Madison Place Elementary

Madison Place Elementary is a mid-tier primary school in Olathe, Kansas, operated by Olathe. The school teaches 382 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 22% bigger than the state mean of about 313.

Olathe comprises 52 schools with combined enrollment of 28,194 students; Madison Place Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Madison Place Elementary logs that White students make up the majority at 64%. Beyond that, the school lists 11% Black, 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 6% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Madison Place Elementary records 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. Around 21% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Madison Place Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.3%.

In the area at large, Johnson County reports that median household earnings sit near $109,208, roughly 58% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Across Johnson County's 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 93,598 students), Madison Place Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Woodland Spring Middle School, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Madison Place Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 55.3%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Madison Place Elementary's enrollment has shrank 13% since 2018, when it stood at 439 (now 382). White enrollment moved from 72% to 64% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

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