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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Monticello Trails Middle School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
655
Middle
DISTRICT 575 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DE SOTO·NCES 200549000898
Monticello Trails Middle School
6100 Monticello Rd, Shawnee, KS 66226 · (913) 422-1100 · Johnson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL655 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% 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.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
13.4:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
86 students
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 51%
Community
5
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 | 207 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 247 | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 201 | 31% |
Student demographics
28%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
58.0%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
61.4%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 | 58.0% | 61.4% |
| 2023-24 | 44.7% | 44.9% |
% 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
49.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.9%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% 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 Monticello Trails Middle School
Monticello Trails Middle School's state test result (49.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monticello Trails Middle School this school | 655 | 13.1% | 49.8% |
| Mill Creek Middle School Lenexa | 676 | 12.7% | 43.5% |
| Mission Trail Middle School Olathe | 680 | 9.3% | 49.5% |
| Indian Hills Middle Prairie Village | 879 | 13.8% | 62.3% |
| Leawood Middle Leawood | 493 | 7.7% | 61.0% |
| Basehor-Linwood Middle School Basehor | 679 | 22.1% | 47.5% |
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 Monticello Trails Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #26 of 192 | #17 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #21 of 192 | #17 of 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #25 of 192 | #18 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 655 | #38 of 225 | #12 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #87 of 161 | #19 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.8% | #137 of 161 | #31 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.1% | #184 of 195 | #22 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.2% | #93 of 98 | #20 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
655
-35 (-5%) vs 2020
+49% since 2000-01, when it was 440
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 655 | 48.9 | 13.4:1 | 13% (86) |
| 2023-24 | 684 | 43.1 | 15.9:1 | 12% (84) |
| 2022-23 | 699 | 44.6 | 15.7:1 | 8% (56) |
| 2020-21 | 690 | 44 | 15.7:1 | 5% (36) |
| 2017-18 | 663 | 46 | 14.4:1 | 6% (42) |
| 2015-16 | 737 | 45 | 16.4:1 | 8% (56) |
| 2010-11 | 650 | 43 | 15.1:1 | 10% (67) |
| 2000-01 | 440 | 31 | 14.2:1 | 4% (17) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Monticello Trails Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (663 to 655); teachers up 6% (46 to 48.9).
About Monticello Trails Middle School
Shawnee, Kansas, is home to Monticello Trails Middle School, a large middle-grades school. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 655 students. The typical figure for middle schools in Kansas is about 402 students.
De Soto enrolls 7,067 students in 13 schools, including Monticello Trails Middle School.
Federal enrollment data show Monticello Trails Middle School is 85% White. After that, the student body is 5% Black, 5% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 28% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at Monticello Trails Middle School is 48.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 13.4:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 12.7:1 average for middle schools in Kansas. About 13% of students, or 86, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 27% average among public schools in Johnson County.
Measured against Kansas public middle schools, Monticello Trails Middle School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Compared with Kansas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Monticello Trails Middle School's results are 6.1 points below predicted: 49.8% against 55.9%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Johnson County show that the median household income is $109,208, roughly 58% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. Monticello Trails Middle School is one of 168 public schools in the county.
The shortest distance from Monticello Trails Middle School to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Mill Valley High School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Monticello Trails Middle School comes in 7th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has fallen by 35 students since 2020-21, to 655. By 2024-25, the school had 13.4 students per teacher, compared with 15.7 in 2020-21.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Monticello Trails Middle School, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Mize Elementary SchoolElementary · 474 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
- Shawanoe ElemElementary · 530 students
- Mill Creek ElemElementary · 495 students
Nearby schools
- Mill Valley High School0.2 mi · 1,432
- Prairie Ridge Elementary School0.3 mi · 431
- Clear Creek Elem0.4 mi · 461
- Horizon Elementary1.4 mi · 351
- Belmont Elementary School1.4 mi · 381
- Riverview Elementary1.9 mi · 441
Frequently asked questions
About Monticello Trails Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Monticello Trails Middle School?
Monticello Trails Middle School enrolls approximately 655 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Monticello Trails Middle School serve?
Monticello Trails Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Monticello Trails Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Monticello Trails Middle School is approximately 13.4:1 (49 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Monticello Trails Middle School?
At Monticello Trails Middle School, the student body is approximately 85% White, 5% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Monticello Trails Middle School public or private?
Monticello Trails Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by De Soto.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.