Clear Creek Elem

Located at 5815 Monticello Rd, in Shawnee, Kansas, Clear Creek Elem is a reasonably sized elementary campus that caters to 461 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under De Soto. Compared to the state average of about 313 students per school, that is 47% above typical.

Across the 13 schools in De Soto (7,067 students total), Clear Creek Elem accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Clear Creek Elem records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). Other groups include 6% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 10% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Johnson County runs at roughly 27%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Clear Creek Elem performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.2%, the actual is 70.9%, a residual of +13.7 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Johnson County put median household income runs about $109,208, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Across Johnson County's 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 93,598 students), Clear Creek Elem is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Mill Valley High School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Clear Creek Elem. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Clear Creek Elem ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 58.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Looking at the recent track record. Clear Creek Elem's enrollment has decreased 16% since 2018, when it stood at 547 (now 461). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

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