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What's one thing Pleasant Ridge Middle gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
581
Middle
DISTRICT 570 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLUE VALLEY·NCES 201200001291
Pleasant Ridge Middle
9000 W. 165th St., Overland Park, KS 66085 · (913) 239-5700 · Johnson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL581 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% of Kansas public middle schools
- A+Test 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
14.0:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
58 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 | 187 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 196 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 198 | 34% |
Student demographics
56%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
69.2%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
69.3%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 | 69.2% | 69.3% |
| 2023-24 | 54.5% | 60.0% |
% 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
60.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.4%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Pleasant Ridge Middle
Pleasant Ridge Middle's state test result (60.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Ridge Middle this school | 581 | 10.0% | 60.5% |
| Lakewood Middle Overland Park | 537 | 8.8% | 63.5% |
| Harmony Middle Overland Park | 536 | 11.9% | 57.2% |
| Overland Trail Middle Overland Park | 540 | 21.3% | 54.4% |
| Prairie Star Middle Leawood | 438 | 8.7% | 64.4% |
| Aubry Bend Middle School Overland Park | 792 | 5.6% | 64.0% |
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 Pleasant Ridge Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #7 of 192 | #6 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.3% | #7 of 192 | #6 of 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.2% | #6 of 192 | #6 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 581 | #62 of 225 | #20 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #112 of 161 | #26 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.3% | #55 of 161 | #11 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.0% | #188 of 195 | #25 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.2% | #73 of 98 | #15 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
581
-32 (-5%) vs 2020
+15% since 2000-01, when it was 504
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 18.0:1
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 | 581 | 41.6 | 14.0:1 | 10% (58) |
| 2023-24 | 592 | 41.5 | 14.3:1 | 8% (48) |
| 2022-23 | 608 | 45.2 | 13.4:1 | 7% (44) |
| 2020-21 | 613 | 34 | 18.0:1 | 3% (16) |
| 2017-18 | 613 | 40.2 | 15.3:1 | 3% (20) |
| 2015-16 | 604 | 40 | 15.1:1 | 4% (22) |
| 2010-11 | 790 | 46 | 17.2:1 | 4% (32) |
| 2000-01 | 504 | 34 | 14.8:1 | 1% (3) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pleasant Ridge Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (613 to 581); teachers up 3% (40.2 to 41.6).
About Pleasant Ridge Middle
Pleasant Ridge Middle is a mid-sized middle school in Kansas, located in Overland Park. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 581 students. Middle schools in Kansas have about 402 students on average; enrollment here is 45% higher.
Blue Valley has 37 schools and 22,225 students, and Pleasant Ridge Middle is one of those schools.
More than half of the students at Pleasant Ridge Middle are White (61%). The rest of enrollment is 25% Asian, 6% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Johnson County's population at about 79%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Pleasant Ridge Middle scores 56%.
Its staff includes 41.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 14.0 students per teacher. Across middle schools in Kansas, the average ratio is 12.7:1. Pleasant Ridge Middle has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 10%. The gap from the 27% average for public schools in Johnson County is 17 points.
Pleasant Ridge Middle holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 95% of Kansas public middle schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Pleasant Ridge Middle is +3.0 points: 60.5% actual, 57.4% predicted.
Census data for Johnson County show the median household earns about $109,208 a year, roughly 58% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Pleasant Ridge Middle, Johnson County has 168 public schools.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates Pleasant Ridge Middle from the closest public school, Cedar Hills Elementary. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 62.8% on proficiency, and Pleasant Ridge Middle is below that at 60.5%.
Pleasant Ridge Middle is coded as City: Mid-size in federal locale data.
Enrollment was 581 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 613. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 18.0:1 in 2020-21 to 14.0:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Pleasant Ridge Middle is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates 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 Pleasant Ridge Middle schools
One other US public school is named Pleasant Ridge Middle. Pleasant Ridge Middle is the largest of the 2.
- Pleasant Ridge MiddleEaston, KS · 173 students
Nearby schools
- Cedar Hills Elementary0.1 mi · 587
- Blue Valley West High0.3 mi · 1,534
- Timber Creek Elementary School1.4 mi · 583
- Wolf Springs Elementary School1.7 mi · 541
- Sunset Ridge Elementary1.8 mi · 396
- Stanley Elementary1.9 mi · 610
Frequently asked questions
About Pleasant Ridge MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Pleasant Ridge Middle?
Pleasant Ridge Middle enrolls approximately 581 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Pleasant Ridge Middle serve?
Pleasant Ridge Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Pleasant Ridge Middle?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at Pleasant Ridge Middle.
How diverse is Pleasant Ridge Middle?
Pleasant Ridge Middle reports a student body of 61% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 25% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Pleasant Ridge Middle?
Pleasant Ridge Middle is overseen by Blue Valley in Johnson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.