Enrollment
291
Elementary
DISTRICT 441 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRING HILL·NCES 201185002121
Dayton Creek Elementary School
21120 W 188th Ter, Spring Hill, KS 66083 · (913) 592-7266 · Johnson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL291 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of Kansas public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
55 students
DISTRICT 16% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 51 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
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KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
71.3%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
60.6%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 | 71.3% | 60.6% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 63.4% |
% 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
62.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.2%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Dayton Creek Elementary School
Dayton Creek Elementary School's state test result (62.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dayton Creek Elementary School this school | 291 | 18.9% | 62.2% |
| Glenwood Ridge Elementary School Basehor | 320 | 19.4% | 62.6% |
| Wolf Creek Elementary School Spring Hill | 336 | 13.4% | 56.9% |
| Gray Hawk Elementary School Basehor | 285 | 22.8% | 47.2% |
| Oliver Brown Elementary Manhattan | 338 | 18.0% | 55.6% |
| Linwood Elementary School Bonner Springs | 248 | 23.8% | 64.8% |
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 Dayton Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.2% | #89 of 625 | #53 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #111 of 625 | #62 of 111 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.3% | #61 of 625 | #45 of 111 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 291 | #391 of 714 | #99 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #199 of 539 | #34 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.6% | #374 of 540 | #97 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.9% | #599 of 658 | #64 of 111 |
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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 291 | 22.5 | 12.9:1 | 19% (55) |
| 2023-24 | 277 | 22 | 12.6:1 | 18% (50) |
| 2022-23 | 240 | 21 | 11.4:1 | 15% (37) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dayton Creek Elementary School.
About Dayton Creek Elementary School
Dayton Creek Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Spring Hill, Kansas. The school serves 291 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Dayton Creek Elementary School reports to Spring Hill, which has 11 schools and 5,841 students.
Dayton Creek Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 81% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 2% Black. The White share in Johnson County as a whole is similar, at about 79%. By the diversity index, Dayton Creek Elementary School comes in at 34%.
Teachers at Dayton Creek Elementary School total 22.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.9:1. Elementary schools in Kansas average about 13.2:1, a similar figure. The school counts 55 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 19%.
Measured against Kansas public elementary schools, Dayton Creek Elementary School receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with Dayton Creek Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Kansas is predicted to score 53.2%. Dayton Creek Elementary School scores 62.2%, 9.0 points above that line.
According to the American Community Survey, in Johnson County, median household income is about $109,208, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 58% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. Dayton Creek Elementary School is one of 168 public schools in Johnson County, which together enroll about 93,598 students.
The shortest distance from Dayton Creek Elementary School to another public school is about 1.8 miles, to Forest Spring Middle School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Dayton Creek Elementary School ranks 2nd in a group of 7 nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Fringe.
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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 Spring Hill
- Insight School of KansasHigh · 1,159 students
- Spring Hill High SchoolHigh · 1,121 students
- Spring Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 600 students
- Kansas Virtual Academy (KSVA)Elementary · 584 students
- Prairie Creek ElementaryElementary · 432 students
- Timber Sage Elementary SchoolElementary · 401 students
Other schools in Spring Hill
- Insight School of KansasHigh · 1,159 students
- Spring Hill High SchoolHigh · 1,121 students
- Spring Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 600 students
- Kansas Virtual Academy (KSVA)Elementary · 584 students
- Wolf Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 336 students
- Forest Spring Middle SchoolMiddle · 296 students
Nearby schools
- Forest Spring Middle School1.8 mi · 296
- Wolf Creek Elementary School1.9 mi · 336
- Spring Hill High School2.4 mi · 1,121
- Madison Place Elementary3.1 mi · 382
- Spring Hill Elementary School3.3 mi · 600
- Kansas Virtual Academy (KSVA)3.5 mi · 584
Frequently asked questions
About Dayton Creek Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Dayton Creek Elementary School?
Dayton Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 291 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Dayton Creek Elementary School serve?
Dayton Creek Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dayton Creek Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dayton Creek Elementary School is approximately 12.9:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dayton Creek Elementary School?
At Dayton Creek Elementary School, the student body is approximately 81% White, 9% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Dayton Creek Elementary School public or private?
Dayton Creek Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Spring Hill.
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