Roesland Elem

Set in Roeland Park, Kansas, Roesland Elem is a medium-sized elementary-level community, part of Shawnee Mission Pub Sch. It enrolls 350 students across grades pre-K through 6.

Roesland Elem is one of 45 schools operated by Shawnee Mission Pub Sch, a district that instructs 26,330 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Roesland Elem logs that 56% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 26% Hispanic, 9% Black, 7% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Roesland Elem logs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. Roughly 45% of students at Roesland Elem qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Johnson County (around 27%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Roesland 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 40.5%; Roesland Elem posts 61.2%, +20.8 points above that line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Johnson County) logs that median household earnings sit near $109,208, roughly 58% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Johnson County runs 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 93,598 students), of which Roesland Elem is one.

The closest other public school is Thomas An Edison Elem, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Roesland Elem. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Roesland Elem ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 50.1%.

Roesland Elem operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 3%: 362 students in 2018 compared to 350 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

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