Basehor-Linwood Virtual School

Basehor-Linwood Virtual School is an alternative public virtual school serving grades K-12 in Basehor, Kansas, part of the Basehor-Linwood School District, which is ranked 31 out of 264 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating. With an enrollment of 139 students, the virtual school has consistently high 4-year graduation rates, ranging from 84.3% to 96.3%, significantly higher than the 89.5% rate at the nearby Bridges/Wyandot Academy.

However, the virtual school's test scores in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science are generally lower than the district-wide Basehor-Linwood scores and the state of Kansas scores. For example, in 2024-2025, the virtual school's 10th-grade ELA proficiency rate was 50%, compared to 50.61% for the Basehor-Linwood district and 37.93% for the state. Additionally, the virtual school has seen a range of chronic absenteeism rates, from 0.0% to 19.7% in recent years, with the 2024-2025 projected rate of 19.5% being significantly higher than the 7.6% and 0.0% rates at Bridges/Wyandot Academy.

While Basehor-Linwood Virtual School appears to be a high-performing virtual school within the district, with strong graduation rates and relatively low dropout rates, the lower test scores and higher chronic absenteeism rates suggest that students may be facing challenges in academic achievement and engagement compared to their peers in traditional brick-and-mortar schools. The virtual school's low percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 1.36% to 2.16% in recent years, also indicates that it may not be serving a socioeconomically diverse population.