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Which teacher or staff member at Apache Elem deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
526
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHAWNEE MISSION PUB SCH·NCES 201164001518
Apache Elem
8910 Goddard, Overland Park, KS 66214 · (913) 993-1600 · Johnson County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL526 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
404 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 51%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 38 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 72 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 15% smaller than its 6th grade class (72).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 58% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
33.9%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
31.4%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.9% | 31.4% |
| 2023-24 | 28.5% | 27.7% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
28.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.4%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kansas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Apache Elem
Apache Elem's state test result (28.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Elem this school | 526 | 76.8% | 28.4% |
| Oak Grove Elem Kansas City | 532 | 79.9% | 36.2% |
| Comanche Elem Overland Park | 369 | 77.8% | 35.3% |
| Dodge Literacy Magnet Wichita | 547 | 83.0% | 20.2% |
| Turner Elem Kansas City | 560 | 80.7% | 33.8% |
| Kensler Elem Wichita | 488 | 74.6% | 31.6% |
Matched among Kansas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Apache Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #504 of 625 | #108 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #454 of 625 | #106 of 111 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.9% | #516 of 625 | #108 of 111 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 526 | #57 of 714 | #15 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #407 of 539 | #79 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.5% | #69 of 540 | #5 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.8% | #128 of 658 | #5 of 111 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.8% | #160 of 377 | #30 of 76 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
526
+20 (+4%) vs 2020
+44% since 1990-91, when it was 366
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 17.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 526 | 35.5 | 14.8:1 | 77% (404) |
| 2023-24 | 493 | 37.2 | 13.3:1 | 75% (370) |
| 2022-23 | 526 | 32.8 | 16.0:1 | 71% (376) |
| 2020-21 | 506 | 29 | 17.4:1 | 64% (322) |
| 2017-18 | 625 | 35.6 | 17.6:1 | 67% (416) |
| 2015-16 | 560 | 36 | 15.6:1 | 72% (403) |
| 2010-11 | 362 | 26 | 13.9:1 | 69% (248) |
| 2000-01 | 317 | 22 | 14.4:1 | 27% (85) |
| 1990-91 | 366 | 23 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Apache Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (625 to 526); teachers unchanged (35.6 to 35.5).
About Apache Elem
Apache Elem is an elementary school in Overland Park, Kansas, reachable at (913) 993-1600. Enrolled students number 526 students, in pre-K through 6. Statewide, elementary schools in Kansas average about 313 students each.
District-wide, Shawnee Mission Pub Sch has 45 schools and 26,330 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Apache Elem. The largest is Hispanic students, at 47%. The remaining students are 27% White, 13% Black, and 10% multiracial. Census figures show Johnson County is about 9% Hispanic. Apache Elem's diversity index is 67%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at Apache Elem is 35.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 14.8:1. This ratio sits 1.7 above the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 77%. The rate at public schools in Johnson County averages 27%, lower than here.
The model predicts 25.4% for a school in Kansas with Apache Elem's free or reduced-price lunch share. Apache Elem posts 28.4%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Johnson County show that the median household income is $109,208, roughly 58% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. Apache Elem is one of 168 public schools in the county.
The nearest public school is Westridge Middle, at about 0.5 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Apache Elem is 7th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Apache Elem inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (City: Mid-size).
2024-25 enrollment was 526, a 4% gain from 506 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 17.4:1 to 14.8:1 over the same years.
Community posts for Apache Elem can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
620,631
Census ACS
Median income
$109,208
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
168
93,598 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Shawnee Mission Pub Sch
- Shawnee Mission East HighHigh · 1,737 students
- Shawnee Mission Northwest HighHigh · 1,599 students
- Shawnee Mission West HighHigh · 1,599 students
- Shawnee Mission South HighHigh · 1,574 students
- Shawnee Mission North HighHigh · 1,502 students
- Indian Hills MiddleMiddle · 879 students
Other schools in Overland Park
- Shawnee Mission West HighHigh · 1,599 students
- Shawnee Mission South HighHigh · 1,574 students
- Blue Valley West HighHigh · 1,534 students
- Shawnee Mission North HighHigh · 1,502 students
- Blue Valley Northwest HighHigh · 1,496 students
- Blue Valley North HighHigh · 1,376 students
Other Apache Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 4 states are named Apache Elementary. Apache Elem is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- Apache Elementary SchoolPEORIA, AZ · 751 students
- APACHE ELEMENTARYFARMINGTON, NM · 375 students
- APACHE ELEMENTARYALBUQUERQUE, NM · 341 students
- Apache Elementary SchoolApache, OK · 238 students
- Apache Elementary SchoolApache Junction, AZ · 6 students
Nearby schools
- Westridge Middle0.5 mi · 761
- Pawnee Elem0.9 mi · 374
- Comanche Elem1.3 mi · 369
- Shawnee Mission West High1.4 mi · 1,599
- Oak Park-Carpenter Elementary1.4 mi · 480
- Rosehill Elem1.5 mi · 477
Frequently asked questions
About Apache ElemWhat is the total enrollment at Apache Elem?
Apache Elem enrolls approximately 526 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Apache Elem serve?
Apache Elem serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Apache Elem?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Apache Elem is approximately 14.8:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Apache Elem?
At Apache Elem, the student body is approximately 27% White, 47% Hispanic, 13% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Apache Elem?
Apache Elem is overseen by Shawnee Mission Pub Sch in Johnson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.