Summit Trail Middle School

Located at 22201 W 118th St, in Olathe, Kansas, Summit Trail Middle School is a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school that caters to 576 students (grades 6 through 8), part of Olathe. Enrollment runs roughly 43% above the state mean of about 402.

Olathe runs 52 schools in total, collectively educating 28,194 students. Summit Trail Middle School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Summit Trail Middle School records that White students make up the majority at 60%; the rest consists of 19% Hispanic, 13% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Johnson County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Summit Trail Middle School has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.4:1. The state averages about 12.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 31% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Summit Trail Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.2%; this one delivers 43.3%.

In the area at large, Johnson County reports that median household earnings sit near $109,208, about 58% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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), Summit Trail Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Millbrooke Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Summit Trail Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Summit Trail Middle School at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 56.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

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