Enrollment
366
Elementary
DISTRICT 350 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OLATHE·NCES 201014000141
Rolling Ridge Elem
1500 W Elm Terr, Olathe, KS 66061 · (913) 780-7650 · Johnson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL366 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% of Kansas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
237 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 | 46 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
61%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
31.9%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
25.3%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 | 31.9% | 25.3% |
| 2023-24 | 20.8% | 18.2% |
% 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
22.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.2%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% 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 Rolling Ridge Elem
Rolling Ridge Elem's state test result (22.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rolling Ridge Elem this school | 366 | 64.8% | 22.6% |
| Nieman Elem Shawnee | 456 | 64.5% | 34.5% |
| Village Elem Emporia | 401 | 59.9% | 43.0% |
| McLean Science/Tech Magnet Elem Wichita | 262 | 63.4% | 59.3% |
| Ridgeview Elem Olathe | 260 | 65.4% | 29.7% |
| Fairview Elem Olathe | 244 | 60.7% | 39.8% |
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 Rolling Ridge Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.6% | #551 of 625 | #109 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #500 of 625 | #109 of 111 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #533 of 625 | #109 of 111 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 366 | #253 of 714 | #69 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #21 of 539 | #6 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.4% | #137 of 540 | #22 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.8% | #206 of 658 | #8 of 111 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.3% | #37 of 377 | #5 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
366
-52 (-12%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 487
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 366 | 35 | 10.5:1 | 65% (237) |
| 2023-24 | 380 | 31.6 | 12.0:1 | 68% (258) |
| 2022-23 | 373 | 30.6 | 12.2:1 | 69% (259) |
| 2020-21 | 418 | 34 | 12.3:1 | 56% (232) |
| 2017-18 | 518 | 35.2 | 14.7:1 | 66% (341) |
| 2015-16 | 506 | N/A | N/A | 68% (342) |
| 2010-11 | 424 | 28 | 15.1:1 | 64% (272) |
| 2000-01 | 455 | 34 | 13.4:1 | 23% (104) |
| 1990-91 | 487 | 30 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rolling Ridge Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (518 to 366); teachers down 1% (35.2 to 35).
About Rolling Ridge Elem
Rolling Ridge Elem is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in Olathe, Kansas. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 366 students.
The district, Olathe, operates 52 schools serving 28,194 students.
The largest group at Rolling Ridge Elem is Hispanic students, at 50%. After that, the student body is 36% White, 6% multiracial, and 6% Black. Census figures show Johnson County is about 9% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 61%.
There are 35 full-time-equivalent teachers at Rolling Ridge Elem, giving a ratio of 10.5:1. Elementary schools in Kansas average 13.2:1, 2.7 more students per teacher than here. A total of 237 students, or 65%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 27% average for public schools in Johnson County.
On the allk12 Grade, Rolling Ridge Elem lands at D, ahead of 5% of Kansas public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 31.2% at Rolling Ridge Elem; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 22.6%.
Looking at the county, Johnson County, median household income comes to about $109,208, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 58% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. The county's public schools total 168, with about 93,598 students.
About 0.5 miles separate Rolling Ridge Elem from the closest public school, Clearwater Creek Elementary. The five-mile area around Rolling Ridge Elem holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Rolling Ridge Elem ranks 8th of 8 nearby schools, at 22.6% versus a 46.4% average.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 418 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 366 by 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 10.5:1, from 12.3:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
- Prairie Trail Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 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
- Prairie Trail Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
Other Rolling Ridge Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Rolling Ridge Elementary. Rolling Ridge Elem is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Rolling Ridge ElementaryChino Hills, CA · 586 students
- Rolling Ridge ElementarySterling, VA · 562 students
- Rolling Ridge Elementary SchoolErie, PA · 472 students
Nearby schools
- Clearwater Creek Elementary0.5 mi · 522
- Oregon Trail Middle School0.6 mi · 632
- Westview Elem0.7 mi · 164
- Olathe West High School0.8 mi · 1,557
- Fairview Elem1.1 mi · 244
- Prairie Center Elem1.3 mi · 360
Frequently asked questions
About Rolling Ridge ElemHow large is Rolling Ridge Elem?
Rolling Ridge Elem enrolls approximately 366 students in grades PK-05.
Is Rolling Ridge Elem an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rolling Ridge Elem is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Rolling Ridge Elem have?
Rolling Ridge Elem employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Rolling Ridge Elem?
Student demographics at Rolling Ridge Elem are roughly 36% White, 50% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Rolling Ridge Elem in?
Rolling Ridge Elem is part of Olathe.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.