Trailwood Elem

Trailwood Elem operates as a reasonably sized K-5 school in Overland Park, Kansas, run under Shawnee Mission Pub Sch. Current enrollment sits at 429 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 37% larger than the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 313 students.

Trailwood Elem is one of 45 schools operated by Shawnee Mission Pub Sch, a district that teaches 26,330 students overall.

Demographically, Trailwood Elem logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%); the rest is composed of 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Johnson County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Trailwood Elem higher than the state norm the norm. About 15% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Johnson County (around 27%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Trailwood Elem ranks in the top 10% of Kansas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 55.2%; Trailwood Elem posts 72.2%, +17.0 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Johnson County put median household income runs about $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%. Trailwood Elem is one of 168 public schools in Johnson County (combined enrollment of about 93,598 students).

The closest other public school is Indian Woods Middle, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Trailwood Elem ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 57.0%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Trailwood Elem's enrollment has shrank 11% since 2018, when it stood at 480 (now 429). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 88% to 81%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

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