Pawnee Elem

Pawnee Elem, a mid-sized elementary campus in Overland Park, Kansas, one of the schools within Shawnee Mission Pub Sch, hosts 374 students, covering grades pre-K through 6.

Shawnee Mission Pub Sch runs 45 schools in total, collectively educating 26,330 students. Pawnee Elem is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Pawnee Elem reports that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 30% Hispanic, 9% Black, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Johnson County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.2:1. The state averages about 13.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Johnson County runs at roughly 27%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Pawnee Elem tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.8%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Johnson County indicate median household earnings sit near $109,208, roughly 58% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pawnee Elem is one of 168 public schools in Johnson County (combined enrollment of about 93,598 students).

Apache Elem is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pawnee Elem ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 41.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 22%: 480 students in 2018 compared to 374 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 23% to 30%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

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