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What's the biggest difference between Mize Elementary School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
474
Elementary
DISTRICT 424 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DE SOTO·NCES 200549001724
Mize Elementary School
7301 Mize Road, Shawnee, KS 66227 · (913) 441-0880 · Johnson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL474 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
63 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
72.6%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
70.6%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 | 72.6% | 70.6% |
| 2023-24 | 62.8% | 68.9% |
% 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
69.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.9%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Mize Elementary School
Mize Elementary School's state test result (69.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mize Elementary School this school | 474 | 13.3% | 69.4% |
| Clear Creek Elem Shawnee | 461 | 10.4% | 70.9% |
| Forest View Elem Olathe | 419 | 11.2% | 63.6% |
| Trailwood Elem Overland Park | 429 | 14.7% | 72.2% |
| Clearwater Creek Elementary Olathe | 522 | 13.0% | 70.1% |
| 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 Mize Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.4% | #30 of 625 | #20 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.6% | #34 of 625 | #24 of 111 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.6% | #50 of 625 | #38 of 111 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 474 | #94 of 714 | #24 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #128 of 539 | #21 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.2% | #360 of 540 | #93 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.3% | #619 of 658 | #78 of 111 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.8% | #44 of 151 | #6 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
474
+48 (+11%) vs 2020
+22% since 2000-01, when it was 390
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 474 | 39 | 12.2:1 | 13% (63) |
| 2023-24 | 453 | 34.4 | 13.2:1 | 11% (49) |
| 2022-23 | 459 | 32.4 | 14.2:1 | 10% (47) |
| 2020-21 | 426 | 33 | 12.9:1 | 6% (25) |
| 2017-18 | 413 | 27 | 15.3:1 | 6% (26) |
| 2015-16 | 389 | 28 | 13.9:1 | 6% (22) |
| 2010-11 | 387 | 25 | 15.5:1 | 7% (27) |
| 2000-01 | 390 | 34 | 11.5:1 | 5% (19) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mize Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (413 to 474); teachers up 44% (27 to 39).
About Mize Elementary School
Mize Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school. Its address is in Shawnee, Kansas. It has an enrollment of 474 students in pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in Kansas enroll around 313, and this school is 51% above that mark.
Enrollment across the 13 schools in De Soto totals 7,067 students.
Of every 100 students at Mize Elementary School, about 80 are White. Other reported shares: 7% multiracial, 6% Black, and 6% Hispanic. Among Johnson County residents, the White share is about 79%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Mize Elementary School scores 35%.
Mize Elementary School lists 39 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 12.2 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Kansas is 13.2:1. About 13% of students at Mize Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 27% average for public schools in Johnson County.
In Kansas, Mize Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 69.4% actual against a predicted 55.9%.
Looking at the county, Johnson County, median household income comes to about $109,208, about 58% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 3%. The county's public schools total 168, with about 93,598 students.
The closest school to Mize Elementary School is Mill Creek Middle School, located about 0.8 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Mize Elementary School is 4th of 9 on proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Fringe.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 474, from 426 in 2020-21.
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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 De Soto
- Mill Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,432 students
- De Soto High SchoolHigh · 918 students
- Mill Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 676 students
- Monticello Trails Middle SchoolMiddle · 655 students
- Clear Creek ElemElementary · 461 students
- Riverview ElementaryElementary · 441 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
Nearby schools
- Mill Creek Middle School0.8 mi · 676
- Horizon Elementary1.9 mi · 351
- Belmont Elementary School2.1 mi · 381
- Prairie Ridge Elementary School2.5 mi · 431
- Monticello Trails Middle School2.6 mi · 655
- Mill Valley High School2.7 mi · 1,432
Frequently asked questions
About Mize Elementary SchoolHow large is Mize Elementary School?
Mize Elementary School enrolls approximately 474 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Mize Elementary School serve?
Mize Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mize Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mize Elementary School is approximately 12.2:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Mize Elementary School?
Student demographics at Mize Elementary School are roughly 80% White, 6% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Mize Elementary School?
Mize Elementary School is overseen by De Soto in Johnson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.