Wolf Springs Elementary School

Wolf Springs Elementary School, a high-enrollment K-5 school in Overland Park, Kansas, overseen by Blue Valley, works with 541 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 73% bigger than the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 313 students.

Wolf Springs Elementary School is one of 40 schools operated by Blue Valley, a district that serves 22,491 students overall.

Demographically, Wolf Springs Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 64% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 20% Asian, 9% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Johnson County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 6% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Johnson County's rate of about 27%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Wolf Springs Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.1%, the actual is 63.1%, a residual of +4.0 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Johnson County shows the typical household earns roughly $109,208 per year, roughly 58% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), Wolf Springs Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Cedar Hills Elementary, around 1.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Wolf Springs Elementary School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 60.8%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 60%: 338 students in 2018 compared to 541 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 81% to 64%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.