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Valley Center High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
9600 N. Meridian
Valley Center, KS 67147
Phone
(316) 755-7070
District
Valley Center Pub Sch
County
SEDGWICK COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1028
Classroom Teachers
63

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Kansas

6

(10 is best)

Better than 57.3% of all KS schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

6

(10 is best)

Valley Center High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

40 30 20 10 0
26%
24%
28%
27%
24%
21%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
16
14
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 323 31.4%
Grade 10 249 24.2%
Grade 11 230 22.4%
Grade 12 226 22.0%
Total 1028 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 79.6% 79.8% 65.4%
Black 2.3% 1.9% 7.1%
Hispanic 15.9% 16.5% 23.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.2% 1.0% 3.0%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.9% 0.8% 1.1%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 37.1% 42.6% 48.5%
Free lunch eligible 31.9% 35.3% 41.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 5.2% 7.2% 7.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 15,338 2,940,546
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 183.5 35
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 9.9% 6.1%
5-19 YEARS OLD 22.5% 20.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 28.6% 32.9%
45-64 YEARS OLD 20.8% 23.7%
65 OR OLDER 18.1% 16.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 5,312 1,160,715
Single Parent Households With Children 4.5% 7.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 92.6% 91.9%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 40.1% 35.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 21.3% 17.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.3% 17.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.2% 13.5%
$50,000 - $74,999 21.0% 17.8%
$30,000 - $49,999 11.0% 15.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 11.5% 10.9%
$15,000 or less 1.6% 7.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,881 $28,234,000 58.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,121 $3,563,000 7.4%
Staff $463 $1,471,000 3.1%
General Administration $336 $1,069,000 2.2%
School Administration $685 $2,179,000 4.5%
Operation $1,033 $3,284,000 6.8%
Transportation $504 $1,601,000 3.3%
Other $452 $1,437,000 3.0%
Total Support $4,594 $14,604,000 30.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,666 $5,297,000 11.0%
Total Expenditures $15,142 $48,135,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,758 $4,232,367,000 52.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $994 $480,503,000 5.9%
Staff $591 $285,770,000 3.5%
General Administration $367 $177,144,000 2.2%
School Administration $780 $377,096,000 4.6%
Operation $1,396 $674,392,000 8.3%
Transportation $552 $266,988,000 3.3%
Other $397 $191,857,000 2.4%
Total Support $5,078 $2,453,750,000 30.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,981 $1,440,730,000 17.7%
Total Expenditures $16,817 $8,126,847,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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