School for Deaf Elementary

School for Deaf Elementary, an one-room-style primary school in Olathe, Kansas, part of School for Deaf, hosts 56 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 82% smaller than the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 313 students.

School for Deaf comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 118 students; School for Deaf Elementary is among them.

Demographically, School for Deaf Elementary records that White students make up the majority at 55%. The remainder comes out to 18% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 9% Black. By comparison, Johnson County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 4.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. About 23% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Johnson County indicate the typical household earns roughly $109,208 per year, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. School for Deaf Elementary is one of 168 public schools in Johnson County (combined enrollment of about 93,598 students).

School for Deaf High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at School for Deaf Elementary has held roughly steady, going from 56 students in 2018 to 56 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment contracted from 14% to 9% over that span.

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