Bluejacket-Flint

Bluejacket-Flint, a moderately sized elementary school in Shawnee, Kansas, part of Shawnee Mission Pub Sch, educates 395 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 26% 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; Bluejacket-Flint is among them.

On demographics, Bluejacket-Flint shows that White students make up the majority at 60%. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 7% Black, 4% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.2:1. The state averages about 13.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Johnson County's rate of about 27%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bluejacket-Flint sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.6%; this one delivers 51.8%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Johnson County) shows that median household income runs about $109,208, about 58% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Johnson County runs 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 93,598 students), of which Bluejacket-Flint is one.

The closest other public school is Ray Marsh Elem, roughly 1.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bluejacket-Flint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bluejacket-Flint ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 38.4%.

Bluejacket-Flint operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Bluejacket-Flint's enrollment has ticked down 9% since 2018, when it stood at 432 (now 395). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 73% to 60%.

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