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Enrollment
1,844
High
DISTRICT 1,552 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OLATHE·NCES 201014000040
Olathe East Sr High
14545 W 127th St, Olathe, KS 66062 · (913) 780-7120 · Johnson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,844 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of Kansas public high schools
- A-Test 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
128 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
519 students
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 51%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 428 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 414 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 516 | 28% |
| Grade 12 | 484 | 26% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
Student demographics
61%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
44.9%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
40.3%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 | 44.9% | 40.3% |
| 2023-24 | 40.9% | 28.2% |
% 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
35.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Olathe East Sr High
Olathe East Sr High's state test result (35.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olathe East Sr High this school | 1,844 | 28.1% | 35.7% |
| Olathe South Sr High Olathe | 1,778 | 21.5% | 34.1% |
| Shawnee Mission South High Overland Park | 1,574 | 36.0% | 36.6% |
| Lawrence Free State High Lawrence | 1,774 | 30.3% | 41.3% |
| Piper High Kansas City | 913 | 24.8% | 31.1% |
| Maize Sr High Maize | 1,444 | 29.5% | 25.3% |
Matched among Kansas high 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 Olathe East Sr High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #71 of 262 | #14 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #97 of 262 | #15 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #80 of 262 | #14 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,844 | #12 of 332 | #3 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #119 of 172 | #6 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.1% | #24 of 172 | #5 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.1% | #225 of 263 | #7 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.9% | #74 of 100 | #9 of 14 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,844
-113 (-6%) vs 2020
+28% since 2000-01, when it was 1,444
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 1,844 | 127.8 | 14.4:1 | 28% (519) |
| 2023-24 | 1,825 | 129.3 | 14.1:1 | 33% (597) |
| 2022-23 | 1,903 | 129.3 | 14.7:1 | 31% (582) |
| 2020-21 | 1,957 | 117 | 16.7:1 | 25% (482) |
| 2017-18 | 1,918 | 128.2 | 15.0:1 | 25% (483) |
| 2015-16 | 1,995 | N/A | N/A | 22% (440) |
| 2010-11 | 2,103 | 131 | 16.1:1 | 17% (355) |
| 2000-01 | 1,444 | 100 | 14.4:1 | 4% (51) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Olathe East Sr High.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (1,918 to 1,844); teachers unchanged (128.2 to 127.8).
About Olathe East Sr High
Olathe East Sr High is a public high-enrollment high school in Olathe, Kansas. The school had 1,844 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (high schools in Kansas) has about 410 students.
In Olathe, 52 schools enroll a combined 28,194 students.
At 58%, White students outnumber all other groups at Olathe East Sr High combined. Other students are 19% Hispanic, 13% Black, 5% multiracial, and 5% Asian. By comparison, Johnson County residents are about 79% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Olathe East Sr High belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 61%.
Federal data list 127.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at Olathe East Sr High in 2024-25, for a ratio of 14.4:1. The average ratio among high schools in Kansas is 11.9:1, lower than at this school. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 28%. That is close to the 27% average for public schools in Johnson County.
allk12 grades Olathe East Sr High a B. The grade compares the school only with Kansas public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Olathe East Sr High sits between the top and bottom 10% of Kansas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 35.7% and a predicted 48.7%.
Johnson County has these Census figures: median household income is about $109,208, about 58% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 3%. Olathe East Sr High is among the 168 public schools in Johnson County.
The shortest distance from Olathe East Sr High to another public school is about 0.6 miles, to Regency Place Elementary. The five-mile area around Olathe East Sr High holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 50.5%, higher than Olathe East Sr High's 35.7%.
In the federal locale system, Olathe East Sr High is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 1,844, 6% below the 1,957 of 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 14.4 students per teacher, compared with 16.7 in 2020-21.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 South Sr HighHigh · 1,778 students
- Olathe West High SchoolHigh · 1,557 students
- Prairie Trail Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
- Frontier Trail Middle SchoolMiddle · 693 students
Other schools in Olathe
- Olathe North Sr HighHigh · 2,011 students
- Olathe Northwest High SchoolHigh · 1,958 students
- Olathe South Sr HighHigh · 1,778 students
- Olathe West High SchoolHigh · 1,557 students
- Prairie Trail Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
- Frontier Trail Middle SchoolMiddle · 693 students
Nearby schools
- Regency Place Elementary0.6 mi · 435
- Pioneer Trail Middle School0.6 mi · 617
- Heatherstone Elem0.8 mi · 346
- California Trail Middle School0.8 mi · 584
- Indian Creek Elem0.8 mi · 349
- Countryside Elementary1.0 mi · 349
Frequently asked questions
About Olathe East Sr HighHow large is Olathe East Sr High?
Olathe East Sr High enrolls approximately 1,844 students in grades 09-12.
Is Olathe East Sr High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Olathe East Sr High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Olathe East Sr High have?
Olathe East Sr High employs 128 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Olathe East Sr High?
Student demographics at Olathe East Sr High are roughly 58% White, 19% Hispanic, 13% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Olathe East Sr High in?
Olathe East Sr High is part of Olathe.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.