Cedar Hills Elementary

Located at 9100 W. 165th St., in Overland Park, Kansas, Cedar Hills Elementary is a well-populated elementary school that enrolls 587 students (grades K through 5), part of Blue Valley. Compared to the state average of about 313 students per school, that is 88% bigger than typical.

Blue Valley comprises 40 schools with combined enrollment of 22,491 students; Cedar Hills Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Cedar Hills Elementary logs that 58% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 25% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 2% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 11% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Johnson County's rate of about 27%.

With demographic context factored in, Cedar Hills Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.8%; this one delivers 63.5%.

Across the wider county, Johnson County reports that median household earnings sit near $109,208, roughly 58% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cedar Hills Elementary is one of 168 public schools in Johnson County (combined enrollment of about 93,598 students).

Pleasant Ridge Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cedar Hills Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cedar Hills Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 62.3%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 8%: 641 students in 2018 compared to 587 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 71% to 58%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.