Christa McAuliffe Elem

Christa McAuliffe Elem, a medium-sized elementary school in Lenexa, Kansas, part of Shawnee Mission Pub Sch, serves 400 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 313 students each, so Christa McAuliffe Elem sits 28% bigger than that benchmark.

Shawnee Mission Pub Sch comprises 45 schools with combined enrollment of 26,330 students; Christa McAuliffe Elem is among them.

On demographics, Christa McAuliffe Elem logs that White students make up the majority at 73%. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 6% Black, 3% Asian.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 19% of students at Christa McAuliffe Elem qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Christa McAuliffe Elem ranks in the top 10% of Kansas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 53.1%; Christa McAuliffe Elem posts 67.7%, +14.6 points above that line.

In the broader community, Johnson County reports that median household income runs about $109,208, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. In all, Johnson County runs 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 93,598 students), of which Christa McAuliffe Elem is one.

Nearest neighbor: Sunflower Elem, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Christa McAuliffe Elem ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 49.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Christa McAuliffe Elem has showed little movement, going from 405 students in 2018 to 400 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 79% to 73% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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