Indian Trail Middle School

Indian Trail Middle School is a middle school of medium-sized scale in Olathe, Kansas, one of the schools within Olathe, caters to 582 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 402 students per school, that is 45% above typical.

Olathe comprises 52 schools with combined enrollment of 28,194 students; Indian Trail Middle School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Indian Trail Middle School shows that the largest single group is White at 50%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 34% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.7:1 average. Roughly 49% of students at Indian Trail Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Johnson County's rate of about 27%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Indian Trail Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.8%; this one delivers 27.2%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Johnson County put 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), Indian Trail Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Olathe South Sr High, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Indian Trail Middle School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Indian Trail Middle School ranks 9th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 44.9%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Indian Trail Middle School has contracted 11%, going from 654 students in 2018 to 582 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 29% to 34%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.