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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Overland Trail Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
531
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLUE VALLEY·NCES 201200001685
Overland Trail Elementary
6225 W. 133rd St., Overland Park, KS 66209 · (913) 239-7000 · Johnson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL531 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of Kansas public elementary 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.
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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
77 students
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 51%
Community
6
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
73.4%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
60.8%
KS avg 38.8%
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 61 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 | 73.4% | 60.8% |
| 2023-24 | 57.7% | 58.3% |
% 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
66.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.3%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% 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 Overland Trail Elementary
Overland Trail Elementary's state test result (66.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overland Trail Elementary this school | 531 | 14.5% | 66.8% |
| Lakewood Elementary Overland Park | 456 | 11.8% | 72.3% |
| Cedar Hills Elementary Overland Park | 587 | 11.2% | 63.5% |
| Heartland Elementary Overland Park | 412 | 16.3% | 66.1% |
| Liberty View Elementary Olathe | 430 | 13.5% | 55.6% |
| Wolf Springs Elementary School Overland Park | 541 | 6.5% | 63.1% |
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 Overland Trail Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #49 of 625 | #32 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.8% | #108 of 625 | #60 of 111 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.4% | #46 of 625 | #34 of 111 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 531 | #54 of 714 | #13 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #301 of 539 | #55 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.0% | #83 of 540 | #9 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.5% | #613 of 658 | #72 of 111 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.2% | #204 of 377 | #42 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
531
-63 (-11%) vs 2020
+29% since 1990-91, when it was 411
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 19.2:1
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 | 531 | 38.7 | 13.7:1 | 15% (77) |
| 2023-24 | 591 | 41.2 | 14.3:1 | 18% (109) |
| 2022-23 | 588 | 42.2 | 13.9:1 | 21% (121) |
| 2020-21 | 594 | 31 | 19.2:1 | 14% (86) |
| 2017-18 | 605 | 39.2 | 15.4:1 | 12% (71) |
| 2015-16 | 595 | 38 | 15.7:1 | 14% (86) |
| 2010-11 | 608 | 37 | 16.4:1 | 11% (69) |
| 2000-01 | 447 | 31 | 14.4:1 | 0% (1) |
| 1990-91 | 411 | 25 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Overland Trail Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (605 to 531); teachers down 1% (39.2 to 38.7).
About Overland Trail Elementary
Overland Trail Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Overland Park, Kansas. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 531 students on the rolls. Across elementary schools in Kansas, the average enrollment is about 313.
Overland Trail Elementary is a school in Blue Valley. The district has 37 schools and 22,225 students.
The share of White students at Overland Trail Elementary is 50%, a majority. After that, the student body is 27% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 7% multiracial. Census figures show Johnson County is about 79% White. A diversity index of 66% means there is a 66% chance two randomly chosen students at Overland Trail Elementary are from different groups.
The school has 38.7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 13.7 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Kansas is about 13.2:1. The school reported 15% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Johnson County average 27%.
Overland Trail Elementary holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 88% of Kansas public elementary schools.
Schools in Kansas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 55.3%. Overland Trail Elementary scores 66.8%.
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.
Overland Trail Middle is about 0.2 miles from Overland Trail Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Overland Trail Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Federal data place Overland Trail Elementary in the City: Mid-size locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 594 (2020-21) to 531 (2024-25). From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 19.2:1 to 13.7:1.
The discussion board for Overland Trail Elementary is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Blue Valley
- Blue Valley West HighHigh · 1,534 students
- Blue Valley Northwest HighHigh · 1,496 students
- Blue Valley HighHigh · 1,396 students
- Blue Valley North HighHigh · 1,376 students
- Blue Valley Southwest High SchoolHigh · 1,057 students
- Aubry Bend Middle SchoolMiddle · 792 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
- Overland Trail Middle0.2 mi · 540
- Valley Park Elementary1.3 mi · 549
- Heartland Elementary1.4 mi · 412
- Mission Trail Elementary1.4 mi · 384
- Blue Valley North High1.5 mi · 1,376
- Lakewood Elementary1.6 mi · 456
Frequently asked questions
About Overland Trail ElementaryHow large is Overland Trail Elementary?
Overland Trail Elementary enrolls approximately 531 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Overland Trail Elementary serve?
Overland Trail Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Overland Trail Elementary?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Overland Trail Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Overland Trail Elementary?
Student demographics at Overland Trail Elementary are roughly 50% White, 8% Hispanic, 7% Black, 27% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Overland Trail Elementary public or private?
Overland Trail Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Blue Valley.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.