Crestview Elem

Crestview Elem is an elementary-level community of mid-tier scale in Merriam, Kansas, operated by Shawnee Mission Pub Sch, serveing 374 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Crestview Elem is one of 45 schools operated by Shawnee Mission Pub Sch, a district that instructs 26,330 students overall.

On demographics, Crestview Elem records that the most-represented group is White (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 37% Hispanic, 13% Black, 6% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

On the income-and-resources front, Crestview Elem logs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.7:1. The state averages about 13.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 57% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Johnson County's rate of about 27%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Crestview Elem sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.0%; this one delivers 45.1%.

Across the wider county, Johnson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $109,208 per year, about 58% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. In all, Johnson County runs 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 93,598 students), of which Crestview Elem is one.

Shawnee Mission North High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Crestview Elem at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 49.0%.

Crestview Elem operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 3%: 386 students in 2018 compared to 374 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 33% to 37%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.