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What tradition at Frontier Trail Middle School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
693
Middle
DISTRICT 627 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OLATHE·NCES 201014001676
Frontier Trail Middle School
15300 W 143rd Street, Olathe, KS 66062 · (913) 780-7210 · Johnson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL693 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
151 students
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 51%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 256 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 203 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 234 | 34% |
Student demographics
46%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
61.0%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
54.1%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 | 61.0% | 54.1% |
| 2023-24 | 47.1% | 38.2% |
% 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
48.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.8%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Frontier Trail Middle School
Frontier Trail Middle School's state test result (48.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontier Trail Middle School this school | 693 | 21.8% | 48.4% |
| Lawrence Southwest Middle School Lawrence | 641 | 24.8% | 47.5% |
| Basehor-Linwood Middle School Basehor | 679 | 22.1% | 47.5% |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School Goddard | 625 | 22.2% | 42.6% |
| Mill Creek Middle School Lenexa | 676 | 12.7% | 43.5% |
| Maize South Middle School Wichita | 501 | 28.9% | 43.5% |
Matched among Kansas middle 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 Frontier Trail Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #30 of 192 | #20 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.1% | #28 of 192 | #20 of 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #20 of 192 | #15 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 693 | #28 of 225 | #8 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #106 of 161 | #25 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.5% | #88 of 161 | #19 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.8% | #173 of 195 | #14 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.2% | #39 of 98 | #8 of 21 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
693
-22 (-3%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 661
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 693 | 50.5 | 13.7:1 | 22% (151) |
| 2023-24 | 666 | 49.5 | 13.4:1 | 26% (176) |
| 2022-23 | 676 | 49.5 | 13.7:1 | 25% (170) |
| 2020-21 | 715 | 55 | 13.0:1 | 21% (152) |
| 2017-18 | 808 | 54.6 | 14.8:1 | 20% (159) |
| 2015-16 | 761 | N/A | N/A | 17% (129) |
| 2010-11 | 761 | 54 | 14.1:1 | 18% (135) |
| 2000-01 | 749 | 61 | 12.3:1 | 2% (14) |
| 1990-91 | 661 | 49 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Frontier Trail Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (808 to 693); teachers down 8% (54.6 to 50.5).
About Frontier Trail Middle School
Frontier Trail Middle School is a high-enrollment middle-grades school that serves part of Olathe, Kansas. It enrolled 693 students in grades 6 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 72% higher than the average for middle schools in Kansas, which is about 402.
Frontier Trail Middle School is one school in Olathe, a system of 52 schools with 28,194 students.
A majority of students at Frontier Trail Middle School, 71%, are White. The next largest groups are 14% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. By the diversity index, Frontier Trail Middle School comes in at 46%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.7:1, with 50.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among middle schools in Kansas, the typical ratio is 12.7:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Frontier Trail Middle School is 22%.
Compared with Kansas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Frontier Trail Middle School's results are 3.4 points below predicted: 48.4% against 51.8%.
Within Johnson County, median household income is about $109,208, about 58% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 168 public schools in Johnson County, with a combined enrollment of about 93,598.
Briarwood Elem is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Frontier Trail Middle School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Frontier Trail Middle School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 715 to 693.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Olathe
- Olathe North Sr HighHigh · 2,011 students
- Olathe Northwest High SchoolHigh · 1,958 students
- Olathe East Sr HighHigh · 1,844 students
- Olathe South Sr HighHigh · 1,778 students
- Olathe West High SchoolHigh · 1,557 students
- Prairie Trail Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
Other schools in Olathe
- Olathe North Sr HighHigh · 2,011 students
- Olathe Northwest High SchoolHigh · 1,958 students
- Olathe East Sr HighHigh · 1,844 students
- Olathe South Sr HighHigh · 1,778 students
- Olathe West High SchoolHigh · 1,557 students
- Prairie Trail Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
Nearby schools
- Briarwood Elem0.2 mi · 315
- Black Bob Elem0.6 mi · 362
- Tomahawk Elem0.6 mi · 359
- Green Springs Elem0.7 mi · 235
- Liberty View Elementary1.0 mi · 430
- Havencroft Elem1.3 mi · 271
Frequently asked questions
About Frontier Trail Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Frontier Trail Middle School?
Frontier Trail Middle School enrolls approximately 693 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Frontier Trail Middle School serve?
Frontier Trail Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Frontier Trail Middle School have?
Frontier Trail Middle School employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Frontier Trail Middle School?
Student demographics at Frontier Trail Middle School are roughly 71% White, 14% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Frontier Trail Middle School public or private?
Frontier Trail Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Olathe.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.