Enrollment
310
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHAWNEE MISSION PUB SCH·NCES 201164001556
Santa Fe Trail Elem
7100 Lamar Ave, Overland Park, KS 66204 · (913) 993-5000 · Johnson County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL310 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
105 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 26 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 34 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 38 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 11% smaller than its 6th grade class (38).
Student demographics
46%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
70.5%
KS avg 44.5% . +12.8pp since 2023
Math
72.3%
KS avg 38.8% . +14.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.5% | 72.3% |
| 2023-24 | 57.7% | 57.6% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades.
Source: KAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of KS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
63.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.0%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 46% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Kansas's top 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 Santa Fe Trail Elem
Santa Fe Trail Elem's state test result (63.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Fe Trail Elem this school | 310 | 33.9% | 63.0% |
| Sunflower Elementary Gardner | 293 | 30.0% | 47.0% |
| Oak Street Elementary School K-4 Goddard | 343 | 34.4% | 47.7% |
| Tomahawk Elem Overland Park | 277 | 30.0% | 50.3% |
| Maize Elementary Maize | 413 | 34.9% | 47.6% |
| Nike Elementary Gardner | 365 | 39.2% | 57.1% |
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 Santa Fe Trail Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #82 of 625 | #49 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.3% | #26 of 625 ▲ 84 | #18 of 111 ▲ 44 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.5% | #67 of 625 ▲ 17 | #48 of 111 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 310 | #358 of 714 | #91 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #173 of 539 | #28 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.0% | #283 of 540 | #67 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.9% | #517 of 658 | #38 of 111 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.6% | #357 of 377 | #72 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
310
+26 (+9%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 492
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 310 | 24.6 | 12.6:1 | 34% (105) |
| 2023-24 | 320 | 24.7 | 13.0:1 | 37% (117) |
| 2022-23 | 313 | 24.7 | 12.7:1 | 33% (103) |
| 2020-21 | 284 | 24 | 11.8:1 | 25% (72) |
| 2017-18 | 315 | 23.3 | 13.5:1 | 33% (103) |
| 2015-16 | 284 | 24 | 11.8:1 | 46% (132) |
| 2010-11 | 282 | 22 | 12.8:1 | 52% (147) |
| 2000-01 | 323 | 25 | 12.9:1 | 11% (37) |
| 1990-91 | 492 | 31 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Santa Fe Trail Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (315 to 310); teachers up 5% (23.3 to 24.6).
About Santa Fe Trail Elem
In Overland Park, Kansas, Santa Fe Trail Elem is a mid-sized elementary school. It teaches 310 students in pre-K through 6.
Santa Fe Trail Elem reports to Shawnee Mission Pub Sch, which has 45 schools and 26,330 students.
About 72% of the student body at Santa Fe Trail Elem is White. Enrollment also includes 13% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 5% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 46, compared with 70 nationally.
On staff are 24.6 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.6:1. The average for elementary schools in Kansas is about 13.2:1. About 34% of students at Santa Fe Trail Elem are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Santa Fe Trail Elem ranks in the top 10% of Kansas schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 63.0%. Predicted: 46.0%. Difference: 17.0 points.
In 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%. Johnson County counts 168 public schools with about 93,598 students.
Tomahawk Elem is the nearest public school to Santa Fe Trail Elem, about 0.9 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Santa Fe Trail Elem ranks 3rd on proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Santa Fe Trail Elem inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (City: Mid-size).
Enrollment rose by 9% across 4 years, from 284 in 2020-21 to 310 in 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
Related schools
Other schools in Shawnee Mission Pub Sch
- Shawnee Mission East HighHigh · 1,737 students
- Shawnee Mission Northwest HighHigh · 1,599 students
- Shawnee Mission West HighHigh · 1,599 students
- Shawnee Mission South HighHigh · 1,574 students
- Shawnee Mission North HighHigh · 1,502 students
- Indian Hills MiddleMiddle · 879 students
Other schools in Overland Park
- Shawnee Mission West HighHigh · 1,599 students
- Shawnee Mission South HighHigh · 1,574 students
- Blue Valley West HighHigh · 1,534 students
- Shawnee Mission North HighHigh · 1,502 students
- Blue Valley Northwest HighHigh · 1,496 students
- Blue Valley North HighHigh · 1,376 students
Other Santa Fe Trail Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Santa Fe Trail Elementary. Santa Fe Trail Elem is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- SANTA FE TRAIL ELEM.INDEPENDENCE, MO · 364 students
Nearby schools
- Tomahawk Elem0.9 mi · 277
- East Antioch Elem1.0 mi · 282
- Project Finish1.5 mi · 28
- Highlands Elem1.5 mi · 345
- Overland Park Elem1.5 mi · 391
- Shawnee Mission East High1.6 mi · 1,737
Frequently asked questions
About Santa Fe Trail ElemHow many students attend Santa Fe Trail Elem?
Santa Fe Trail Elem enrolls approximately 310 students in grades PK-06.
Is Santa Fe Trail Elem an elementary, middle, or high school?
Santa Fe Trail Elem is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Santa Fe Trail Elem have?
Santa Fe Trail Elem employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Santa Fe Trail Elem?
Student demographics at Santa Fe Trail Elem are roughly 72% White, 13% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Santa Fe Trail Elem in?
Santa Fe Trail Elem is part of Shawnee Mission Pub Sch.
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