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Enrollment
623
Middle
DISTRICT 627 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OLATHE·NCES 201014000135
Santa Fe Trail Middle School
1100 N Ridgeview Rd, Olathe, KS 66061 · (913) 780-7290 · Johnson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL623 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of Kansas public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
317 students
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 51%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 195 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 212 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 216 | 35% |
Student demographics
66%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
38.2%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
35.8%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 | 38.2% | 35.8% |
| 2023-24 | 25.0% | 20.9% |
% 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
29.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.8%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Santa Fe Trail Middle School
Santa Fe Trail Middle School's state test result (29.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Fe Trail Middle School this school | 623 | 50.9% | 29.9% |
| Indian Trail Middle School Olathe | 582 | 49.0% | 27.2% |
| Hocker Grove Middle Shawnee | 714 | 53.6% | 33.6% |
| Oregon Trail Middle School Olathe | 632 | 44.8% | 30.5% |
| Pioneer Trail Middle School Olathe | 617 | 48.0% | 29.4% |
| Westridge Middle Overland Park | 761 | 53.6% | 31.6% |
Matched among Kansas middle 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #109 of 192 | #30 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #100 of 192 | #29 of 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #110 of 192 | #30 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 623 | #50 of 225 | #14 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #11 of 161 | #1 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.9% | #28 of 161 | #3 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.9% | #97 of 195 | #3 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.9% | #36 of 98 | #7 of 21 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
623
-68 (-10%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 636
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 623 | 57.7 | 10.8:1 | 51% (317) |
| 2023-24 | 617 | 56.5 | 10.9:1 | 58% (358) |
| 2022-23 | 635 | 55.6 | 11.4:1 | 60% (384) |
| 2020-21 | 691 | 62 | 11.2:1 | 54% (370) |
| 2017-18 | 732 | 59.2 | 12.4:1 | 54% (398) |
| 2015-16 | 768 | N/A | N/A | 53% (410) |
| 2010-11 | 573 | 49 | 11.7:1 | 48% (273) |
| 2000-01 | 802 | 59 | 13.6:1 | 9% (71) |
| 1990-91 | 636 | 50 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Santa Fe Trail Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (732 to 623); teachers down 3% (59.2 to 57.7).
About Santa Fe Trail Middle School
Santa Fe Trail Middle School is a large middle school in Olathe, Kansas, one of the schools in Olathe. Its 623 students are spread across grades 6 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Kansas is about 402, so this school runs 55% above that.
Santa Fe Trail Middle School is one of 52 schools in Olathe, which enrolls 28,194 students in total.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Santa Fe Trail Middle School. The largest is White students, at 44%. Smaller groups are 37% Hispanic, 9% Black, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. For comparison, the population of Johnson County is roughly 79% White. The school's diversity index is 66%, meaning two students picked at random have a 66% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school has about 10.8 students per teacher and 57.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 1.9 below the 12.7:1 average for middle schools in Kansas. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 51%. That rate is above the 27% average among public schools in Johnson County.
Measured against Kansas public middle schools, Santa Fe Trail Middle School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 29.9%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 37.8%.
Santa Fe Trail Middle School is located in Johnson County, where the median household income is $109,208, roughly 58% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. Santa Fe Trail Middle School is one of 168 public schools in the county.
The next-closest public school is Washington Elem, about 0.2 miles away. Santa Fe Trail Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Santa Fe Trail Middle School ranks 5th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 29.9% against a local average of 33.7%.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment dropped 10% from its 2020-21 level of 691.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Nearby schools
- Washington Elem0.2 mi · 385
- Mahaffie Elem0.6 mi · 449
- Northview Elem1.1 mi · 218
- Olathe North Sr High1.1 mi · 2,011
- Countryside Elementary1.4 mi · 349
- School for Deaf High1.5 mi · 62
Frequently asked questions
About Santa Fe Trail Middle SchoolHow large is Santa Fe Trail Middle School?
Santa Fe Trail Middle School enrolls approximately 623 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Santa Fe Trail Middle School serve?
Santa Fe Trail Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Santa Fe Trail Middle School have?
Santa Fe Trail Middle School employs 58 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Santa Fe Trail Middle School?
Student demographics at Santa Fe Trail Middle School are roughly 44% White, 37% Hispanic, 9% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Santa Fe Trail Middle School?
Santa Fe Trail Middle School is overseen by Olathe in Johnson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.