Ray Marsh Elem

Ray Marsh Elem is one of the moderately sized elementary campuss in Shawnee, Kansas, operated by Shawnee Mission Pub Sch, with 458 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 313 students each, so Ray Marsh Elem sits 46% above that benchmark.

Across the 45 schools in Shawnee Mission Pub Sch (26,330 students total), Ray Marsh Elem accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Ray Marsh Elem logs that 74% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 14% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.2:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 32% of students at Ray Marsh Elem qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Ray Marsh Elem ranks in the top 10% of Kansas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 46.8%; Ray Marsh Elem posts 64.7%, +17.8 points above that line.

Around the school, census data for Johnson County shows median household income runs about $109,208, roughly 58% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ray Marsh Elem is one of 168 public schools in Johnson County (combined enrollment of about 93,598 students).

Nearest neighbor: Bluejacket-Flint, around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ray Marsh Elem. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ray Marsh Elem ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 41.3%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 15%: 540 students in 2018 compared to 458 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Ray Marsh Elem community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.