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How has Prairie Elem changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
446
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHAWNEE MISSION PUB SCH·NCES 201164001549
Prairie Elem
6642 Mission Rd, Prairie Village, KS 66208 · (913) 993-4400 · Johnson County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL446 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
6%
26 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 3 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 61 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 10% larger than its 6th grade class (61).
Student demographics
24%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
81.6%
KS avg 44.5% . +11.4pp since 2023
Math
77.1%
KS avg 38.8% . +2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.6% | 77.1% |
| 2023-24 | 70.2% | 74.7% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades.
Source: KAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of KS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
76.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.4%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 59% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Kansas's top 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 Elem
Prairie Elem's state test result (76.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Elem this school | 446 | 5.8% | 76.2% |
| Belinder Elem Prairie Village | 489 | 7.0% | 64.5% |
| Brookwood Elem Leawood | 466 | 8.6% | 69.7% |
| Leawood Elementary Leawood | 533 | 6.6% | 67.6% |
| Prairie Ridge Elementary School Shawnee | 431 | 7.4% | 72.0% |
| Corinth Elem Prairie Village | 576 | 6.4% | 77.7% |
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 Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.2% | #7 of 625 | #7 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.1% | #10 of 625 no change | #8 of 111 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.6% | #7 of 625 ▲ 5 | #6 of 111 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 446 | #122 of 714 | #34 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #500 of 539 | #105 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.1% | #463 of 540 | #105 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 5.8% | #653 of 658 | #107 of 111 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.1% | #364 of 377 | #74 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
446
+41 (+10%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 490
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
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 | 446 | 26.9 | 16.6:1 | 6% (26) |
| 2023-24 | 458 | 27.9 | 16.4:1 | 8% (38) |
| 2022-23 | 449 | 27.7 | 16.2:1 | 7% (30) |
| 2020-21 | 405 | 29 | 14.0:1 | 5% (20) |
| 2017-18 | 451 | 28.2 | 16.0:1 | 3% (14) |
| 2015-16 | 432 | 26 | 16.6:1 | 6% (28) |
| 2010-11 | 406 | 24 | 16.9:1 | 9% (36) |
| 2000-01 | 449 | 28 | 16.0:1 | 4% (16) |
| 1990-91 | 490 | 27 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prairie Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (451 to 446); teachers down 5% (28.2 to 26.9).
About Prairie Elem
Located in Prairie Village, Kansas, Prairie Elem is a mid-sized elementary school. It reported 446 students in pre-K through 6 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Kansas average about 313 students, which makes this school 42% larger than average.
The 45 schools of Shawnee Mission Pub Sch, including Prairie Elem, enroll 26,330 students.
Roughly 87% of students at Prairie Elem are White. Other students are 5% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. By comparison, Johnson County residents are about 79% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Prairie Elem scores 24%.
With 26.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 16.6:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Kansas average 13.2:1. Roughly 6% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Johnson County is 27%.
Schools in Kansas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 59.4%. Prairie Elem posts 76.2%, 16.8 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Johnson County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $109,208, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of people live in poverty. There are 168 public schools in the county, enrolling about 93,598, Prairie Elem among them.
Measured in a straight line, Indian Hills Middle is about 0.4 miles from Prairie Elem. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Prairie Elem ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Prairie Elem is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 10% increase took enrollment from 405 in 2020-21 to 446 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 14.0:1 to 16.6:1.
The allk12 page for Prairie Elem 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 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 Prairie Village
- Shawnee Mission East HighHigh · 1,737 students
- Indian Hills MiddleMiddle · 879 students
- Briarwood ElemElementary · 674 students
- Corinth ElemElementary · 576 students
- Belinder ElemElementary · 489 students
Other Prairie Elementary schools
14 other US public schools in 11 states are named Prairie Elementary. Prairie Elem is the 8th largest of the 15.
- Prairie Elementary SchoolHaysville, KS · 407 students
- Prairie ElementarySacramento, CA · 858 students
- PRAIRIE ELEMENTARYWORTHINGTON, MN · 690 students
- Prairie Elementary SchoolLafayette, LA · 663 students
- Prairie Elementary SchoolNaperville, IL · 515 students
Nearby schools
- Indian Hills Middle0.4 mi · 879
- Highlands Elem0.8 mi · 345
- Belinder Elem1.0 mi · 489
- Shawnee Mission East High1.2 mi · 1,737
- Santa Fe Trail Elem1.6 mi · 310
- Project Finish1.7 mi · 28
Frequently asked questions
About Prairie ElemWhat is the total enrollment at Prairie Elem?
Prairie Elem enrolls approximately 446 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Prairie Elem serve?
Prairie Elem serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Prairie Elem have?
Prairie Elem employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Prairie Elem?
At Prairie Elem, the student body is approximately 87% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Prairie Elem?
Prairie Elem is overseen by Shawnee Mission Pub Sch in Johnson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.