Belinder Elem

Belinder Elem is a large primary school in Prairie Village, Kansas, operated by Shawnee Mission Pub Sch. The school works with 489 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 56% above the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 313 students.

Shawnee Mission Pub Sch comprises 45 schools with combined enrollment of 26,330 students; Belinder Elem is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Belinder Elem reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). Beyond that, the school lists 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Belinder Elem records 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. An estimated 7% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Johnson County's rate of about 27%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Belinder Elem tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 64.5%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Johnson County indicate median household earnings sit near $109,208, roughly 58% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. In all, Johnson County runs 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 93,598 students), of which Belinder Elem is one.

The closest other public school is Shawnee Mission East High, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Belinder Elem. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Belinder Elem at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 63.7%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Belinder Elem's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 499 (now 489).

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