Heatherstone Elem

Heatherstone Elem is a mid-tier K-5 school in Olathe, Kansas, part of Olathe. The school educates 346 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Heatherstone Elem is one of 52 schools operated by Olathe, a district that educates 28,194 students overall.

Demographically, Heatherstone Elem records that White students make up the majority at 63%; the rest looks like 13% Hispanic, 13% Black, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 25% of students at Heatherstone Elem qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Heatherstone Elem performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.3%, the actual is 60.1%, a residual of +9.8 points.

Around the school, census data for Johnson County shows median household income runs about $109,208, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Across Johnson County's 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 93,598 students), Heatherstone Elem is one campus in the mix.

Pleasant Ridge Elem is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Heatherstone Elem ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 47.4%.

Heatherstone Elem operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Heatherstone Elem has declined 14%, going from 403 students in 2018 to 346 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 72% to 63%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

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