Enrollment
307
Elementary
DISTRICT 350 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OLATHE·NCES 201014000144
Scarborough Elem
2000 S Lindenwood Dr, Olathe, KS 66062 · (913) 780-7670 · Johnson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL307 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 58% of Kansas public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
102 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 | 20 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
49%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
58.5%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
57.6%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 | 58.5% | 57.6% |
| 2023-24 | 44.7% | 54.4% |
% 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
51.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.3%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Scarborough Elem
Scarborough Elem's state test result (51.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scarborough Elem this school | 307 | 33.2% | 51.2% |
| Sunflower Elem Lenexa | 390 | 35.4% | 50.5% |
| Tomahawk Elem Overland Park | 277 | 30.0% | 50.3% |
| Briarwood Elem Olathe | 315 | 28.9% | 54.4% |
| Amanda Arnold Elem Manhattan | 399 | 29.3% | 67.2% |
| Lenexa Hills Elementary Lenexa | 292 | 39.7% | 56.7% |
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 Scarborough Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #208 of 625 | #78 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #140 of 625 | #70 of 111 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #188 of 625 | #77 of 111 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 307 | #362 of 714 | #92 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #375 of 539 | #71 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.1% | #248 of 540 | #59 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.2% | #527 of 658 | #40 of 111 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.6% | #375 of 377 | #75 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
307
-17 (-5%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 485
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 307 | 21.2 | 14.5:1 | 33% (102) |
| 2023-24 | 295 | 21.1 | 14.0:1 | 31% (90) |
| 2022-23 | 300 | 23.3 | 12.9:1 | 35% (105) |
| 2020-21 | 324 | 23 | 14.1:1 | 24% (77) |
| 2017-18 | 309 | 22 | 14.1:1 | 29% (90) |
| 2015-16 | 294 | N/A | N/A | 25% (74) |
| 2010-11 | 363 | 22 | 16.5:1 | 23% (82) |
| 2000-01 | 457 | 33 | 13.8:1 | 5% (23) |
| 1990-91 | 485 | 36 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Scarborough Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (309 to 307); teachers down 4% (22 to 21.2).
About Scarborough Elem
Students in Olathe, Kansas, attend Scarborough Elem, a medium-sized elementary school. The school counts 307 students across pre-K through 5.
Enrollment across the 52 schools in Olathe totals 28,194 students.
White students are the majority at Scarborough Elem, with 69% of enrollment. Other groups make up 12% Hispanic, 9% Black, 6% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Johnson County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school's share is lower. Pick two students at random and there is a 49% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 14.5:1, with 21.2 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 1.3 students per teacher above the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 33%.
The allk12 Grade for Scarborough Elem is B. Compared with Kansas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 58% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Scarborough Elem is +4.9 points: 51.2% actual, 46.3% predicted.
Among Johnson County residents, the median household income is $109,208, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 58%, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. Besides Scarborough Elem, Johnson County has 167 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is Olathe South Sr High, about 0.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Scarborough Elem is ahead of the 46.7% nearby average, ranking 4th of 9.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 17 fewer students in 2024-25.
Community posts for Scarborough Elem can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. 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
Other Scarborough Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Scarborough Elementary. Scarborough Elem is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Scarborough Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 925 students
- Scarborough Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 790 students
Nearby schools
- Olathe South Sr High0.4 mi · 1,778
- Indian Trail Middle School0.5 mi · 582
- Heritage Elementary0.6 mi · 335
- Chisholm Trail Middle School0.8 mi · 569
- Sunnyside Elementary School0.9 mi · 316
- Brougham Elem0.9 mi · 298
Frequently asked questions
About Scarborough ElemWhat is the total enrollment at Scarborough Elem?
Scarborough Elem enrolls approximately 307 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Scarborough Elem serve?
Scarborough Elem serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Scarborough Elem have?
Scarborough Elem employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Scarborough Elem?
Student demographics at Scarborough Elem are roughly 69% White, 12% Hispanic, 9% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Scarborough Elem?
Scarborough Elem is overseen by Olathe in Johnson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.