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If you had an hour of school board time for Oregon Trail Middle School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
632
Middle
DISTRICT 627 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OLATHE·NCES 201014000136
Oregon Trail Middle School
1800 W Dennis Ave, Olathe, KS 66061 · (913) 780-7250 · Johnson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL632 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
283 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 | 215 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 210 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 207 | 33% |
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
38.4%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
35.5%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 | 38.4% | 35.5% |
| 2023-24 | 25.3% | 25.1% |
% 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
30.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.8%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Oregon Trail Middle School
Oregon Trail Middle School's state test result (30.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon Trail Middle School this school | 632 | 44.8% | 30.5% |
| Indian Trail Middle School Olathe | 582 | 49.0% | 27.2% |
| Santa Fe Trail Middle School Olathe | 623 | 50.9% | 29.9% |
| Trailridge Middle Shawnee | 752 | 42.6% | 41.8% |
| Hocker Grove Middle Shawnee | 714 | 53.6% | 33.6% |
| Pioneer Trail Middle School Olathe | 617 | 48.0% | 29.4% |
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 Oregon Trail Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #105 of 192 | #29 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #101 of 192 | #30 of 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #109 of 192 | #29 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 632 | #46 of 225 | #13 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #19 of 161 | #2 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.3% | #41 of 161 | #7 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.8% | #119 of 195 | #6 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.9% | #32 of 54 | #3 of 8 |
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
632
-47 (-7%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 661
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 632 | 55.5 | 11.4:1 | 45% (283) |
| 2023-24 | 638 | 52.5 | 12.2:1 | 47% (301) |
| 2022-23 | 657 | 53.7 | 12.2:1 | 46% (304) |
| 2020-21 | 679 | 60 | 11.3:1 | 44% (301) |
| 2017-18 | 597 | 49 | 12.2:1 | 49% (295) |
| 2015-16 | 550 | N/A | N/A | 57% (314) |
| 2010-11 | 445 | 41 | 10.8:1 | 57% (252) |
| 2000-01 | 747 | 57 | 13.1:1 | 19% (141) |
| 1990-91 | 661 | 48 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oregon Trail Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (597 to 632); teachers up 13% (49 to 55.5).
About Oregon Trail Middle School
Oregon Trail Middle School is a middle school in Olathe, Kansas, and it is part of Olathe. It enrolls 632 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 57% above the 402-student average for middle schools in Kansas.
Olathe oversees Oregon Trail Middle School and 51 other schools, with 28,194 students in total.
The share of White students at Oregon Trail Middle School is 51%, a majority. After that, the student body is 34% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census figures show Johnson County is about 79% White. A diversity index of 61% means there is a 61% chance two randomly chosen students at Oregon Trail Middle School are from different groups.
The school has 55.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 11.4 students per teacher. Middle schools in Kansas average 12.7:1, 1.3 more students per teacher than here. Of all students at Oregon Trail Middle School, 45% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Johnson County average 27%.
Oregon Trail Middle School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Kansas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 30.5% and a predicted 40.8%.
In the surrounding county, Johnson County, median household income comes to about $109,208, about 58% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. The county has 168 public schools and about 93,598 students.
Clearwater Creek Elementary is the nearest public school to Oregon Trail Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Oregon Trail Middle School is 7th of 8 on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 7%, from 679 to 632.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 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
Other schools in Olathe
- Olathe North Sr HighHigh · 2,011 students
- Olathe Northwest High SchoolHigh · 1,958 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
Nearby schools
- Clearwater Creek Elementary0.2 mi · 522
- Rolling Ridge Elem0.6 mi · 366
- Westview Elem1.0 mi · 164
- Olathe West High School1.1 mi · 1,557
- Prairie Center Elem1.6 mi · 360
- Fairview Elem1.6 mi · 244
Frequently asked questions
About Oregon Trail Middle SchoolHow many students attend Oregon Trail Middle School?
Oregon Trail Middle School enrolls approximately 632 students in grades 06-08.
Is Oregon Trail Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Oregon Trail Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Oregon Trail Middle School have?
Oregon Trail Middle School employs 56 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Oregon Trail Middle School?
Student demographics at Oregon Trail Middle School are roughly 51% White, 34% Hispanic, 7% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Oregon Trail Middle School?
Oregon Trail Middle School is overseen by Olathe in Johnson County.
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