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What's the most underrated thing about Prairie Trail Middle School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
709
Middle
DISTRICT 627 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OLATHE·NCES 201014001761
Prairie Trail Middle School
21600 W 107th St, Olathe, KS 66061 · (913) 780-7280 · Johnson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL709 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% 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.
- A-Beats 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
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
7%
53 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 | 239 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 212 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 258 | 36% |
Student demographics
40%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
67.6%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
68.4%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 | 67.6% | 68.4% |
| 2023-24 | 54.9% | 58.0% |
% 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
58.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.6%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% 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 Trail Middle School
Prairie Trail Middle School's state test result (58.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Trail Middle School this school | 709 | 7.5% | 58.9% |
| Chisholm Trail Middle School Olathe | 569 | 13.2% | 49.9% |
| Blue Valley Middle Overland Park | 593 | 15.5% | 54.3% |
| Mission Trail Middle School Olathe | 680 | 9.3% | 49.5% |
| California Trail Middle School Olathe | 584 | 13.5% | 50.6% |
| Leawood Middle Leawood | 493 | 7.7% | 61.0% |
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 Prairie Trail Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #11 of 192 | #9 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.4% | #9 of 192 | #8 of 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.6% | #8 of 192 | #8 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 709 | #27 of 225 | #7 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #117 of 161 | #27 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.9% | #103 of 161 | #22 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.5% | #193 of 195 | #30 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.8% | #11 of 98 | #2 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
709
+38 (+6%) vs 2020
-3% since 2010-11, when it was 729
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
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 | 709 | 50.5 | 14.0:1 | 7% (53) |
| 2023-24 | 737 | 51.5 | 14.3:1 | 8% (59) |
| 2022-23 | 754 | 48 | 15.7:1 | 8% (62) |
| 2020-21 | 671 | 48 | 14.0:1 | 4% (24) |
| 2017-18 | 931 | 60.3 | 15.4:1 | 9% (84) |
| 2015-16 | 850 | N/A | N/A | 10% (88) |
| 2010-11 | 729 | 53 | 13.8:1 | 11% (80) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prairie Trail Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (931 to 709); teachers down 16% (60.3 to 50.5).
About Prairie Trail Middle School
Prairie Trail Middle School is a large middle school that serves part of Olathe, Kansas. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 709 students in grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in Kansas is about 402 students, so this school is 76% above average.
Olathe has 28,194 students in 52 schools, and Prairie Trail Middle School is one of those schools.
At 77%, White students outnumber all other groups at Prairie Trail Middle School combined. The remaining students are 7% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 5% Black, and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 79% White, within a few points of the school. By the diversity index, Prairie Trail Middle School comes in at 40%.
Its teaching staff equals 50.5 full-time positions, a ratio of 14.0:1. For comparison, middle schools in Kansas average 12.7:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 7%. That is lower than the 27% average for public schools in Johnson County.
Measured against Kansas public middle schools, Prairie Trail Middle School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with Prairie Trail Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Kansas is predicted to score 58.6%. Prairie Trail Middle School scores 58.9%, within a point of that line.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Johnson County show that median household income is about $109,208, roughly 58% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 168 public schools in Johnson County, with a combined enrollment of about 93,598.
Olathe Northwest High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Prairie Trail Middle School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Prairie Trail Middle School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Prairie Trail Middle School had 671 students in 2020-21 and 709 in 2024-25, a 6% gain.
Discussions about Prairie Trail Middle School may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome 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 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
- Frontier Trail Middle SchoolMiddle · 693 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
- Frontier Trail Middle SchoolMiddle · 693 students
Nearby schools
- Olathe Northwest High School0.5 mi · 1,958
- Meadow Lane Elem0.5 mi · 349
- Manchester Park Elementary1.0 mi · 616
- Millbrooke Elementary1.4 mi · 369
- Summit Trail Middle School1.5 mi · 576
- Woodland Elem1.6 mi · 305
Frequently asked questions
About Prairie Trail Middle SchoolHow large is Prairie Trail Middle School?
Prairie Trail Middle School enrolls approximately 709 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Prairie Trail Middle School serve?
Prairie Trail Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Prairie Trail Middle School?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at Prairie Trail Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Prairie Trail Middle School?
Student demographics at Prairie Trail Middle School are roughly 77% White, 7% Hispanic, 5% Black, 7% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Prairie Trail Middle School in?
Prairie Trail Middle School is part of Olathe.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.