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Best kept secret at Olathe Northwest High School?
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Enrollment
1,958
High
DISTRICT 1,552 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OLATHE·NCES 201014001793
Olathe Northwest High School
21300 College Blvd, Olathe, KS 66061 · (913) 780-7150 · Johnson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,958 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of Kansas public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
15.7:1
125 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
286 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 | 500 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 477 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 463 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 517 | 26% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
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
52.8%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
47.9%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 | 52.8% | 47.9% |
| 2023-24 | 42.5% | 33.3% |
% 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
44.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.2%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Northwest High School
Olathe Northwest High School's state test result (44.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olathe Northwest High School this school | 1,958 | 14.6% | 44.1% |
| Mill Valley High School Shawnee | 1,432 | 10.7% | 49.4% |
| Andover High Andover | 1,018 | 19.7% | 43.4% |
| Olathe South Sr High Olathe | 1,778 | 21.5% | 34.1% |
| Andover Central High School Andover | 886 | 22.1% | 36.5% |
| Shawnee Mission East High Prairie Village | 1,737 | 12.7% | 45.7% |
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 Northwest High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #20 of 262 | #8 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #50 of 262 | #9 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #33 of 262 | #8 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,958 | #8 of 332 | #2 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #143 of 172 | #16 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.4% | #66 of 172 | #14 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.6% | #256 of 263 | #12 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.4% | #86 of 100 | #12 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
1,958
+99 (+5%) vs 2020
+15% since 2010-11, when it was 1,708
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 1,958 | 125.1 | 15.7:1 | 15% (286) |
| 2023-24 | 1,966 | 118.4 | 16.6:1 | 17% (327) |
| 2022-23 | 1,952 | 122.9 | 15.9:1 | 17% (327) |
| 2020-21 | 1,859 | 109 | 17.1:1 | 14% (269) |
| 2017-18 | 2,007 | 118 | 17.0:1 | 13% (259) |
| 2015-16 | 2,179 | N/A | N/A | 15% (326) |
| 2010-11 | 1,708 | 104 | 16.4:1 | 15% (263) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Olathe Northwest High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (2,007 to 1,958); teachers up 6% (118 to 125.1).
About Olathe Northwest High School
Among the schools in Olathe, Kansas, is Olathe Northwest High School, a high-enrollment high school. Classes run from 9 through 12, and the school has 1,958 students. Against the 410-student average for high schools in Kansas, enrollment here is 378% higher.
Olathe Northwest High School is one of 52 schools in Olathe, which enrolls 28,194 students in total.
Roughly 73% of students at Olathe Northwest High School are White. Other groups make up 10% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 44% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Olathe Northwest High School operates with 125.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 15.7:1. On average, high schools in Kansas have 11.9:1, compared with 15.7:1 here. Olathe Northwest High School reports 15% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 12 points below the 27% average for public schools in Johnson County.
Measured against Kansas public high schools, Olathe Northwest High School receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Olathe Northwest High School would be expected to post about 55.2%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 44.1%.
Olathe Northwest High School is located in Johnson County, where the median household income is $109,208, about 58% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 3%. Besides Olathe Northwest High School, Johnson County has 167 other public schools.
The closest public school to Olathe Northwest High School is Meadow Lane Elem, about 0.4 miles away. Olathe Northwest High School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 59.6%, higher than Olathe Northwest High School's 44.1%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment has grown by 99 students since 2020-21, to 1,958. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 15.7:1, from 17.1:1.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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Other schools in Olathe
- Olathe North Sr HighHigh · 2,011 students
- Olathe East Sr HighHigh · 1,844 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 East Sr HighHigh · 1,844 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
- Meadow Lane Elem0.4 mi · 349
- Prairie Trail Middle School0.5 mi · 709
- Millbrooke Elementary1.0 mi · 369
- Woodland Elem1.2 mi · 305
- Summit Trail Middle School1.2 mi · 576
- Manchester Park Elementary1.5 mi · 616
Frequently asked questions
About Olathe Northwest High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Olathe Northwest High School?
Olathe Northwest High School enrolls approximately 1,958 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Olathe Northwest High School serve?
Olathe Northwest High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Olathe Northwest High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Olathe Northwest High School is approximately 15.7:1 (125 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Olathe Northwest High School?
At Olathe Northwest High School, the student body is approximately 73% White, 10% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Olathe Northwest High School in?
Olathe Northwest High School is part of Olathe.
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