Leawood Elementary

Leawood Elementary, an expansive elementary school in Leawood, Kansas, operated by Blue Valley, hosts 533 students, covering grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 313 students per school, that is 70% bigger than typical.

Blue Valley comprises 40 schools with combined enrollment of 22,491 students; Leawood Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Leawood Elementary logs that nearly all students (85%) are White; the rest reads as 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 7% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Johnson County (around 27%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Leawood Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 67.6%.

Across the wider county, Johnson County reports that 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 Leawood Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Leawood Middle, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Leawood Elementary. On composite proficiency, Leawood Elementary comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 60.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 3%: 520 students in 2018 compared to 533 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 today.

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