Enrollment
335
Elementary
DISTRICT 350 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OLATHE·NCES 201014001670
Heritage Elementary
1700 E Pawnee Dr, Olathe, KS 66062 · (913) 780-7490 · Johnson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL335 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
131 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 23 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
61%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
37.8%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
36.8%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 | 37.8% | 36.8% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 29.3% |
% 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
35.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.5%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Heritage Elementary
Heritage Elementary's state test result (35.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage Elementary this school | 335 | 39.1% | 35.5% |
| Bluejacket-Flint Shawnee | 395 | 45.1% | 51.8% |
| Lenexa Hills Elementary Lenexa | 292 | 39.7% | 56.7% |
| Mahaffie Elem Olathe | 449 | 43.7% | 44.0% |
| Sunflower Elem Lenexa | 390 | 35.4% | 50.5% |
| Stewart Elem Salina | 406 | 48.0% | 46.6% |
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 Heritage Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #431 of 625 | #100 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #386 of 625 | #98 of 111 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #478 of 625 | #106 of 111 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 335 | #318 of 714 | #86 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #213 of 539 | #36 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.9% | #143 of 540 | #25 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.1% | #483 of 658 | #35 of 111 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.7% | #149 of 377 | #29 of 76 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
335
-10 (-3%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 595
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 335 | 25.7 | 13.0:1 | 39% (131) |
| 2023-24 | 335 | 27.1 | 12.4:1 | 40% (135) |
| 2022-23 | 351 | 27.1 | 12.9:1 | 40% (140) |
| 2020-21 | 345 | 28 | 12.3:1 | 31% (107) |
| 2017-18 | 402 | 27.8 | 14.5:1 | 33% (134) |
| 2015-16 | 393 | N/A | N/A | 39% (152) |
| 2010-11 | 344 | 21 | 16.4:1 | 27% (94) |
| 2000-01 | 418 | 30 | 13.9:1 | 6% (23) |
| 1990-91 | 595 | 34 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Heritage Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (402 to 335); teachers down 8% (27.8 to 25.7).
About Heritage Elementary
Heritage Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school based in Olathe, Kansas. Federal data show 335 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
A total of 52 schools make up Olathe, with 28,194 students enrolled.
More than half of the students at Heritage Elementary are White (56%). The remaining shares are 25% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Black, and 5% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Johnson County's population at about 79%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Heritage Elementary scores 61%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Heritage Elementary is 13.0:1, based on 25.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Kansas is similar, at 13.2:1. Lunch program data show 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Johnson County is 27%.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 43.5% for Heritage Elementary. The school posts 35.5%, 8.0 points below the prediction.
For the population of Johnson County, median household income comes to about $109,208, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of people live in poverty. Johnson County's 168 public schools enroll about 93,598 students and include Heritage Elementary.
Heritage Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Olathe South Sr High, about 0.3 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Heritage Elementary ranks 5th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 35.5% against a local average of 44.9%.
Heritage Elementary has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 345 to 335, a 3% decrease.
On allk12, people connected to Heritage Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
Other Heritage Elementary schools
47 other US public schools in 24 states are named Heritage Elementary. Heritage Elementary is the 44th largest of the 48.
- HERITAGE ELEMENTARYWENTZVILLE, MO · 1,039 students
- Heritage Elementary SchoolMadison, AL · 869 students
- Heritage Elementary SchoolGLENDALE, AZ · 832 students
- HERITAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLGREENACRES, FL · 817 students
- Heritage Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 807 students
Nearby schools
- Olathe South Sr High0.3 mi · 1,778
- Indian Trail Middle School0.4 mi · 582
- Scarborough Elem0.6 mi · 307
- Havencroft Elem0.7 mi · 271
- Black Bob Elem1.1 mi · 362
- Brougham Elem1.3 mi · 298
Frequently asked questions
About Heritage ElementaryHow large is Heritage Elementary?
Heritage Elementary enrolls approximately 335 students in grades PK-05.
Is Heritage Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Heritage Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Heritage Elementary have?
Heritage Elementary employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Heritage Elementary?
Student demographics at Heritage Elementary are roughly 56% White, 25% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Heritage Elementary public or private?
Heritage Elementary 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.