Woodland Elem

Woodland Elem is one of the mid-tier elementary schools in Olathe, Kansas, part of Olathe, with 305 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Olathe comprises 52 schools with combined enrollment of 28,194 students; Woodland Elem is among them.

On demographics, Woodland Elem reports that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 14% Hispanic, 8% Black, 8% multiracial, 6% Asian. By comparison, Johnson County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 19% of students at Woodland Elem qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Woodland Elem tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.3%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Johnson County) shows 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. Woodland Elem is one of 168 public schools in Johnson County (combined enrollment of about 93,598 students).

Nearest neighbor: Ravenwood Elementary, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Woodland Elem. On composite proficiency, Woodland Elem comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 47.2%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 19%: 378 students in 2018 compared to 305 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 74% to 63%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.