Tomahawk Elem

Tomahawk Elem is a K-5 school of moderately sized scale in Olathe, Kansas, run under Olathe, educateing 359 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Tomahawk Elem is one of 52 schools operated by Olathe, a district that educates 28,194 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Tomahawk Elem shows that the largest single group is White, at 55% of enrollment. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 8% Black, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Johnson County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Tomahawk Elem shows 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. The state averages about 13.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Tomahawk Elem sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.6%; this one delivers 48.0%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Johnson County put median household income runs about $109,208, roughly 58% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Across Johnson County's 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 93,598 students), Tomahawk Elem is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Briarwood Elem, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Tomahawk Elem ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 53.7%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 6%: 338 students in 2018 compared to 359 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

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