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What tradition at Mission Trail Middle School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
680
Middle
DISTRICT 627 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OLATHE·NCES 201014001971
Mission Trail Middle School
1001 N. Persimmon Drive, Olathe, KS 66061 · (913) 780-7260 · Johnson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL680 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 67% of Kansas public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
63 students
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 51%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 214 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 234 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 232 | 34% |
Student demographics
32%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
57.3%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
62.1%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 | 57.3% | 62.1% |
| 2023-24 | 41.9% | 46.9% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
49.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.8%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Mission Trail Middle School
Mission Trail Middle School's state test result (49.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Trail Middle School this school | 680 | 9.3% | 49.5% |
| Mill Creek Middle School Lenexa | 676 | 12.7% | 43.5% |
| Leawood Middle Leawood | 493 | 7.7% | 61.0% |
| Monticello Trails Middle School Shawnee | 655 | 13.1% | 49.8% |
| Indian Hills Middle Prairie Village | 879 | 13.8% | 62.3% |
| Prairie Trail Middle School Olathe | 709 | 7.5% | 58.9% |
Matched among Kansas middle 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #28 of 192 | #18 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #20 of 192 | #16 of 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #27 of 192 | #19 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 680 | #32 of 225 | #9 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #103 of 161 | #24 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.0% | #127 of 161 | #27 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.3% | #189 of 195 | #26 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.2% | #5 of 98 | #1 of 21 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
680
-48 (-7%) vs 2020
+30% since 2010-11, when it was 525
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 680 | 50 | 13.6:1 | 9% (63) |
| 2023-24 | 699 | 48 | 14.6:1 | 13% (91) |
| 2022-23 | 666 | 48 | 13.9:1 | 13% (89) |
| 2020-21 | 728 | 56 | 13.0:1 | 9% (69) |
| 2017-18 | 960 | 63 | 15.2:1 | 19% (178) |
| 2015-16 | 813 | N/A | N/A | 21% (170) |
| 2010-11 | 525 | 42 | 12.5:1 | 25% (130) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mission Trail Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (960 to 680); teachers down 21% (63 to 50).
About Mission Trail Middle School
Mission Trail Middle School is a middle school located in Olathe, Kansas, in Johnson County. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 680 students. The typical figure for middle schools in Kansas is about 402 students.
Olathe enrolls 28,194 students, and its 52 schools include Mission Trail Middle School.
Federal enrollment data show Mission Trail Middle School is 82% White. The school is also 7% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, and 3% multiracial. That is close to the 79% White share among all Johnson County residents. Mission Trail Middle School's diversity index is 32%, against a US figure of 70%.
Mission Trail Middle School counts 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 13.6 students for each one. On average, middle schools in Kansas have 12.7:1, compared with 13.6:1 here. About 9% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Johnson County average 27%.
The allk12 Grade for Mission Trail Middle School is B+. Compared with Kansas public middle schools, the school scored higher than 67% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Mission Trail Middle School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 49.5% is 8.3 points below the 57.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Johnson County has these Census figures: the median household income is $109,208, about 58% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. In all, Johnson County has 168 public schools and roughly 93,598 students.
The school nearest to Mission Trail Middle School is Prairie Center Elem, at a distance of about 0.6 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 50.1%; Mission Trail Middle School's is 49.5%, ranking 5th of 9.
Mission Trail Middle School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 48 fewer students in 2024-25.
Community posts for Mission Trail Middle School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 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
Nearby schools
- Prairie Center Elem0.6 mi · 360
- Forest View Elem0.6 mi · 419
- Olathe West High School1.1 mi · 1,557
- Summit Trail Middle School1.8 mi · 576
- Rolling Ridge Elem1.9 mi · 366
- Clearwater Creek Elementary1.9 mi · 522
Frequently asked questions
About Mission Trail Middle SchoolHow large is Mission Trail Middle School?
Mission Trail Middle School enrolls approximately 680 students in grades 06-08.
Is Mission Trail Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mission Trail Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Mission Trail Middle School have?
Mission Trail Middle School employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mission Trail Middle School?
At Mission Trail Middle School, the student body is approximately 82% White, 7% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Mission Trail Middle School?
Mission Trail Middle School is overseen by Olathe in Johnson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.