Enrollment
349
Elementary
DISTRICT 350 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OLATHE·NCES 201014000140
Meadow Lane Elem
21880 College Blvd, Olathe, KS 66061 · (913) 780-7550 · Johnson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL349 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
33 students
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
35%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
75.8%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
85.9%
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 86 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 | 75.8% | 85.9% |
| 2023-24 | 69.5% | 81.7% |
% 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
75.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.7%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 58% 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 18 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 Meadow Lane Elem
Meadow Lane Elem's state test result (75.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadow Lane Elem this school | 349 | 9.5% | 75.7% |
| Timber Sage Elementary School Olathe | 401 | 7.7% | 66.0% |
| Bentwood Elem Overland Park | 366 | 12.8% | 59.9% |
| Sunnyside Elementary School Olathe | 316 | 10.4% | 59.6% |
| Canyon Creek Elementary Lenexa | 459 | 8.7% | 73.4% |
| Robert M. Martin Elementary Wichita | 480 | 9.2% | 64.1% |
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 Meadow Lane Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.7% | #9 of 625 | #8 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.9% | #1 of 625 | #1 of 111 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.8% | #23 of 625 | #17 of 111 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 349 | #285 of 714 | #78 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #430 of 539 | #86 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.4% | #357 of 540 | #92 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.5% | #636 of 658 | #92 of 111 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.7% | #136 of 377 | #25 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
349
-64 (-15%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 454
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 349 | 23.1 | 15.1:1 | 9% (33) |
| 2023-24 | 363 | 23.8 | 15.3:1 | 7% (26) |
| 2022-23 | 385 | 26.9 | 14.3:1 | 7% (26) |
| 2020-21 | 413 | 25 | 16.5:1 | 3% (13) |
| 2017-18 | 424 | 25.9 | 16.4:1 | 3% (11) |
| 2015-16 | 382 | N/A | N/A | 4% (15) |
| 2010-11 | 333 | 22 | 15.1:1 | 3% (10) |
| 2000-01 | 380 | 42 | 9.1:1 | 1% (2) |
| 1990-91 | 454 | 28 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Meadow Lane Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (424 to 349); teachers down 11% (25.9 to 23.1).
About Meadow Lane Elem
Meadow Lane Elem is a medium-sized elementary school for students in Olathe, Kansas. Enrolled students number 349 students, in pre-K through 5.
Meadow Lane Elem is part of Olathe, where 52 schools serve 28,194 students.
Roughly 80% of students at Meadow Lane Elem are White. Enrollment also includes 8% Asian, 5% multiracial, 4% Black, and 3% Hispanic. The county population is about 79% White, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 35%, meaning two students picked at random have a 35% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Meadow Lane Elem operates with 23.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 15.1:1. On average, elementary schools in Kansas have 13.2:1, compared with 15.1:1 here. Meadow Lane Elem reports 9% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 27% average for public schools in Johnson County is 18 points higher.
Meadow Lane Elem is a top-10% school in Kansas on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests of 57.7% with an actual 75.7%.
Census estimates describe Johnson County this way: the median household income is $109,208, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Meadow Lane Elem, Johnson County has 167 other public schools.
The closest public school to Meadow Lane Elem is Olathe Northwest High School, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Meadow Lane Elem is 1st of 9 on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 349 students in 2024-25, 64 fewer than the 413 it had in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio falling from 16.5:1 to 15.1:1.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Meadow Lane Elem. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
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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 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 Meadow Lane Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Meadow Lane Elementary. Meadow Lane Elem is the 6th largest of the 6.
- Meadow Lane ElementaryGoldsboro, NC · 674 students
- MEADOW LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLINCOLN, NE · 523 students
- Meadow Lane ElementaryLemoore, CA · 464 students
- MEADOW LANE ELEM.LEE'S SUMMIT, MO · 435 students
- Meadow Lane ElementaryAnderson, CA · 398 students
Nearby schools
- Olathe Northwest High School0.4 mi · 1,958
- Prairie Trail Middle School0.5 mi · 709
- Millbrooke Elementary0.9 mi · 369
- Summit Trail Middle School1.0 mi · 576
- Woodland Elem1.5 mi · 305
- Manchester Park Elementary1.5 mi · 616
Frequently asked questions
About Meadow Lane ElemHow large is Meadow Lane Elem?
Meadow Lane Elem enrolls approximately 349 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Meadow Lane Elem serve?
Meadow Lane Elem serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Meadow Lane Elem?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at Meadow Lane Elem.
How diverse is Meadow Lane Elem?
Meadow Lane Elem reports a student body of 80% White, 3% Hispanic, 4% Black, 8% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Meadow Lane Elem public or private?
Meadow Lane Elem is a public K-12 school, overseen by Olathe.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.