Enrollment
369
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHAWNEE MISSION PUB SCH·NCES 201164001527
Comanche Elem
8200 Grant, Overland Park, KS 66204 · (913) 993-2800 · Johnson County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL369 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
287 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 30 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 50 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (50).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
43.0%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
39.5%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 39.5% |
| 2023-24 | 32.8% | 35.2% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
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
35.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.9%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 →
Schools most like Comanche Elem
Comanche Elem's state test result (35.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comanche Elem this school | 369 | 77.8% | 35.3% |
| Apache Elem Overland Park | 526 | 76.8% | 28.4% |
| Oak Grove Elem Kansas City | 532 | 79.9% | 36.2% |
| Franklin Elem Wichita | 390 | 84.6% | 15.8% |
| Lawrence Elem Wichita | 394 | 86.3% | 24.8% |
| Black Traditional Magnet Elem Wichita | 335 | 83.6% | 25.0% |
Matched among Kansas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Comanche Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #433 of 625 | #101 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #348 of 625 | #95 of 111 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #406 of 625 | #98 of 111 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 369 | #247 of 714 | #67 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #221 of 539 | #38 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.5% | #113 of 540 | #15 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.8% | #123 of 658 | #4 of 111 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.0% | #66 of 377 | #12 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. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
369
-44 (-11%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 488
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 14.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 369 | 28.3 | 13.1:1 | 78% (287) |
| 2023-24 | 374 | 28.1 | 13.3:1 | 81% (303) |
| 2022-23 | 381 | 29.7 | 12.8:1 | 79% (301) |
| 2020-21 | 413 | 28 | 14.8:1 | 71% (294) |
| 2017-18 | 492 | 31.7 | 15.5:1 | 82% (405) |
| 2015-16 | 488 | 34 | 14.3:1 | 83% (407) |
| 2010-11 | 600 | 38 | 15.8:1 | 80% (481) |
| 2000-01 | 396 | 31 | 12.8:1 | 38% (152) |
| 1990-91 | 488 | 30 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Comanche Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (492 to 369); teachers down 11% (31.7 to 28.3).
About Comanche Elem
Comanche Elem is a mid-sized elementary school with an address in Overland Park, Kansas. It offers pre-K through 6 and has 369 students enrolled.
Shawnee Mission Pub Sch oversees Comanche Elem and 44 other schools, with 26,330 students in total.
More than half of enrollment at Comanche Elem is Hispanic: 53%. The next largest groups are 26% White, 12% Black, and 7% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 44 points above the 9% share among Johnson County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 64%.
The school has 28.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 13.1 students per teacher. The 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas is close to this figure. Of all students at Comanche Elem, 78% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Johnson County average 27%.
A school with Comanche Elem's lunch-eligibility share in Kansas is predicted to score 24.9%. Comanche Elem scores 35.3%, 10.4 points above that line.
In Johnson County, median household income comes to about $109,208, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 58% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 3%. The county's public schools total 168, with about 93,598 students.
Measured in a straight line, Shawnee Mission West High is about 0.6 miles from Comanche Elem. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Comanche Elem ranks 5th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Comanche Elem as City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school shrank from 413 students in 2020-21 to 369 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 14.8:1 in 2020-21 to 13.1:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Comanche Elem lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Shawnee Mission Pub Sch
- Shawnee Mission East HighHigh · 1,737 students
- Shawnee Mission Northwest HighHigh · 1,599 students
- Shawnee Mission West HighHigh · 1,599 students
- Shawnee Mission South HighHigh · 1,574 students
- Shawnee Mission North HighHigh · 1,502 students
- Indian Hills MiddleMiddle · 879 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
Other Comanche Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Comanche Elementary. Comanche Elem is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Comanche Elementary SchoolCOMANCHE, TX · 658 students
- Comanche Elementary SchoolComanche, OK · 439 students
- COMANCHE ELEMENTARYALBUQUERQUE, NM · 325 students
Nearby schools
- Shawnee Mission West High0.6 mi · 1,599
- Overland Park Elem1.1 mi · 391
- Apache Elem1.3 mi · 526
- Pawnee Elem1.3 mi · 374
- Shawanoe Elem1.4 mi · 530
- East Antioch Elem1.5 mi · 282
Frequently asked questions
About Comanche ElemHow many students attend Comanche Elem?
Comanche Elem enrolls approximately 369 students in grades PK-06.
Is Comanche Elem an elementary, middle, or high school?
Comanche Elem is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Comanche Elem?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Comanche Elem is approximately 13.1:1 (28 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Comanche Elem?
Comanche Elem reports a student body of 26% White, 53% Hispanic, 12% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Comanche Elem?
Comanche Elem is overseen by Shawnee Mission Pub Sch in Johnson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.