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What's something California Trail Middle School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
584
Middle
DISTRICT 627 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OLATHE·NCES 201014001019
California Trail Middle School
13775 W 133 Street, Olathe, KS 66062 · (913) 780-7220 · Johnson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL584 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of Kansas public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kansas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
79 students
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 51%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 184 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 188 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 212 | 36% |
Student demographics
54%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
58.6%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
60.3%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 | 58.6% | 60.3% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 48.4% |
% 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
50.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.7%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 California Trail Middle School
California Trail Middle School's state test result (50.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| California Trail Middle School this school | 584 | 13.5% | 50.6% |
| Blue Valley Middle Overland Park | 593 | 15.5% | 54.3% |
| Oxford Middle Overland Park | 620 | 20.2% | 59.5% |
| Chisholm Trail Middle School Olathe | 569 | 13.2% | 49.9% |
| Prairie Trail Middle School Olathe | 709 | 7.5% | 58.9% |
| Andover Middle School Andover | 773 | 19.5% | 56.9% |
Matched among Kansas middle 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 California Trail Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.6% | #23 of 192 | #15 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #22 of 192 | #18 of 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.6% | #24 of 192 | #17 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 584 | #59 of 225 | #18 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #46 of 161 | #8 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.8% | #66 of 161 | #15 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.5% | #182 of 195 | #20 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.4% | #17 of 98 | #4 of 21 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
584
-77 (-12%) vs 2020
-32% since 2000-01, when it was 862
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 584 | 47.4 | 12.3:1 | 14% (79) |
| 2023-24 | 584 | 45 | 13.0:1 | 15% (85) |
| 2022-23 | 592 | 46 | 12.9:1 | 15% (88) |
| 2020-21 | 661 | 51 | 13.0:1 | 9% (61) |
| 2017-18 | 734 | 54.5 | 13.5:1 | 9% (69) |
| 2015-16 | 729 | N/A | N/A | 10% (72) |
| 2010-11 | 931 | 61 | 15.3:1 | 7% (64) |
| 2000-01 | 862 | 57 | 15.1:1 | 0% (3) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for California Trail Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (734 to 584); teachers down 13% (54.5 to 47.4).
About California Trail Middle School
California Trail Middle School is a medium-sized middle-grades school in Kansas, located in Olathe. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 584 students. The school's enrollment is 45% bigger than the 402 average for middle schools in Kansas.
Olathe has a total of 52 schools and 28,194 students, California Trail Middle School among them.
At California Trail Middle School, White students make up 66% of the student body. It is also 11% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 7% Black, and 7% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Johnson County is roughly 79% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 54% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.3:1, with 47.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That matches the 12.7:1 average for middle schools in Kansas fairly closely. Lunch subsidy eligibility at California Trail Middle School is 14%. Public schools in Johnson County average 27%.
California Trail Middle School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 76% of Kansas public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, California Trail Middle School is 5.1 points below its prediction. Actual: 50.6%. Predicted: 55.7%.
Johnson County has about 620,631 residents, and the median household income is $109,208, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 58% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. In all, Johnson County has 168 public schools and roughly 93,598 students.
The nearest other public school, Regency Place Elementary, is about 0.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, California Trail Middle School is 5th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
California Trail Middle School's enrollment declined from 661 in 2020-21 to 584 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Olathe
- Olathe North Sr HighHigh · 2,011 students
- Olathe Northwest High SchoolHigh · 1,958 students
- Olathe East Sr HighHigh · 1,844 students
- Olathe South Sr HighHigh · 1,778 students
- Olathe West High SchoolHigh · 1,557 students
- Prairie Trail Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
Other schools in Olathe
- Olathe North Sr HighHigh · 2,011 students
- Olathe Northwest High SchoolHigh · 1,958 students
- Olathe East Sr HighHigh · 1,844 students
- Olathe South Sr HighHigh · 1,778 students
- Olathe West High SchoolHigh · 1,557 students
- Prairie Trail Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
Nearby schools
- Regency Place Elementary0.3 mi · 435
- Olathe East Sr High0.8 mi · 1,844
- Indian Creek Elem1.3 mi · 349
- Briarwood Elem1.3 mi · 315
- Heatherstone Elem1.3 mi · 346
- Pioneer Trail Middle School1.3 mi · 617
Frequently asked questions
About California Trail Middle SchoolHow many students attend California Trail Middle School?
California Trail Middle School enrolls approximately 584 students in grades 06-08.
Is California Trail Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
California Trail Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at California Trail Middle School?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at California Trail Middle School.
What is the student diversity at California Trail Middle School?
Student demographics at California Trail Middle School are roughly 66% White, 11% Hispanic, 7% Black, 9% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is California Trail Middle School in?
California Trail Middle School is part of Olathe.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.