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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Cedar Hills Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
587
Elementary
DISTRICT 438 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLUE VALLEY·NCES 201200001757
Cedar Hills Elementary
9100 W. 165th St., Overland Park, KS 66085 · (913) 239-3300 · Johnson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL587 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
66 students
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 51%
Community
4
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 120 | 20% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
66.6%
KS avg 44.5% . +6.4pp since 2023
Math
61.1%
KS avg 38.8% . -3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.6% | 61.1% |
| 2023-24 | 60.2% | 64.7% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades.
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
63.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.8%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 →
Where Cedar Hills Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #76 of 625 | #47 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #105 of 625 | #58 of 111 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.6% | #98 of 625 | #58 of 111 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 587 | #29 of 714 | #5 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #385 of 539 | #72 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.9% | #166 of 540 | #33 of 108 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.4% | #274 of 377 | #56 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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
587
-54 (-8%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 15.9:1
% White
58%
was 71%
% Hispanic
7%
was 4%
% Black
2%
was 1%
% Asian
25%
was 20%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 587 | 40.1 | 14.6:1 | 11% (66) |
| 2023-24 | 612 | 40.2 | 15.2:1 | 9% (56) |
| 2022-23 | 612 | 41.8 | 14.6:1 | 9% (56) |
| 2017-18 | 641 | 40.3 | 15.9:1 | 2% (12) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cedar Hills Elementary.
About Cedar Hills Elementary
Cedar Hills Elementary is an elementary school with a street address in Overland Park, Kansas. The school counted 587 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 5. That is 88% bigger than the average of about 313 students for elementary schools in Kansas.
The 40 schools of Blue Valley, including Cedar Hills Elementary, enroll 22,491 students.
Federal enrollment data show Cedar Hills Elementary is 58% White. Other groups include 25% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 2% Black. The county population is about 79% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 59%.
A staff of 40.1 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 14.6:1. Across elementary schools in Kansas, the average ratio is 13.2:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 11%. That is 16 points below the 27% average for public schools in Johnson County.
Cedar Hills Elementary scores 63.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 56.8%.
In Johnson County, the median household earns about $109,208 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 58%, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. Across Johnson County, 168 public schools serve about 93,598 students.
Pleasant Ridge Middle is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Cedar Hills Elementary's average proficiency of 63.5% compares with 62.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 587, compared with 641 in 2017-18. The percentage of White students fell from 71% to 58% between 2017-18 and 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.6:1) than in 2017-18 (15.9:1).
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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 Blue Valley
- Blue Valley West HighHigh · 1,534 students
- Blue Valley Northwest HighHigh · 1,496 students
- Blue Valley HighHigh · 1,396 students
- Blue Valley North HighHigh · 1,376 students
- Blue Valley Southwest High SchoolHigh · 1,057 students
- Aubry Bend Middle SchoolMiddle · 792 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
- Pleasant Ridge Middle0.1 mi · 581
- Blue Valley West High0.3 mi · 1,534
- Timber Creek Elementary School1.3 mi · 583
- Wolf Springs Elementary School1.7 mi · 541
- Sunset Ridge Elementary1.8 mi · 396
- Stanley Elementary2.0 mi · 610
Frequently asked questions
About Cedar Hills ElementaryHow many students attend Cedar Hills Elementary?
Cedar Hills Elementary enrolls approximately 587 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Cedar Hills Elementary serve?
Cedar Hills Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Cedar Hills Elementary have?
Cedar Hills Elementary employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Cedar Hills Elementary?
Student demographics at Cedar Hills Elementary are roughly 58% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 25% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Cedar Hills Elementary in?
Cedar Hills Elementary is part of Blue Valley.
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