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Enrollment
384
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLUE VALLEY·NCES 201200001677
Mission Trail Elementary
13200 Mission Road, Leawood, KS 66209 · (913) 239-6700 · Johnson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL384 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% of Kansas public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
51 students
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 51%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
86.1%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
81.1%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 | 86.1% | 81.1% |
| 2023-24 | 83.9% | 80.9% |
% 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
83.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.9%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+27.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 56% 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 28 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 Mission Trail Elementary
Mission Trail Elementary's state test result (83.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Trail Elementary this school | 384 | 13.3% | 83.5% |
| Riverview Elementary Shawnee | 441 | 14.3% | 59.7% |
| Trailwood Elem Overland Park | 429 | 14.7% | 72.2% |
| Forest View Elem Olathe | 419 | 11.2% | 63.6% |
| Jay Shideler Elementary Topeka | 492 | 15.2% | 62.3% |
| Highlands Elem Mission | 345 | 10.4% | 77.8% |
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 Mission Trail Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.5% | #2 of 625 | #2 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.1% | #7 of 625 | #5 of 111 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.1% | #3 of 625 | #2 of 111 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 384 | #215 of 714 | #57 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #239 of 539 | #42 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.8% | #325 of 540 | #82 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.3% | #620 of 658 | #79 of 111 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.5% | #114 of 377 | #20 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
384
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 529
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 384 | 29.1 | 13.2:1 | 13% (51) |
| 2023-24 | 369 | 30.2 | 12.2:1 | 12% (46) |
| 2022-23 | 402 | 31.2 | 12.9:1 | 10% (41) |
| 2020-21 | 381 | 23 | 16.6:1 | 10% (37) |
| 2017-18 | 477 | 32.4 | 14.7:1 | 10% (46) |
| 2015-16 | 482 | 31 | 15.6:1 | 11% (54) |
| 2010-11 | 440 | 27 | 16.3:1 | 10% (46) |
| 2000-01 | 517 | 33 | 15.7:1 | 0% (2) |
| 1990-91 | 529 | 29 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mission Trail Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (477 to 384); teachers down 10% (32.4 to 29.1).
About Mission Trail Elementary
Mission Trail Elementary is an elementary school in Leawood, Kansas, and it is part of Blue Valley. Its 384 students are spread across kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Kansas is about 313 students.
The district for Mission Trail Elementary is Blue Valley, with 37 schools and 22,225 students.
Mission Trail Elementary's enrollment is 76% White. Enrollment also includes 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 4% Black. The county population is about 79% White, within a few points of the school. The chance that two students picked at random at Mission Trail Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 41%.
Its teaching staff equals 29.1 full-time positions, a ratio of 13.2:1. Across elementary schools in Kansas, the average ratio is about 13.2:1. Around 13% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Johnson County, the average eligibility rate is 27%.
Measured against Kansas public elementary schools, Mission Trail Elementary receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Mission Trail Elementary is in the top 10% of Kansas schools: 83.5% actual against 55.9% predicted.
Johnson County has these Census figures: median household income is about $109,208, roughly 58% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. The public schools of Johnson County number 168 and enroll about 93,598.
The closest public school, Prairie Star Middle, is about 1.1 miles from Mission Trail Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Mission Trail Elementary ranks 1st in a group of 9 nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes Mission Trail Elementary as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment went from 381 in 2020-21 to 384 in 2024-25, a change of 3 students. By 2024-25, the school had 13.2 students per teacher, compared with 16.6 in 2020-21.
Community posts for Mission Trail Elementary can cover science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. 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
Related schools
Other schools in Blue Valley
- Blue Valley West HighHigh · 1,534 students
- Blue Valley Northwest HighHigh · 1,496 students
- Blue Valley HighHigh · 1,396 students
- Blue Valley North HighHigh · 1,376 students
- Blue Valley Southwest High SchoolHigh · 1,057 students
- Aubry Bend Middle SchoolMiddle · 792 students
Other schools in Leawood
- Leawood ElementaryElementary · 533 students
- Leawood MiddleMiddle · 493 students
- Brookwood ElemElementary · 466 students
- Prairie Star MiddleMiddle · 438 students
- Prairie Star ElementaryElementary · 371 students
Nearby schools
- Prairie Star Middle1.1 mi · 438
- Prairie Star Elementary1.2 mi · 371
- Overland Trail Middle1.2 mi · 540
- Overland Trail Elementary1.4 mi · 531
- Leawood Elementary1.6 mi · 533
- Leawood Middle1.7 mi · 493
Frequently asked questions
About Mission Trail ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Mission Trail Elementary?
Mission Trail Elementary enrolls approximately 384 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Mission Trail Elementary serve?
Mission Trail Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Mission Trail Elementary have?
Mission Trail Elementary employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
How diverse is Mission Trail Elementary?
Mission Trail Elementary reports a student body of 76% White, 8% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Mission Trail Elementary public or private?
Mission Trail Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Blue Valley.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.