Scarborough Elem

Scarborough Elem, a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in Olathe, Kansas, operated by Olathe, teaches 307 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Scarborough Elem is one of 52 schools operated by Olathe, a district that caters to 28,194 students overall.

On demographics, Scarborough Elem lists that White students make up the majority at 69%. The remainder comes out to 12% Hispanic, 9% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 33% of students at Scarborough Elem qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Scarborough Elem tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.2%.

Around the school, census data for Johnson County shows the typical household earns roughly $109,208 per year, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Johnson County's 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 93,598 students), Scarborough Elem is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Olathe South Sr High, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Scarborough Elem. On composite proficiency, Scarborough Elem comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 46.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Scarborough Elem has showed little movement, going from 309 students in 2018 to 307 in 2025.

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