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What's one thing Leawood Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
533
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLUE VALLEY·NCES 201200001582
Leawood Elementary
2400 W. 123rd St., Leawood, KS 66209 · (913) 239-6600 · Johnson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL533 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Kansas public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
14.7:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
7%
35 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 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
27%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
75.7%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
65.5%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 | 75.7% | 65.5% |
| 2023-24 | 66.5% | 60.8% |
% 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
67.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.1%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Leawood Elementary
Leawood Elementary's state test result (67.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leawood Elementary this school | 533 | 6.6% | 67.6% |
| Belinder Elem Prairie Village | 489 | 7.0% | 64.5% |
| Prairie Elem Prairie Village | 446 | 5.8% | 76.2% |
| Brookwood Elem Leawood | 466 | 8.6% | 69.7% |
| Prairie Ridge Elementary School Shawnee | 431 | 7.4% | 72.0% |
| Corinth Elem Prairie Village | 576 | 6.4% | 77.7% |
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 Leawood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.6% | #40 of 625 | #26 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #76 of 625 | #45 of 111 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.7% | #26 of 625 | #19 of 111 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 533 | #52 of 714 | #12 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #398 of 539 | #76 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.4% | #425 of 540 | #101 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 6.6% | #648 of 658 | #103 of 111 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.5% | #133 of 151 | #26 of 28 |
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
533
-11 (-2%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 445
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 18.8:1
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 | 533 | 36.2 | 14.7:1 | 7% (35) |
| 2023-24 | 556 | 36.2 | 15.4:1 | 6% (35) |
| 2022-23 | 567 | 35.7 | 15.9:1 | 6% (32) |
| 2020-21 | 544 | 29 | 18.8:1 | 3% (19) |
| 2017-18 | 520 | 32.4 | 16.1:1 | 4% (23) |
| 2015-16 | 487 | 32 | 15.2:1 | 5% (23) |
| 2010-11 | 487 | 29 | 16.8:1 | 5% (25) |
| 2000-01 | 380 | 26 | 14.6:1 | 0% (1) |
| 1990-91 | 445 | 27 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leawood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (520 to 533); teachers up 12% (32.4 to 36.2).
About Leawood Elementary
Leawood Elementary is a large elementary school based in Leawood, Kansas. It covers kindergarten through 5, with a total enrollment of 533 students. Enrollment is 70% higher than the average for elementary schools in Kansas, which is about 313.
The 37 schools of Blue Valley, including Leawood Elementary, enroll 22,225 students.
White students are the large majority at Leawood Elementary, with 85% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at Leawood Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 27%.
Teachers at Leawood Elementary total 36.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.7:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Kansas average 13.2:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 7%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Johnson County is 27%.
Measured against Kansas public elementary schools, Leawood Elementary receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In Kansas, Leawood Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 67.6% actual against a predicted 59.1%.
Johnson County has these Census figures: median household income is about $109,208, roughly 58% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. The public schools of Johnson County number 168 and enroll about 93,598.
Nearby, Leawood Middle is about 0.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Leawood Elementary is 3rd of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Under the NCES locale system, Leawood Elementary is Suburb: Large.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (544) and 2024-25 (533). The ratio of students to teachers went from 18.8:1 to 14.7:1 over the same years.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Leawood Elementary. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Leawood
- Leawood MiddleMiddle · 493 students
- Brookwood ElemElementary · 466 students
- Prairie Star MiddleMiddle · 438 students
- Mission Trail ElementaryElementary · 384 students
- Prairie Star ElementaryElementary · 371 students
Other Leawood Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Leawood Elementary. Leawood Elementary is the largest of the 3.
- Leawood Elementary SchoolColumbus, OH · 331 students
- Leawood Elementary SchoolLITTLETON, CO · 321 students
Nearby schools
- Leawood Middle0.1 mi · 493
- Mission Trail Elementary1.6 mi · 384
- MARTIN CITY ELEM.1.9 mi · 638
- Valley Park Elementary2.3 mi · 549
- RED BRIDGE ELEM.2.3 mi · 201
- Blue Valley North High2.5 mi · 1,376
Frequently asked questions
About Leawood ElementaryHow many students attend Leawood Elementary?
Leawood Elementary enrolls approximately 533 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Leawood Elementary serve?
Leawood Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Leawood Elementary have?
Leawood Elementary employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Leawood Elementary?
At Leawood Elementary, the student body is approximately 85% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Leawood Elementary?
Leawood Elementary is overseen by Blue Valley in Johnson County.
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