Brougham Elem

Set in Olathe, Kansas, Brougham Elem is a medium-sized K-5 school, operated by Olathe. It serves 298 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Olathe runs 52 schools in total, collectively educating 28,194 students. Brougham Elem is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Brougham Elem records that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment; the rest looks like 14% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 8% Black, 4% Asian. By comparison, Johnson County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. The state averages about 13.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 19% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Brougham Elem performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.2%, the actual is 64.3%, a residual of +11.1 points.

In the area at large, Johnson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $109,208 per year, roughly 58% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Johnson County runs 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 93,598 students), of which Brougham Elem is one.

Nearest neighbor: Chisholm Trail Middle School, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Brougham Elem at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 49.0%.

Brougham Elem operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 16%: 353 students in 2018 compared to 298 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 82% to 67% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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