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Enrollment
367
Elementary
DISTRICT 350 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OLATHE·NCES 201014001718
Arbor Creek Elementary
16150 S Brougham Dr, Olathe, KS 66062 · (913) 780-7300 · Johnson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL367 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
46 students
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 51%
Community
1
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 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
49%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
74.3%
KS avg 44.5% . +10.1pp since 2023
Math
74.1%
KS avg 38.8% . -1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.3% | 74.1% |
| 2023-24 | 64.2% | 76.0% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades.
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
66.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.2%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Arbor Creek Elementary
Arbor Creek Elementary's state test result (66.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arbor Creek Elementary this school | 367 | 12.5% | 66.3% |
| Sunnyside Elementary School Olathe | 316 | 10.4% | 59.6% |
| Bentwood Elem Overland Park | 366 | 12.8% | 59.9% |
| Prairie Center Elem Olathe | 360 | 16.7% | 64.5% |
| Woodland Elem Olathe | 305 | 19.3% | 54.3% |
| Meadow Lane Elem Olathe | 349 | 9.5% | 75.7% |
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 Arbor Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #51 of 625 | #33 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.1% | #19 of 625 ▼ 11 | #13 of 111 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #35 of 625 ▼ 1 | #26 of 111 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 367 | #252 of 714 | #68 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #325 of 539 | #61 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.8% | #251 of 540 | #60 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.5% | #623 of 658 | #82 of 111 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.7% | #58 of 377 | #9 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
367
-30 (-8%) vs 2020
-43% since 2010-11, when it was 646
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 367 | 26.4 | 13.9:1 | 13% (46) |
| 2023-24 | 464 | 27.4 | 16.9:1 | 9% (43) |
| 2022-23 | 501 | 27.9 | 18.0:1 | 10% (50) |
| 2020-21 | 397 | 25 | 15.9:1 | 6% (24) |
| 2017-18 | 494 | 28.2 | 17.5:1 | 9% (46) |
| 2015-16 | 525 | N/A | N/A | 6% (30) |
| 2010-11 | 646 | 32 | 20.2:1 | 5% (32) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Arbor Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (494 to 367); teachers down 6% (28.2 to 26.4).
About Arbor Creek Elementary
This page covers Arbor Creek Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school in Olathe, Kansas. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 367 students in pre-K through 5.
Olathe runs Arbor Creek Elementary along with 51 other schools, enrolling 28,194 students in total.
White students account for 70% of enrollment at Arbor Creek Elementary. Other groups include 9% Black, 8% Hispanic, 7% Asian, and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 79% White. By the diversity index, Arbor Creek Elementary comes in at 49%.
Its teaching staff equals 26.4 full-time positions, a ratio of 13.9:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Kansas average 13.2:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 13%. That rate is below the 27% average among public schools in Johnson County.
Arbor Creek Elementary's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (66.3%) and its predicted rate (56.2%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Kansas schools.
Within Johnson County, median household income is about $109,208, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Johnson County number 168 and enroll about 93,598.
The shortest distance from Arbor Creek Elementary to another public school is about 0.7 miles, to Prairie Creek Elementary. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Arbor Creek Elementary ranks 1st in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Arbor Creek Elementary saw enrollment fall 8% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The number of students per teacher fell from 15.9 to 13.9 over 4 years.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Arbor Creek Elementary. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Olathe
- Olathe North Sr HighHigh · 2,011 students
- Olathe Northwest High SchoolHigh · 1,958 students
- Olathe East Sr HighHigh · 1,844 students
- Olathe South Sr HighHigh · 1,778 students
- Olathe West High SchoolHigh · 1,557 students
- Prairie Trail Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
Other schools in Olathe
- Olathe North Sr HighHigh · 2,011 students
- Olathe Northwest High SchoolHigh · 1,958 students
- Olathe East Sr HighHigh · 1,844 students
- Olathe South Sr HighHigh · 1,778 students
- Olathe West High SchoolHigh · 1,557 students
- Prairie Trail Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
Other Arbor Creek Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Arbor Creek Elementary. Arbor Creek Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Arbor Creek Elementary SchoolEULESS, TX · 710 students
Nearby schools
- Prairie Creek Elementary0.7 mi · 432
- Chisholm Trail Middle School0.7 mi · 569
- Sunnyside Elementary School0.8 mi · 316
- Woodland Spring Middle School0.9 mi · 333
- Brougham Elem0.9 mi · 298
- Timber Sage Elementary School1.2 mi · 401
Frequently asked questions
About Arbor Creek ElementaryHow large is Arbor Creek Elementary?
Arbor Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 367 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Arbor Creek Elementary serve?
Arbor Creek Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Arbor Creek Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Arbor Creek Elementary is approximately 13.9:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Arbor Creek Elementary?
Student demographics at Arbor Creek Elementary are roughly 70% White, 8% Hispanic, 9% Black, 7% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Arbor Creek Elementary in?
Arbor Creek Elementary is part of Olathe.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.