Enrollment
382
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHAWNEE MISSION PUB SCH·NCES 201164001682
Broken Arrow Elem
5901 Alden, Shawnee, KS 66216 · (913) 993-2300 · Johnson County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL382 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
217 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 | 27 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 50 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (50).
Student demographics
71%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
49.5%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
43.1%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 | 49.5% | 43.1% |
| 2023-24 | 43.2% | 33.2% |
% 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
45.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.0%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Broken Arrow Elem
Broken Arrow Elem's state test result (45.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broken Arrow Elem this school | 382 | 56.8% | 45.9% |
| Isely Traditional Magnet Elem Bel Aire | 621 | 55.4% | 37.9% |
| Price-Harris Communications Magnet Wichita | 477 | 64.4% | 39.3% |
| Rosehill Elem Lenexa | 477 | 57.2% | 37.9% |
| Delaware Ridge Elementary Kansas City | 378 | 57.1% | 33.1% |
| Eisenhower Elem Junction City | 370 | 57.3% | 41.7% |
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 Broken Arrow Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #279 of 625 | #85 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #300 of 625 | #91 of 111 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #318 of 625 | #88 of 111 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 382 | #217 of 714 | #59 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #193 of 539 | #32 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.9% | #31 of 540 | #1 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.8% | #302 of 658 | #18 of 111 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.4% | #191 of 377 | #40 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
382
+85 (+29%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 528
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 382 | 29.7 | 12.9:1 | 57% (217) |
| 2023-24 | 364 | 31.3 | 11.6:1 | 54% (196) |
| 2022-23 | 355 | 29.1 | 12.2:1 | 52% (186) |
| 2020-21 | 297 | 26 | 11.4:1 | 45% (135) |
| 2017-18 | 441 | 31.4 | 14.0:1 | 50% (219) |
| 2015-16 | 441 | 30 | 14.7:1 | 52% (228) |
| 2010-11 | 469 | 30 | 15.6:1 | 48% (223) |
| 2000-01 | 639 | 40 | 16.0:1 | 10% (65) |
| 1990-91 | 528 | 32 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Broken Arrow Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (441 to 382); teachers down 5% (31.4 to 29.7).
About Broken Arrow Elem
The public elementary school Broken Arrow Elem is located in Shawnee, Kansas. The school covers pre-K through 6 and reported 382 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 22% larger than the 313-student average for elementary schools in Kansas.
Shawnee Mission Pub Sch oversees Broken Arrow Elem and 44 other schools, with 26,330 students in total.
The largest group at Broken Arrow Elem is White students, at 45%. Smaller groups are 20% Black, 19% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 6% Asian. For comparison, the population of Johnson County is roughly 79% White. The diversity index for Broken Arrow Elem is 71%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Broken Arrow Elem comes to 29.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.9:1. The 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas is close to this figure. Broken Arrow Elem counts 57% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Johnson County averages 27%, lower than here.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Broken Arrow Elem is 10.9 points above its prediction. Actual: 45.9%. Predicted: 35.0%.
The school is in Johnson County, where the median household earns about $109,208 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 58% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. Broken Arrow Elem shares Johnson County with 167 other public schools.
About 1.1 miles separate Broken Arrow Elem from the closest public school, Ray Marsh Elem. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Broken Arrow Elem places 5th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Under the NCES locale system, Broken Arrow Elem is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment increased 29% over 4 years, reaching 382 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 11.4:1 in 2020-21 to 12.9:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Shawnee
- Shawnee Mission Northwest HighHigh · 1,599 students
- Mill Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,432 students
- Trailridge MiddleMiddle · 752 students
- Hocker Grove MiddleMiddle · 714 students
- Monticello Trails Middle SchoolMiddle · 655 students
- Shawanoe ElemElementary · 530 students
Nearby schools
- Ray Marsh Elem1.1 mi · 458
- Shawnee Mission Northwest High1.6 mi · 1,599
- Rhein Benninghoven Elem1.7 mi · 423
- Bluejacket-Flint2.2 mi · 395
- Nieman Elem2.5 mi · 456
- Mill Creek Elem2.5 mi · 495
Frequently asked questions
About Broken Arrow ElemHow large is Broken Arrow Elem?
Broken Arrow Elem enrolls approximately 382 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Broken Arrow Elem serve?
Broken Arrow Elem serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does Broken Arrow Elem have?
Broken Arrow Elem employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
How diverse is Broken Arrow Elem?
Broken Arrow Elem reports a student body of 45% White, 19% Hispanic, 20% Black, 6% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Broken Arrow Elem?
Broken Arrow Elem is overseen by Shawnee Mission Pub Sch in Johnson County.
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