Mission Trail Elementary

Mission Trail Elementary is a mid-sized elementary-level community in Leawood, Kansas, overseen by Blue Valley. The school educates 384 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 313 students each, so Mission Trail Elementary sits 23% above that benchmark.

Within Blue Valley, which oversees 40 schools and 22,491 students, Mission Trail Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Mission Trail Elementary logs that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian, 4% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Johnson County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 13% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Johnson County's rate of about 27%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Mission Trail Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Kansas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 55.9%; Mission Trail Elementary posts 83.5%, +27.6 points above that line.

Across the wider county, census data for Johnson County shows median household earnings sit near $109,208, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Mission Trail Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Prairie Star Middle, around 1.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mission Trail Elementary at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 62.6%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mission Trail Elementary has decreased 19%, going from 477 students in 2018 to 384 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 81% to 76% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

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