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What's one thing Oak Park-Carpenter Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
480
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHAWNEE MISSION PUB SCH·NCES 201164001893
Oak Park-Carpenter Elementary
10000 Nieman Rd, Overland Park, KS 66214 · (913) 993-4100 · Johnson County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL480 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
116 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 6 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 71 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 18% smaller than its 6th grade class (71).
Student demographics
44%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
72.5%
KS avg 44.5% . +8.4pp since 2023
Math
66.8%
KS avg 38.8% . +1.3pp since 2023
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 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.5% | 66.8% |
| 2023-24 | 64.1% | 65.5% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades.
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
67.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.6%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 51% 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 17 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 Oak Park-Carpenter Elementary
Oak Park-Carpenter Elementary's state test result (67.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Park-Carpenter Elementary this school | 480 | 24.2% | 67.2% |
| Quail Run Elementary Lawrence | 421 | 25.2% | 60.2% |
| Mill Creek Elem Shawnee | 495 | 20.0% | 63.6% |
| Belmont Elementary School Shawnee | 381 | 23.4% | 60.5% |
| Meadowlark Elementary Wichita | 372 | 21.8% | 61.6% |
| Apollo Elementary School Goddard | 544 | 29.0% | 68.0% |
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 Oak Park-Carpenter Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.2% | #46 of 625 | #30 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #58 of 625 ▼ 3 | #36 of 111 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #52 of 625 ▼ 16 | #40 of 111 ▼ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 480 | #86 of 714 | #21 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #466 of 539 | #97 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.0% | #300 of 540 | #72 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.2% | #576 of 658 | #51 of 111 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.9% | #281 of 377 | #57 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
480
-18 (-4%) vs 2020
-6% since 2010-11, when it was 508
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 480 | 30.8 | 15.6:1 | 24% (116) |
| 2023-24 | 510 | 32.4 | 15.7:1 | 26% (132) |
| 2022-23 | 503 | 33 | 15.2:1 | 23% (116) |
| 2020-21 | 498 | 32 | 15.6:1 | 20% (98) |
| 2017-18 | 521 | 34.4 | 15.2:1 | 21% (109) |
| 2015-16 | 521 | 34 | 15.3:1 | 25% (128) |
| 2010-11 | 508 | 32 | 15.9:1 | 23% (119) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oak Park-Carpenter Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (521 to 480); teachers down 10% (34.4 to 30.8).
About Oak Park-Carpenter Elementary
Oak Park-Carpenter Elementary, a large elementary school, is located in Overland Park, Kansas. The school serves pre-K through 6. Enrollment is 480 students. It has 53% more students than the average for elementary schools in Kansas (about 313).
Oak Park-Carpenter Elementary falls under Shawnee Mission Pub Sch, which has 45 schools enrolling 26,330 students.
About 73% of the student body at Oak Park-Carpenter Elementary is White. Enrollment also includes 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Black, and 3% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 44%.
Its staff includes 30.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 15.6 students per teacher. The gap from the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas is 2.4 students per teacher. Roughly 24% of students at Oak Park-Carpenter Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Johnson County is similar, at 27%.
Oak Park-Carpenter Elementary is 16.5 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in Kansas.
Looking at the county, Johnson County, the median household earns about $109,208 a year, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Oak Park-Carpenter Elementary, Johnson County has 168 public schools.
Oak Park-Carpenter Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Westridge Middle, about 0.9 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Oak Park-Carpenter Elementary ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Mid-size: the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school's enrollment fell 4% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Oak Park-Carpenter Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Shawnee Mission Pub Sch
- Shawnee Mission East HighHigh · 1,737 students
- Shawnee Mission Northwest HighHigh · 1,599 students
- Shawnee Mission West HighHigh · 1,599 students
- Shawnee Mission South HighHigh · 1,574 students
- Shawnee Mission North HighHigh · 1,502 students
- Indian Hills MiddleMiddle · 879 students
Other schools in Overland Park
- Shawnee Mission West HighHigh · 1,599 students
- Shawnee Mission South HighHigh · 1,574 students
- Blue Valley West HighHigh · 1,534 students
- Shawnee Mission North HighHigh · 1,502 students
- Blue Valley Northwest HighHigh · 1,496 students
- Blue Valley North HighHigh · 1,376 students
Nearby schools
- Westridge Middle0.9 mi · 761
- Rosehill Elem1.0 mi · 477
- Apache Elem1.4 mi · 526
- Pawnee Elem1.6 mi · 374
- Brookridge Elem2.0 mi · 548
- Indian Valley Elementary2.0 mi · 431
Frequently asked questions
About Oak Park-Carpenter ElementaryHow many students attend Oak Park-Carpenter Elementary?
Oak Park-Carpenter Elementary enrolls approximately 480 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Oak Park-Carpenter Elementary serve?
Oak Park-Carpenter Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Oak Park-Carpenter Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Oak Park-Carpenter Elementary is approximately 15.6:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Oak Park-Carpenter Elementary?
At Oak Park-Carpenter Elementary, the student body is approximately 73% White, 11% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Oak Park-Carpenter Elementary in?
Oak Park-Carpenter Elementary is part of Shawnee Mission Pub Sch.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.