Enrollment
360
Elementary
DISTRICT 350 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OLATHE·NCES 201014001617
Prairie Center Elem
629 N Persimmon Dr, Olathe, KS 66061 · (913) 780-7610 · Johnson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL360 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
60 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 | 7 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
41%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
62.3%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
70.0%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 | 62.3% | 70.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.7% | 71.0% |
% 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
64.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.2%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Prairie Center Elem
Prairie Center Elem's state test result (64.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Center Elem this school | 360 | 16.7% | 64.5% |
| Riverview Elementary Shawnee | 441 | 14.3% | 59.7% |
| Millbrooke Elementary Olathe | 369 | 19.2% | 56.8% |
| Bentwood Elem Overland Park | 366 | 12.8% | 59.9% |
| Mission Trail Elementary Leawood | 384 | 13.3% | 83.5% |
| Christa McAuliffe Elem Lenexa | 400 | 19.0% | 67.7% |
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 Prairie Center Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.5% | #62 of 625 | #38 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #38 of 625 | #27 of 111 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.3% | #145 of 625 | #69 of 111 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 360 | #267 of 714 | #73 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #414 of 539 | #81 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.6% | #326 of 540 | #83 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.7% | #604 of 658 | #68 of 111 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.8% | #147 of 151 | #28 of 28 |
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
360
-18 (-5%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 530
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 360 | 24.1 | 14.9:1 | 17% (60) |
| 2023-24 | 365 | 26 | 14.0:1 | 18% (67) |
| 2022-23 | 390 | 26 | 15.0:1 | 20% (77) |
| 2020-21 | 378 | 27 | 14.0:1 | 10% (36) |
| 2017-18 | 357 | 24 | 14.9:1 | 17% (61) |
| 2015-16 | 359 | N/A | N/A | 17% (62) |
| 2010-11 | 352 | 21 | 16.8:1 | 13% (45) |
| 2000-01 | 418 | 24 | 17.4:1 | 6% (25) |
| 1990-91 | 530 | 33 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prairie Center Elem.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (357 to 360); teachers unchanged (24 to 24.1).
About Prairie Center Elem
Prairie Center Elem is a mid-sized elementary school located in Olathe, Kansas. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 360 students.
Prairie Center Elem is one school in Olathe, a system of 52 schools with 28,194 students.
The share of White students at Prairie Center Elem is 76%, a majority. After that, the student body is 7% multiracial, 6% Black, 6% Hispanic, and 6% Asian. Census estimates put Johnson County at about 79% White, close to the school's figure. A diversity index of 41% means there is a 41% chance two randomly chosen students at Prairie Center Elem are from different groups.
Prairie Center Elem reports a ratio of 14.9 students per teacher, from 24.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas is 1.8 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Prairie Center Elem, 17% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 27% average for public schools in Johnson County is 10 points higher.
Schools in Kansas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 54.2%. Prairie Center Elem scores 64.5%.
In Johnson County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $109,208, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 58%, and about 3% of people live in poverty. There are 168 public schools in the county, enrolling about 93,598, Prairie Center Elem among them.
Prairie Center Elem is about 0.5 miles from Olathe West High School, its nearest public school. Prairie Center Elem has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Prairie Center Elem's average proficiency of 64.5% compares with 44.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The NCES locale for Prairie Center Elem is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 5% decline took enrollment from 378 in 2020-21 to 360 in 2024-25.
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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
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- Olathe North Sr HighHigh · 2,011 students
- Olathe Northwest High SchoolHigh · 1,958 students
- Olathe East Sr HighHigh · 1,844 students
- Olathe South Sr HighHigh · 1,778 students
- Olathe West High SchoolHigh · 1,557 students
- Prairie Trail Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
Other schools in Olathe
- Olathe North Sr HighHigh · 2,011 students
- Olathe Northwest High SchoolHigh · 1,958 students
- Olathe East Sr HighHigh · 1,844 students
- Olathe South Sr HighHigh · 1,778 students
- Olathe West High SchoolHigh · 1,557 students
- Prairie Trail Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
Nearby schools
- Olathe West High School0.5 mi · 1,557
- Mission Trail Middle School0.6 mi · 680
- Forest View Elem0.7 mi · 419
- Rolling Ridge Elem1.3 mi · 366
- Clearwater Creek Elementary1.4 mi · 522
- Oregon Trail Middle School1.6 mi · 632
Frequently asked questions
About Prairie Center ElemHow large is Prairie Center Elem?
Prairie Center Elem enrolls approximately 360 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Prairie Center Elem serve?
Prairie Center Elem serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Prairie Center Elem?
Approximately 14.9:1 students per teacher at Prairie Center Elem.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Prairie Center Elem?
At Prairie Center Elem, the student body is approximately 76% White, 6% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Prairie Center Elem?
Prairie Center Elem is overseen by Olathe in Johnson County.
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