Enrollment
260
Elementary
DISTRICT 350 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OLATHE·NCES 201014000132
Ridgeview Elem
1201 E Elm St, Olathe, KS 66061 · (913) 780-7630 · Johnson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL260 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
170 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 | 62 | 24% |
| Kindergarten | 30 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 29 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 29 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 35 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (35).
Student demographics
56%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
39.4%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
30.8%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 | 39.4% | 30.8% |
| 2023-24 | 29.4% | 27.8% |
% 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
29.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.9%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Ridgeview Elem
Ridgeview Elem's state test result (29.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgeview Elem this school | 260 | 65.4% | 29.7% |
| Stanton County Elementary Johnson | 238 | 66.8% | 38.2% |
| Rolling Ridge Elem Olathe | 366 | 64.8% | 22.6% |
| Central Elem Olathe | 254 | 74.8% | 33.2% |
| Fairview Elem Olathe | 244 | 60.7% | 39.8% |
| Logan Ave Elem Emporia | 208 | 74.0% | 17.9% |
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 Ridgeview Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #491 of 625 | #107 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.8% | #460 of 625 | #107 of 111 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #460 of 625 | #102 of 111 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 260 | #446 of 714 | #104 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.7:1 | #6 of 539 | #3 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.1% | #190 of 540 | #41 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.4% | #202 of 658 | #7 of 111 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.5% | #296 of 377 | #59 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
260
+26 (+11%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 247
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 9.4:1
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 | 260 | 26.8 | 9.7:1 | 65% (170) |
| 2023-24 | 252 | 26.8 | 9.4:1 | 65% (165) |
| 2022-23 | 255 | 27.8 | 9.2:1 | 74% (189) |
| 2020-21 | 234 | 25 | 9.4:1 | 70% (163) |
| 2017-18 | 278 | 28.5 | 9.8:1 | 77% (215) |
| 2015-16 | 309 | N/A | N/A | 85% (263) |
| 2010-11 | 261 | 22 | 11.9:1 | 79% (207) |
| 2000-01 | 263 | 24 | 11.0:1 | 36% (94) |
| 1990-91 | 247 | 22 | 11.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ridgeview Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (278 to 260); teachers down 6% (28.5 to 26.8).
About Ridgeview Elem
At 1201 E Elm St in Olathe, Kansas, Ridgeview Elem operates as a low-enrollment elementary school. It has an enrollment of 260 students in pre-K through 5.
Ridgeview Elem reports to Olathe, which has 52 schools and 28,194 students.
Federal enrollment data show Ridgeview Elem is 58% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 31% White, 6% Black, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Johnson County's population at about 9%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Ridgeview Elem scores 56%.
Ridgeview Elem lists 26.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 9.7 students per teacher. The school's 9.7:1 compares with an average of 13.2:1 for elementary schools in Kansas. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 65% of the student body. That rate is above the 27% average among public schools in Johnson County.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 30.9% at Ridgeview Elem; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 29.7%.
Census data for Johnson County show median household income comes to about $109,208, about 58% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. There are 168 public schools in the county, enrolling about 93,598, Ridgeview Elem among them.
Havencroft Elem, about 0.8 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ridgeview Elem is 5th of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal data place Ridgeview Elem in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment increased 11% from 2020-21 to 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
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Other Ridgeview Elementary schools
20 other US public schools in 16 states are named Ridgeview Elementary. Ridgeview Elem is the 19th largest of the 21.
- Ridgeview Elementary SchoolGray, TN · 704 students
- Ridgeview ElementaryClintwood, VA · 667 students
- Ridgeview Elementary SchoolCOLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 626 students
- Ridgeview ElementaryGranite Bay, CA · 619 students
- RIDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLORANGE PARK, FL · 592 students
Nearby schools
- Havencroft Elem0.8 mi · 271
- School for Deaf Elementary0.9 mi · 56
- School for Deaf High0.9 mi · 62
- Olathe North Sr High1.0 mi · 2,011
- Central Elem1.0 mi · 254
- Step Up Virtual1.0 mi · 164
Frequently asked questions
About Ridgeview ElemHow many students attend Ridgeview Elem?
Ridgeview Elem enrolls approximately 260 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Ridgeview Elem serve?
Ridgeview Elem serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Ridgeview Elem?
Approximately 9.7:1 students per teacher at Ridgeview Elem.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ridgeview Elem?
At Ridgeview Elem, the student body is approximately 31% White, 58% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is Ridgeview Elem public or private?
Ridgeview Elem is a public K-12 school, overseen by Olathe.
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