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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Brookridge Elem this year?
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Enrollment
548
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHAWNEE MISSION PUB SCH·NCES 201164001524
Brookridge Elem
9920 Lowell, Overland Park, KS 66212 · (913) 993-2400 · Johnson County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL548 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
259 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 51%
Community
5
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 | 30 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 86 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 23% smaller than its 6th grade class (86).
Student demographics
62%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
55.2%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
52.6%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 | 55.2% | 52.6% |
| 2023-24 | 44.4% | 36.1% |
% 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
44.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.6%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Brookridge Elem
Brookridge Elem's state test result (44.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookridge Elem this school | 548 | 47.3% | 44.3% |
| Morris Hill Elem Fort Riley | 413 | 49.6% | 50.8% |
| Theo Roosevelt Elem Manhattan | 468 | 52.6% | 48.5% |
| Mahaffie Elem Olathe | 449 | 43.7% | 44.0% |
| LTG Richard J. Seitz Elementary Ft. Riley | 615 | 44.1% | 42.0% |
| Spring Valley Elementary Junction City | 400 | 45.3% | 47.4% |
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 Brookridge Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #307 of 625 | #87 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #182 of 625 | #78 of 111 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.2% | #226 of 625 | #82 of 111 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 548 | #44 of 714 | #10 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #446 of 539 | #91 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.1% | #131 of 540 | #20 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.3% | #404 of 658 | #27 of 111 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.9% | #329 of 377 | #65 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
548
+42 (+8%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 601
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 548 | 35.8 | 15.3:1 | 47% (259) |
| 2023-24 | 553 | 35.1 | 15.8:1 | 49% (269) |
| 2022-23 | 549 | 32.2 | 17.1:1 | 47% (258) |
| 2020-21 | 506 | 35 | 14.5:1 | 44% (222) |
| 2017-18 | 570 | 32.8 | 17.4:1 | 45% (255) |
| 2015-16 | 526 | 34 | 15.5:1 | 46% (244) |
| 2010-11 | 411 | 23 | 17.9:1 | 48% (198) |
| 2000-01 | 475 | 29 | 16.4:1 | 6% (30) |
| 1990-91 | 601 | 30 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brookridge Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (570 to 548); teachers up 9% (32.8 to 35.8).
About Brookridge Elem
Brookridge Elem serves students in Overland Park, Kansas, as a large elementary school. It has an enrollment of 548 students in pre-K through 6. On average, elementary schools in Kansas enroll around 313, and this school is 75% larger than that mark.
Shawnee Mission Pub Sch enrolls 26,330 students in 45 schools, including Brookridge Elem.
White students are 55% of those enrolled at Brookridge Elem. The rest of enrollment is 25% Hispanic, 10% Black, 6% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Johnson County's population at about 79%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 62, compared with 70 nationally.
Brookridge Elem has 35.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 15.3:1. The school's 15.3:1 compares with an average of 13.2:1 for elementary schools in Kansas. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 47%. The 27% average for public schools in Johnson County is 20 points lower.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 39.6% for Brookridge Elem. The school posts 44.3%, 4.8 points above the prediction.
In Johnson County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $109,208 a year, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Johnson County number 168, with about 93,598 students.
Among nearby public schools, John Diemer Elem is closest at about 1.1 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Brookridge Elem is 5th among 9 schools close by.
Locale: City: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment rose 8% over 4 years, reaching 548 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 Overland Park
- Shawnee Mission West HighHigh · 1,599 students
- Shawnee Mission South HighHigh · 1,574 students
- Blue Valley West HighHigh · 1,534 students
- Shawnee Mission North HighHigh · 1,502 students
- Blue Valley Northwest HighHigh · 1,496 students
- Blue Valley North HighHigh · 1,376 students
Nearby schools
- John Diemer Elem1.1 mi · 427
- Indian Woods Middle1.2 mi · 809
- Pawnee Elem1.3 mi · 374
- Shawnee Mission South High1.5 mi · 1,574
- Trailwood Elem1.9 mi · 429
- Oak Park-Carpenter Elementary2.0 mi · 480
Frequently asked questions
About Brookridge ElemWhat is the total enrollment at Brookridge Elem?
Brookridge Elem enrolls approximately 548 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Brookridge Elem serve?
Brookridge Elem serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Brookridge Elem?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at Brookridge Elem.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Brookridge Elem?
At Brookridge Elem, the student body is approximately 55% White, 25% Hispanic, 10% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Brookridge Elem?
Brookridge Elem is overseen by Shawnee Mission Pub Sch in Johnson County.
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