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Enrollment
432
Elementary
DISTRICT 441 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRING HILL·NCES 201185001852
Prairie Creek Elementary
17077 W 165th St, Olathe, KS 66062 · (913) 592-7255 · Johnson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL432 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
7%
30 students
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 51%
Community
5
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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
72.4%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
67.0%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 | 72.4% | 67.0% |
| 2023-24 | 64.8% | 68.2% |
% 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
64.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.9%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Creek Elementary
Prairie Creek Elementary's state test result (64.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Creek Elementary this school | 432 | 6.9% | 64.4% |
| Cedar Creek Elem Olathe | 370 | 4.1% | 62.4% |
| Prairie Ridge Elementary School Shawnee | 431 | 7.4% | 72.0% |
| Canyon Creek Elementary Lenexa | 459 | 8.7% | 73.4% |
| Mission Trail Elementary Leawood | 384 | 13.3% | 83.5% |
| Forest View Elem Olathe | 419 | 11.2% | 63.6% |
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 Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.4% | #65 of 625 | #40 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #56 of 625 | #34 of 111 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.4% | #53 of 625 | #41 of 111 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 432 | #140 of 714 | #37 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #412 of 539 | #80 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.0% | #366 of 540 | #94 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 6.9% | #646 of 658 | #101 of 111 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.5% | #59 of 377 | #10 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
432
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
+79% since 2010-11, when it was 242
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 432 | 29 | 14.9:1 | 7% (30) |
| 2023-24 | 435 | 28 | 15.5:1 | 7% (29) |
| 2022-23 | 439 | 28.5 | 15.4:1 | 5% (20) |
| 2020-21 | 437 | 31 | 14.1:1 | 4% (16) |
| 2017-18 | 580 | 32.6 | 17.8:1 | 6% (34) |
| 2015-16 | 457 | 29 | 15.8:1 | 9% (41) |
| 2010-11 | 242 | 13 | 18.6:1 | 19% (47) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prairie Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (580 to 432); teachers down 11% (32.6 to 29).
About Prairie Creek Elementary
A mid-sized elementary school in Olathe, Kansas, Prairie Creek Elementary is part of Spring Hill. It reported 432 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. By comparison, elementary schools in Kansas enroll about 313 students on average.
Spring Hill (11 schools, 5,841 students) runs Prairie Creek Elementary.
White students are 81% of those enrolled at Prairie Creek Elementary. Other reported shares: 8% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. That is in line with Johnson County, where about 79% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 34%.
The school's 29 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1. Elementary schools in Kansas have an average ratio of 13.2:1. At Prairie Creek Elementary, 7% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is lower than the 27% average for public schools in Johnson County.
After adjusting for student poverty, Prairie Creek Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of Kansas schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 64.4%; the prediction is 58.9%.
For Johnson County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $109,208 a year, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Johnson County number 168, with about 93,598 students.
Woodland Spring Middle School, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Prairie Creek Elementary is 3rd among 9 schools close by.
NCES describes the area around Prairie Creek Elementary as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (437) and 2024-25 (432).
The allk12 page for Prairie Creek Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Spring Hill
- Insight School of KansasHigh · 1,159 students
- Spring Hill High SchoolHigh · 1,121 students
- Spring Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 600 students
- Kansas Virtual Academy (KSVA)Elementary · 584 students
- Timber Sage Elementary SchoolElementary · 401 students
- Wolf Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 336 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
Other Prairie Creek Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Prairie Creek Elementary. Prairie Creek Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Prairie Creek ElementaryAndover, KS · 474 students
- Prairie Creek Elementary SchoolRICHARDSON, TX · 304 students
Nearby schools
- Woodland Spring Middle School0.2 mi · 333
- Arbor Creek Elementary0.7 mi · 367
- Sunnyside Elementary School0.8 mi · 316
- Chisholm Trail Middle School1.0 mi · 569
- Madison Place Elementary1.0 mi · 382
- Timber Sage Elementary School1.1 mi · 401
Frequently asked questions
About Prairie Creek ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Prairie Creek Elementary?
Prairie Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 432 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Prairie Creek Elementary serve?
Prairie Creek Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Prairie Creek Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Prairie Creek Elementary is approximately 14.9:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Prairie Creek Elementary?
Student demographics at Prairie Creek Elementary are roughly 81% White, 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Prairie Creek Elementary in?
Prairie Creek Elementary is part of Spring Hill.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.