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Valley Heights

Blue Rapids, Kansas · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

398
Students enrolled
3
Public schools
35
Classroom teachers (FTE)
11.4:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 30
  • Kindergarten 37
  • Grade 1 24
  • Grade 2 21
  • Grade 3 28
  • Grade 4 31
  • Grade 5 27
  • Grade 6 34
  • Grade 7 25
  • Grade 8 31
  • Grade 9 19
  • Grade 10 31
  • Grade 11 31
  • Grade 12 29

By race/ethnicity

  • White 92%
  • Hispanic/Latino 5%
  • Black or African American 1%
  • Two or more races 1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

48% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 193 of 398 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 35%
  • Reduced-price lunch 13%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$17,436 spent per student on day-to-day operations Kansas median: $15,993 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $9,182
  • Support services $7,406
  • Other (food service, etc.) $847

Where the money comes from

  • Local 21%
  • State 73%
  • Federal 7%

Total revenue $7.7 milliontotal spending $7.2 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Rural: Remote

Total staff (FTE)

64

District office

2274 6th Road, Blue Rapids KS 66411

County

Marshall County

Official website

NCES District ID

2012780

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About Valley Heights

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

Valley Heights Public Schools is a rural district located in southwestern Marshall County in northeastern Kansas, 40 miles north of Manhattan, Kansas. Valley Heights was organized in 1966 during the State Unification Act. Valley Heights was formed from the communities of Blue Rapids and Waterville, Kansas. The district operates two elementary schools, located in each community and a single Jr-Sr High School, located between the two communities on US Highway 77. The district also operates a preschool located in Waterville. Valley Heights has an enrollment of 369 students this year, which rates the district as a class 2A school in Kansas. We invite you to explore our website and if you require any additional information not found on our website, you can call the district office at 785-363-2398.
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