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Enrollment
495
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHAWNEE MISSION PUB SCH·NCES 201164001542
Mill Creek Elem
13951 W 79th St, Shawnee, KS 66215 · (913) 993-3700 · Johnson County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL495 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
99 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 81 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 12% smaller than its 6th grade class (81).
Student demographics
42%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
70.9%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
67.1%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 | 70.9% | 67.1% |
| 2023-24 | 56.4% | 57.5% |
% 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
63.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.6%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Mill Creek Elem
Mill Creek Elem's state test result (63.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Creek Elem this school | 495 | 20.0% | 63.6% |
| Oak Park-Carpenter Elementary Overland Park | 480 | 24.2% | 67.2% |
| Christa McAuliffe Elem Lenexa | 400 | 19.0% | 67.7% |
| Meadowlark Elementary Wichita | 372 | 21.8% | 61.6% |
| Belmont Elementary School Shawnee | 381 | 23.4% | 60.5% |
| Jay Shideler Elementary Topeka | 492 | 15.2% | 62.3% |
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 Mill Creek Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #74 of 625 | #45 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.1% | #54 of 625 | #33 of 111 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.9% | #65 of 625 | #47 of 111 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 495 | #76 of 714 | #18 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #498 of 539 | #104 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.1% | #317 of 540 | #80 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.0% | #592 of 658 | #58 of 111 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.8% | #45 of 151 | #7 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
495
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 541
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 18.6:1
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 | 495 | 29.9 | 16.6:1 | 20% (99) |
| 2023-24 | 497 | 29.3 | 17.0:1 | 21% (102) |
| 2022-23 | 475 | 29.4 | 16.2:1 | 22% (104) |
| 2020-21 | 501 | 27 | 18.6:1 | 17% (86) |
| 2017-18 | 431 | 25.9 | 16.6:1 | 10% (43) |
| 2015-16 | 372 | 24 | 15.5:1 | 11% (41) |
| 2010-11 | 433 | 27 | 16.0:1 | 21% (89) |
| 2000-01 | 462 | 26 | 17.8:1 | 1% (4) |
| 1990-91 | 541 | 30 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mill Creek Elem.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (431 to 495); teachers up 15% (25.9 to 29.9).
About Mill Creek Elem
Mill Creek Elem runs as a large elementary school in Shawnee, Kansas. It is open to students in pre-K through 6 and enrolls 495 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Kansas enroll about 313 students on average.
Shawnee Mission Pub Sch has 26,330 students spread across 45 schools.
White students are 75% of those enrolled at Mill Creek Elem. The rest of enrollment is 12% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Black, and 3% Asian. That is in line with Johnson County, where about 79% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 42%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mill Creek Elem is 16.6:1, based on 29.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas, this school's ratio is higher. Lunch program data show 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Mill Creek Elem's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 63.6% is 11.0 points above the 52.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Johnson County, home to about 620,631 people, median household income comes to about $109,208, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 58%, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. There are 168 public schools in the county, enrolling about 93,598, Mill Creek Elem among them.
Rising Star Elem is about 0.9 miles from Mill Creek Elem, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Mill Creek Elem ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Mill Creek Elem's location as City: Small.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 495, close to the 501 recorded in 2020-21. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 18.6:1 to 16.6:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Shawnee Mission Pub Sch
- Shawnee Mission East HighHigh · 1,737 students
- Shawnee Mission Northwest HighHigh · 1,599 students
- Shawnee Mission West HighHigh · 1,599 students
- Shawnee Mission South HighHigh · 1,574 students
- Shawnee Mission North HighHigh · 1,502 students
- Indian Hills MiddleMiddle · 879 students
Other schools in Shawnee
- Shawnee Mission Northwest HighHigh · 1,599 students
- Mill Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,432 students
- Trailridge MiddleMiddle · 752 students
- Hocker Grove MiddleMiddle · 714 students
- Monticello Trails Middle SchoolMiddle · 655 students
- Shawanoe ElemElementary · 530 students
Other Mill Creek Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 11 states are named Mill Creek Elementary. Mill Creek Elem is the 10th largest of the 14.
- Mill Creek Elementary SchoolLevittown, PA · 974 students
- Mill Creek Elementary SchoolMadison, AL · 965 students
- Mill Creek Elementary SchoolKnoxville, TN · 754 students
- Mill Creek Elementary SchoolWarrington, PA · 729 students
- Mill Creek ElementaryMill Creek, WA · 694 students
Nearby schools
- Rising Star Elem0.9 mi · 473
- Christa McAuliffe Elem1.2 mi · 400
- Trailridge Middle1.3 mi · 752
- Shawnee Mission Northwest High1.7 mi · 1,599
- Rhein Benninghoven Elem1.7 mi · 423
- Shawanoe Elem1.7 mi · 530
Frequently asked questions
About Mill Creek ElemHow large is Mill Creek Elem?
Mill Creek Elem enrolls approximately 495 students in grades PK-06.
Is Mill Creek Elem an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mill Creek Elem is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mill Creek Elem?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mill Creek Elem is approximately 16.6:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mill Creek Elem?
At Mill Creek Elem, the student body is approximately 75% White, 12% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Mill Creek Elem public or private?
Mill Creek Elem is a public K-12 school, overseen by Shawnee Mission Pub Sch.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.