Northview Elem

Northview Elem, a tight-knit elementary campus in Olathe, Kansas, one of the schools within Olathe, teaches 218 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 313 students per school, that is 30% leaner than typical.

Across the 52 schools in Olathe (28,194 students total), Northview Elem accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Northview Elem logs that 56% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 29% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Northview Elem tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Johnson County's rate of about 27%.

After controlling for student poverty, Northview Elem sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.3%; this one delivers 38.3%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Johnson County) shows that median household income runs about $109,208, roughly 58% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Johnson County's 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 93,598 students), Northview Elem is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Olathe North Sr High, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Northview Elem. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Northview Elem at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 41.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 17%: 264 students in 2018 compared to 218 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 15% to 29% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 in 2025.

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