley High School)

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.