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Alumni: what's one memory from Manchester Park Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
616
Elementary
DISTRICT 350 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OLATHE·NCES 201014001759
Manchester Park Elementary
9810 Prairie Creek Rd, Lenexa, KS 66220 · (913) 780-7540 · Johnson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL616 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
6%
34 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 4 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 118 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 106 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (103) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (106).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
72.6%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
72.9%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 | 72.6% | 72.9% |
| 2023-24 | 63.2% | 65.4% |
% 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
67.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.6%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Manchester Park Elementary
Manchester Park Elementary's state test result (67.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester Park Elementary this school | 616 | 5.5% | 67.0% |
| Prairie Creek Elementary Olathe | 432 | 6.9% | 64.4% |
| Canyon Creek Elementary Lenexa | 459 | 8.7% | 73.4% |
| Clearwater Creek Elementary Olathe | 522 | 13.0% | 70.1% |
| Robert M. Martin Elementary Wichita | 480 | 9.2% | 64.1% |
| Leawood Elementary Leawood | 533 | 6.6% | 67.6% |
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 Manchester Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #48 of 625 | #31 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.9% | #24 of 625 | #16 of 111 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.6% | #51 of 625 | #39 of 111 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 616 | #20 of 714 | #2 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #482 of 539 | #100 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.1% | #340 of 540 | #86 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 5.5% | #655 of 658 | #109 of 111 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.8% | #80 of 151 | #14 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
616
+49 (+9%) vs 2020
-2% since 2010-11, when it was 631
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 616 | 38.4 | 16.0:1 | 6% (34) |
| 2023-24 | 613 | 34.6 | 17.7:1 | 7% (45) |
| 2022-23 | 594 | 37 | 16.1:1 | 9% (55) |
| 2020-21 | 567 | 33 | 17.2:1 | 4% (24) |
| 2017-18 | 566 | 32.4 | 17.5:1 | 4% (20) |
| 2015-16 | 618 | N/A | N/A | 3% (18) |
| 2010-11 | 631 | 29 | 21.8:1 | 3% (16) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Manchester Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (566 to 616); teachers up 19% (32.4 to 38.4).
About Manchester Park Elementary
A large elementary school in Lenexa, Kansas, Manchester Park Elementary is part of Olathe. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 616 students. Statewide, elementary schools in Kansas average about 313 students each.
Olathe counts 52 schools and 28,194 students, including Manchester Park Elementary.
White students make up a majority at Manchester Park Elementary, at 77%. The remaining shares are 9% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% Asian, and 4% multiracial. The White share in Johnson County as a whole is similar, at about 79%. Manchester Park Elementary's diversity index is 39%, against a US figure of 70%.
A ratio of 16.0:1 comes from the school's 38.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 2.9 students per teacher above the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 6% in 2024-25. The 27% average for public schools in Johnson County is 21 points higher.
After adjusting for student poverty, Manchester Park Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of Kansas schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 67.0%; the prediction is 59.6%.
Within Johnson County, the median household income is $109,208, about 58% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 3%. In all, Johnson County has 168 public schools and roughly 93,598 students.
The shortest distance from Manchester Park Elementary to another public school is about 1.0 miles, to Prairie Trail Middle School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 58.6% proficiency; Manchester Park Elementary posts 67.0%.
For locale, NCES codes Manchester Park Elementary as City: Small.
Enrollment is up 9% from 2020-21, when Manchester Park Elementary had 567 students, to 2024-25, when it had 616. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 17.2:1 to 16.0:1.
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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 Olathe
- Olathe North Sr HighHigh · 2,011 students
- Olathe Northwest High SchoolHigh · 1,958 students
- Olathe East Sr HighHigh · 1,844 students
- Olathe South Sr HighHigh · 1,778 students
- Olathe West High SchoolHigh · 1,557 students
- Prairie Trail Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
Other schools in Lenexa
- Mill Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 676 students
- Rosehill ElemElementary · 477 students
- Rising Star ElemElementary · 473 students
- Canyon Creek ElementaryElementary · 459 students
- Christa McAuliffe ElemElementary · 400 students
- Sunflower ElemElementary · 390 students
Nearby schools
- Prairie Trail Middle School1.0 mi · 709
- Canyon Creek Elementary1.3 mi · 459
- Olathe Northwest High School1.5 mi · 1,958
- Meadow Lane Elem1.5 mi · 349
- Millbrooke Elementary2.3 mi · 369
- Summit Trail Middle School2.4 mi · 576
Frequently asked questions
About Manchester Park ElementaryHow many students attend Manchester Park Elementary?
Manchester Park Elementary enrolls approximately 616 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Manchester Park Elementary serve?
Manchester Park Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Manchester Park Elementary have?
Manchester Park Elementary employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
How diverse is Manchester Park Elementary?
Manchester Park Elementary reports a student body of 77% White, 9% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Manchester Park Elementary public or private?
Manchester Park Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Olathe.
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