Overland Park Elem

In Overland Park, Kansas, Overland Park Elem is a mid-sized elementary school. It is open to students in pre-K through 6 and enrolls 391 students. That is 25% larger than the average of about 313 students for elementary schools in Kansas.

In Shawnee Mission Pub Sch, 45 schools enroll a combined 26,330 students.

Federal enrollment data show Overland Park Elem is 51% White. Other groups include 29% Hispanic, 10% Black, and 9% multiracial. The county population is about 79% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 64, compared with 70 nationally.

For every teacher at Overland Park Elem, there are about 15.2 students; the school has 25.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Kansas, 13.2:1, is lower. There are 207 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 53% of enrollment. Across public schools in Johnson County, the average is 27%.

Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Overland Park Elem would score about 36.9%. It scores 36.3%, within a point of that figure.

Census data for Johnson County show median household income comes to about $109,208, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 58%, and about 3% of people live in poverty. There are 168 public schools in the county, enrolling about 93,598, Overland Park Elem among them.

Shawnee Mission West High, about 0.7 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Overland Park Elem is 7th among 9 schools close by.

NCES assigns Overland Park Elem the locale City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

Overland Park Elem had 399 students in 2020-21 and 391 in 2024-25, nearly the same.

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