Enrollment
374
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHAWNEE MISSION PUB SCH·NCES 201164001547
Pawnee Elem
9501 W 91st St, Overland Park, KS 66212 · (913) 993-4300 · Johnson County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL374 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
189 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 3 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 42 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 17% larger than its 6th grade class (42).
Student demographics
67%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
45.2%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
33.8%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 | 45.2% | 33.8% |
| 2023-24 | 44.5% | 31.4% |
% 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
37.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.0%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Pawnee Elem
Pawnee Elem's state test result (37.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pawnee Elem this school | 374 | 50.5% | 37.8% |
| Rushton Elem Mission | 336 | 53.0% | 52.8% |
| Roesland Elem Roeland Park | 350 | 45.4% | 61.2% |
| Morris Hill Elem Fort Riley | 413 | 49.6% | 50.8% |
| Bluejacket-Flint Shawnee | 395 | 45.1% | 51.8% |
| Theo Roosevelt Elem Manhattan | 468 | 52.6% | 48.5% |
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 Pawnee Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #391 of 625 | #97 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #424 of 625 | #103 of 111 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #380 of 625 | #93 of 111 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 374 | #234 of 714 | #63 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #244 of 539 | #44 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.6% | #79 of 540 | #7 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.5% | #370 of 658 | #25 of 111 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.1% | #93 of 377 | #16 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
374
-19 (-5%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 332
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 374 | 28.3 | 13.2:1 | 51% (189) |
| 2023-24 | 400 | 29.2 | 13.7:1 | 51% (204) |
| 2022-23 | 392 | 28.2 | 13.9:1 | 49% (191) |
| 2020-21 | 393 | 27 | 14.6:1 | 44% (173) |
| 2017-18 | 480 | 27.7 | 17.3:1 | 46% (222) |
| 2015-16 | 457 | 30 | 15.2:1 | 54% (249) |
| 2010-11 | 476 | 27 | 17.6:1 | 46% (219) |
| 2000-01 | 344 | 24 | 14.3:1 | 10% (34) |
| 1990-91 | 332 | 20 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pawnee Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (480 to 374); teachers up 2% (27.7 to 28.3).
About Pawnee Elem
Located in Overland Park, Kansas, Pawnee Elem is a medium-sized elementary school. It enrolled 374 students in pre-K through 6 for the 2024-25 school year.
Shawnee Mission Pub Sch has a total of 45 schools and 26,330 students, Pawnee Elem among them.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Pawnee Elem is White (48%). Enrollment also includes 30% Hispanic, 9% Black, 8% multiracial, and 4% Asian. The school's White share is 31 points below the 79% share among Johnson County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Pawnee Elem belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 67%.
Pawnee Elem employs 28.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 13.2:1. Elementary schools in Kansas have a similar average ratio of 13.2:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 51% in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Johnson County average 27%.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 38.0% for Pawnee Elem. The school posts 37.8%, within a point of the prediction.
Johnson County has these Census figures: median household income is about $109,208, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 58%, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. Pawnee Elem is among the 168 public schools in Johnson County.
Apache Elem is the public school closest to Pawnee Elem, about 0.9 miles away. Pawnee Elem has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Pawnee Elem's average proficiency of 37.8% compares with 41.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
In the federal locale system, Pawnee Elem is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment was 393 in 2020-21 and 374 in 2024-25, a decrease of 19 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.2:1.
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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 Shawnee Mission Pub Sch
- Shawnee Mission East HighHigh · 1,737 students
- Shawnee Mission Northwest HighHigh · 1,599 students
- Shawnee Mission West HighHigh · 1,599 students
- Shawnee Mission South HighHigh · 1,574 students
- Shawnee Mission North HighHigh · 1,502 students
- Indian Hills MiddleMiddle · 879 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 Pawnee Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Pawnee Elementary. Pawnee Elem is the largest of the 3.
- PAWNEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLOMAHA, NE · 341 students
- Pawnee Elementary SchoolPawnee, OK · 293 students
Nearby schools
- Apache Elem0.9 mi · 526
- Shawnee Mission West High1.0 mi · 1,599
- Westridge Middle1.2 mi · 761
- Comanche Elem1.3 mi · 369
- Brookridge Elem1.3 mi · 548
- Oak Park-Carpenter Elementary1.6 mi · 480
Frequently asked questions
About Pawnee ElemHow many students attend Pawnee Elem?
Pawnee Elem enrolls approximately 374 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Pawnee Elem serve?
Pawnee Elem serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does Pawnee Elem have?
Pawnee Elem employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
How diverse is Pawnee Elem?
Pawnee Elem reports a student body of 48% White, 30% Hispanic, 9% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Pawnee Elem?
Pawnee Elem is overseen by Shawnee Mission Pub Sch in Johnson County.
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