Chisholm Trail Middle School

Chisholm Trail Middle School is a mid-tier intermediate school in Olathe, Kansas, overseen by Olathe. The school enrolls 569 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 402 students each, so Chisholm Trail Middle School sits 42% above that benchmark.

Chisholm Trail Middle School is one of 52 schools operated by Olathe, a district that teaches 28,194 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Chisholm Trail Middle School lists that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 10% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% Asian, 6% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Chisholm Trail Middle School has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.4:1. The state averages about 12.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 13% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Johnson County (around 27%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Chisholm Trail Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.9%; this one delivers 49.9%.

In the broader community, census data for Johnson County shows median household income runs about $109,208, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Johnson County runs 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 93,598 students), of which Chisholm Trail Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Sunnyside Elementary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Chisholm Trail Middle School comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 53.1%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Chisholm Trail Middle School has contracted 22%, going from 730 students in 2018 to 569 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 82% to 71% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

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