Sunset Ridge Elementary

As a mid-tier elementary school in Overland Park, Kansas, Sunset Ridge Elementary works with 396 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Blue Valley. Enrollment runs roughly 27% bigger than the state mean of about 313.

Within Blue Valley, which oversees 40 schools and 22,491 students, Sunset Ridge Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Sunset Ridge Elementary lists that 66% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 19% Asian, 6% Black, 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Johnson County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Sunset Ridge Elementary has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 8% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Johnson County (around 27%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Sunset Ridge Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.2%, the actual is 68.0%, a residual of +9.8 points.

In the area at large, Johnson County reports that median household income runs about $109,208, roughly 58% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sunset Ridge Elementary is one of 168 public schools in Johnson County (combined enrollment of about 93,598 students).

Nearest neighbor: Harmony Elementary, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sunset Ridge Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sunset Ridge Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 62.1%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 15%: 468 students in 2018 compared to 396 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

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