Corinth Elem

Corinth Elem, a sizable elementary school in Prairie Village, Kansas, operated by Shawnee Mission Pub Sch, works with 576 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 313 students each, so Corinth Elem sits 84% above that benchmark.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Corinth Elem reports that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Corinth Elem higher than the state norm the norm. About 6% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, 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, Corinth 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 59.1%; Corinth Elem posts 77.7%, +18.5 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, Johnson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $109,208 per year, roughly 58% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Johnson County runs 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 93,598 students), of which Corinth Elem is one.

Shawnee Mission East High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Corinth Elem at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 60.4%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 563 students in 2018 compared to 576 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Corinth Elem community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.