Overland Trail Middle

Overland Trail Middle is one of the medium-sized 6-8 campuss in Overland Park, Kansas, operated by Blue Valley, with 540 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 34% larger than the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 402 students.

Within Blue Valley, which oversees 40 schools and 22,491 students, Overland Trail Middle is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Overland Trail Middle reports that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 20% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 7% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

On the resource side, Overland Trail Middle reports 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.1:1. The state averages about 12.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 21% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Overland Trail Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.0%, the actual is 54.4%, a residual of +2.4 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Johnson County) logs that median household earnings sit near $109,208, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Johnson County's 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 93,598 students), Overland Trail Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Overland Trail Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Overland Trail Middle comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 66.6%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Overland Trail Middle has contracted 6%, going from 573 students in 2018 to 540 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

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