Belmont Elementary School

Belmont Elementary School, a mid-tier elementary school in Shawnee, Kansas, part of De Soto, instructs 381 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 22% above the state mean of about 313.

Within De Soto, which oversees 13 schools and 7,067 students, Belmont Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Belmont Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 11% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 6% Black, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 23% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Belmont Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.0%, the actual is 60.5%, a residual of +9.5 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Johnson County indicate the typical household earns roughly $109,208 per year, about 58% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Belmont Elementary School is one of 168 public schools in Johnson County (combined enrollment of about 93,598 students).

Prairie Ridge Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Belmont Elementary School at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 59.9%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 14%: 445 students in 2018 compared to 381 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 83% to 70% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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