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Alumni: what's one memory from Overland Trail Middle that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
540
Middle
DISTRICT 570 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLUE VALLEY·NCES 201200001686
Overland Trail Middle
6201 W. 133rd St., Overland Park, KS 66209 · (913) 239-5400 · Johnson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL540 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of Kansas public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
115 students
DISTRICT 12% · 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 | 161 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 197 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 182 | 34% |
Student demographics
65%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
64.8%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
62.5%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 | 64.8% | 62.5% |
| 2023-24 | 46.8% | 46.6% |
% 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
54.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.0%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Middle
Overland Trail Middle's state test result (54.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overland Trail Middle this school | 540 | 21.3% | 54.4% |
| Harmony Middle Overland Park | 536 | 11.9% | 57.2% |
| Pleasant Ridge Middle Overland Park | 581 | 10.0% | 60.5% |
| Lakewood Middle Overland Park | 537 | 8.8% | 63.5% |
| Prairie Star Middle Leawood | 438 | 8.7% | 64.4% |
| Piper Middle Kansas City | 680 | 29.0% | 35.9% |
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 Overland Trail Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.4% | #19 of 192 | #13 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #18 of 192 | #14 of 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.8% | #15 of 192 | #12 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 540 | #71 of 225 | #24 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #42 of 161 | #7 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.2% | #30 of 161 | #4 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.3% | #174 of 195 | #15 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.8% | #70 of 98 | #14 of 21 |
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
540
-54 (-9%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 582
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 540 | 44.5 | 12.1:1 | 21% (115) |
| 2023-24 | 562 | 44.1 | 12.7:1 | 23% (131) |
| 2022-23 | 547 | 42.6 | 12.8:1 | 22% (119) |
| 2020-21 | 594 | 35 | 17.0:1 | 13% (79) |
| 2017-18 | 573 | 39 | 14.7:1 | 17% (96) |
| 2015-16 | 596 | 39 | 15.3:1 | 17% (102) |
| 2010-11 | 612 | 38 | 16.1:1 | 10% (62) |
| 2000-01 | 623 | 44 | 14.2:1 | 1% (9) |
| 1990-91 | 582 | 40 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Overland Trail Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (573 to 540); teachers up 14% (39 to 44.5).
About Overland Trail Middle
Overland Trail Middle operates as a medium-sized middle school in Overland Park, Kansas. A total of 540 students attend the school, which covers grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in Kansas is about 402 students, so this school is 34% above average.
The district, Blue Valley, has 22,225 students enrolled across 37 schools.
Roughly 54% of students at Overland Trail Middle are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 20% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 7% Black. The White share of the county population is higher, at 79%. Pick two students at random and there is a 65% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 44.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.1:1. That is close to the 12.7:1 average for middle schools in Kansas. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Overland Trail Middle is 21%.
Overland Trail Middle is graded A by allk12, scoring above 92% of Kansas public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Overland Trail Middle is 2.4 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 54.4% actual, 52.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Kansas.
In Johnson County (population about 620,631), the median household income is $109,208, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 58%, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. Overland Trail Middle is one of 168 public schools in the county.
The next-closest public school is Overland Trail Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Overland Trail Middle ranks 8th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment declined 9% from its 2020-21 level of 594. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 17.0:1 to 12.1:1.
Community posts for Overland Trail Middle can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. 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 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
Other Overland Trail Middle schools
One other US public school is named Overland Trail Middle. Overland Trail Middle is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Overland Trail Middle SchoolBRIGHTON, CO · 581 students
Nearby schools
- Overland Trail Elementary0.2 mi · 531
- Mission Trail Elementary1.2 mi · 384
- Valley Park Elementary1.3 mi · 549
- Blue Valley North High1.5 mi · 1,376
- Heartland Elementary1.5 mi · 412
- Lakewood Elementary1.6 mi · 456
Frequently asked questions
About Overland Trail MiddleHow many students attend Overland Trail Middle?
Overland Trail Middle enrolls approximately 540 students in grades 06-08.
Is Overland Trail Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Overland Trail Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Overland Trail Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Overland Trail Middle is approximately 12.1:1 (44 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Overland Trail Middle?
Overland Trail Middle reports a student body of 54% White, 10% Hispanic, 7% Black, 20% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Overland Trail Middle public or private?
Overland Trail Middle 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.