Blue Valley Northwest High School - Overland Park, Kansas/KS

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Blue Valley Northwest High School

13260 Switzer, Overland Park, KS, 66213-3306 -

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Definition of Terms

Blue Valley Northwest High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Johnson County, KS

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1530 students

% Male / % Female

49% / 51%

Total Classroom Teachers

90 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 400 students

Grade 10 - 371 students

Grade 11 - 362 students

Grade 12 - 392 students

Grade Not Listed - 5 students

This School

( KS ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:17

1:14

Students by Ethnicity

This School

( KS ) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	1%
% Asian	8%	2%
% Hispanic	2%	11%
% Black	4%	7%
% White	84%	76%
% Unknown	2 %	5%

Additional Student Information

This School

( KS ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

32%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

10%

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

( KS ) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Blue Valley School District

This School's Agency

( KS ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	30	3
Number of Students Managed	20,408 students	622 students
District Total Revenue	$203,821,000	$5,576,000
District Expenditure	$173,092,000	$5,392,000
District Revenue / Student	$9,987	$9,227
District Expenditure / Student	$8,482	$9,193
District Graduation Rates	97%	100%

Blue Valley Northwest High School (BVNW) is one of four currently operated High Schools in the Blue Valley School District, in Johnson County, Kansas. The school is located in Overland Park.
Athletic Teams: The sports teams are nicknamed the Huskies, a name which dates back to 1993 when the school opened. The school colors are purple, black and white.
The BVNW Hockey team has won league championships in the years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, and 2006. In 2006 the hockey team finished the season without a loss and as of the end of the 2006 season had won 38 straight games.
The BVNW Football team recently hired a new coach, Mike Zegunis, and became Eastern Kansas League Champions in 2005.
The BVNW soccer team won the state championship in a game against Blue Valley North. Blue Valley North is the biggest rival of BVNW.
Notable Graduates: Christi Ambrosi, a member of the 2000 Olympic USA softball team, which won the gold medal.
Zach Roberson, a 4 time state champion wrestler that went undefeated for all of high school and then went on to wrestle at Iowa State and won the National Championship in 2004.
Other Information: Around the state of Kansas, BVNW was known as the "ATM-school" when the school opened in 1993 because an ATM was placed in BVNW's lobby as part of a business class project. It was removed the year after, due to the negative attention it received from the community.
The school's yearbook is called "Horizon", the school broadcast news program is called "Husky Headlines", and the school's literary magazine is called "The Muse." The "Horizon" and "Husky Headlines" have been nominated for several Pacemaker awards. The school newspaper is called "The Express"; it is a member of the High School National Ad Network.
Adjacent from the school's campus is the Blue Valley District Activity Center, which consists of a football field, a soccer field, a softball field, and a baseball field.
Blue Valley Northwest is the only Blue Valley Highschool that offers the option of taking either AB or BC Calculus without having one as a prerequisite for the other.
Northwest received the 2005-2006 Siemen's Award for the state of Kansas for the most students taking AP tests.
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About This Zip Code (66213)

School Zip (66213)

(KS) State Average

Population (Approximate)	26,424 people	2,568,742 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree	73%	24%
Population Average Age	33 years old	35.2 years old
Average Household size	2.7 persons	2.4 persons
Median Household Income	$87,792	$42,855
Avg. # of Rooms in Household	7.2 rooms	5.6 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure	15 years old	42 years old
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% Owning / % Renting	68% / 32%	67% / 33%

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