Sunnyside Elementary School

Located at 16025 S. Lindenwood Dr, in Olathe, Kansas, Sunnyside Elementary School is a moderately sized K-5 school that enrolls 316 students (grades K through 5), operated by Olathe.

Olathe runs 52 schools in total, collectively educating 28,194 students. Sunnyside Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Sunnyside Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment; the rest reads as 9% Black, 7% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Sunnyside Elementary School has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 10% of students at Sunnyside Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Johnson County runs at roughly 27%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Sunnyside Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.2%; this one delivers 59.6%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Johnson County indicate median household earnings sit near $109,208, about 58% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Johnson County runs 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 93,598 students), of which Sunnyside Elementary School is one.

Chisholm Trail Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sunnyside Elementary School at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 56.3%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Sunnyside Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 29% since 2018, when it stood at 448 (now 316). The White share of enrollment decreased from 83% to 72% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Sunnyside Elementary School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.