Papillion-La Vista Public Schools
The Papillion-La Vista School District is headquartered in Papillion, Nebraska, United States. The district covers all of Papillion, La Vista, and a small portion of Bellevue. The district was originally established as the Papillion School District, but with the rapid growth of La Vista (incorporated in 1960), the name of the city was officially added to the school district's name in 1987 by former Superintendent Roger Miller.
The school district serves over 12,000 students. The district has two high schools (Papillion-La Vista South High School and Papillion La Vista Senior High School). It is also home to three junior high schools (Papillion Junior High, La Vista Junior High, and Liberty Middle School). Most students from Papillion Junior High graduate to Papillion-La Vista South High School, while students from La Vista Junior High move on to attend Papillion-La Vista Senior High School. Papillion La Vista Senior High School is sometimes referred to as "North", even though the word "north" is not in its name. Liberty Middle School was constructed as a means to ease the over-enrolling of students in the other two middle schools and has a mixture of students who would have gone to either of the two middle schools.
There are 15 elementary schools: Anderson Grove, Bell, Carriage Hill. G. Stanley Hall, Golden Hills, Hickory Hill, La Vista West, Rumsey Station, Parkview Heights, Patriot, Prairie Queen, Portal, Tara Heights, Trumble Park, and Walnut Creek.
Superintendent
Superintendent Rick Black announced his retirement at the end of the 2012–2013 school year. The current superintendent is Andrew Rikli, who began on July 1, 2013.