John Diemer Elem

John Diemer Elem is one of the mid-sized elementary-level communitys in Overland Park, Kansas, overseen by Shawnee Mission Pub Sch, with 427 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 313 students per school, that is 36% larger than typical.

John Diemer Elem is one of 45 schools operated by Shawnee Mission Pub Sch, a district that instructs 26,330 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, John Diemer Elem shows that 65% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 19% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Black, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 31% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, John Diemer Elem performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.5%, the actual is 61.0%, a residual of +13.5 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Johnson County shows median household earnings sit near $109,208, roughly 58% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Johnson County runs 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 93,598 students), of which John Diemer Elem is one.

The closest other public school is Indian Woods Middle, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, John Diemer Elem comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 51.6%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 3%: 416 students in 2018 compared to 427 in 2025.

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