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Enrollment
456
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLUE VALLEY·NCES 201200001473
Lakewood Elementary
14600 Lamar Ave., Overland Park, KS 66223 · (913) 239-6500 · Johnson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL456 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of Kansas public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
54 students
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 51%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
78.9%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
72.3%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 | 78.9% | 72.3% |
| 2023-24 | 71.9% | 68.9% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of KS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
72.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.5%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 57% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Kansas's top 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 Lakewood Elementary
Lakewood Elementary's state test result (72.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakewood Elementary this school | 456 | 11.8% | 72.3% |
| Overland Trail Elementary Overland Park | 531 | 14.5% | 66.8% |
| Heartland Elementary Overland Park | 412 | 16.3% | 66.1% |
| Cedar Hills Elementary Overland Park | 587 | 11.2% | 63.5% |
| Liberty View Elementary Olathe | 430 | 13.5% | 55.6% |
| Sunset Ridge Elementary Overland Park | 396 | 8.3% | 68.0% |
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 Lakewood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.3% | #15 of 625 | #11 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.3% | #27 of 625 | #19 of 111 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.9% | #15 of 625 | #10 of 111 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 456 | #110 of 714 | #32 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #307 of 539 | #57 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.5% | #80 of 540 | #8 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.8% | #625 of 658 | #84 of 111 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.1% | #63 of 377 | #11 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
456
-106 (-19%) vs 2020
-13% since 2000-01, when it was 527
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 20.8:1
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 | 456 | 33.2 | 13.7:1 | 12% (54) |
| 2023-24 | 493 | 35.2 | 14.0:1 | 13% (62) |
| 2022-23 | 543 | 35.2 | 15.4:1 | 12% (63) |
| 2020-21 | 562 | 27 | 20.8:1 | 8% (45) |
| 2017-18 | 609 | 37.4 | 16.3:1 | 6% (34) |
| 2015-16 | 634 | 37 | 17.1:1 | 8% (49) |
| 2010-11 | 650 | 38 | 17.1:1 | 12% (79) |
| 2000-01 | 527 | 33 | 16.0:1 | 3% (15) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lakewood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (609 to 456); teachers down 11% (37.4 to 33.2).
About Lakewood Elementary
Lakewood Elementary is an elementary school in Overland Park, Kansas, and it is part of Blue Valley. It teaches 456 students in kindergarten through 5. It has 46% more students than the average for elementary schools in Kansas (about 313).
Blue Valley oversees Lakewood Elementary and 36 other schools, with 22,225 students in total.
At Lakewood Elementary, White students make up the biggest share, 48%. Enrollment also includes 29% Asian, 8% Black, 7% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. Among people living in Johnson County, the White share is about 79%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 67%.
A staff of 33.2 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 13.7:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Kansas is similar, at 13.2:1. By family income, 12% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 27% average for public schools in Johnson County, the school's rate is lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Lakewood Elementary lands at A+, ahead of 95% of Kansas public elementary schools.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Lakewood Elementary is 56.5%. It actually posts 72.3%, which is 15.7 points higher and in the top 10% of Kansas schools.
Looking at the county, Johnson County, the median household earns about $109,208 a year, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Lakewood Elementary, Johnson County has 168 public schools.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates Lakewood Elementary from the closest public school, Lakewood Middle. The five-mile area around Lakewood Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Lakewood Elementary's average proficiency of 72.3% compares with 61.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Lakewood Elementary is coded as City: Mid-size in federal locale data.
The school's enrollment fell 19% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 20.8:1 to 13.7:1.
Lakewood Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Blue Valley
- Blue Valley West HighHigh · 1,534 students
- Blue Valley Northwest HighHigh · 1,496 students
- Blue Valley HighHigh · 1,396 students
- Blue Valley North HighHigh · 1,376 students
- Blue Valley Southwest High SchoolHigh · 1,057 students
- Aubry Bend Middle SchoolMiddle · 792 students
Other schools in Overland Park
- Shawnee Mission West HighHigh · 1,599 students
- Shawnee Mission South HighHigh · 1,574 students
- Blue Valley West HighHigh · 1,534 students
- Shawnee Mission North HighHigh · 1,502 students
- Blue Valley Northwest HighHigh · 1,496 students
- Blue Valley North HighHigh · 1,376 students
Other Lakewood Elementary schools
31 other US public schools in 22 states are named Lakewood Elementary. Lakewood Elementary is the 13th largest of the 32.
- Lakewood Elementary SchoolDALLAS, TX · 1,067 students
- Lakewood ElementaryMyrtle Beach, SC · 866 students
- Lakewood Elementary SchoolTOMBALL, TX · 756 students
- Lakewood ElementaryBuchanan, TN · 752 students
- Lakewood Elementary SchoolEULESS, TX · 573 students
Nearby schools
- Lakewood Middle0.1 mi · 537
- Blue Valley Virtual Program0.6 mi · 302
- Stanley Elementary1.5 mi · 610
- Overland Trail Elementary1.6 mi · 531
- Overland Trail Middle1.6 mi · 540
- Blue Valley High1.7 mi · 1,396
Frequently asked questions
About Lakewood ElementaryHow many students attend Lakewood Elementary?
Lakewood Elementary enrolls approximately 456 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Lakewood Elementary serve?
Lakewood Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lakewood Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lakewood Elementary is approximately 13.7:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lakewood Elementary?
At Lakewood Elementary, the student body is approximately 48% White, 6% Hispanic, 8% Black, 29% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Lakewood Elementary?
Lakewood Elementary is overseen by Blue Valley in Johnson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.