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Randolph, Kansas - 3 schools
An equity score of 56/100 ranks Blue Valley #103 of 250 districts in Kansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,172 per pupil, Blue Valley ranks #60 of 285 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending (Kansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
269
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$17,172
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Blue Valley operates 3 public schools serving 269 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Kansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 elementary schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Riley County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,172 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 285 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Kansas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 38.8% local, 54.2% state, and 7.0% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 56/100, ranked #103 of 250 in Kansas against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 88.7:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 18.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 92.4% White, 2.0% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Blue Valley High, with a diversity index of 17.1/100.
Its largest campus is Mccormick Elementary, enrolling 146 students (55% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Randolph Middle, at 44 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Mccormick Elementary accounts for 54.3% of all Blue Valley student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Blue Valley a distant remainder — means Blue Valley-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Blue Valley school enrollment varies 3.3× across entities
Blue Valley school enrollment ranges from 44 students (lowest) to 146 students (highest), a spread of 102 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Blue Valley student-counselor ratio is 89:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Blue Valley chronic absenteeism rate is 18.8% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Blue Valley is typically wider than the Blue Valley-aggregate figure suggests.