Olathe North Sr High

Olathe North Sr High is one of the well-populated four-year high schools in Olathe, Kansas, overseen by Olathe, with 2,011 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 410 students each, so Olathe North Sr High sits 390% bigger than that benchmark.

Olathe runs 52 schools in total, collectively educating 28,194 students. Olathe North Sr High is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Olathe North Sr High logs that the largest single group is White at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 33% Hispanic, 10% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Olathe North Sr High has 141 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.9:1 average. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Johnson County's rate of about 27%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Olathe North Sr High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.1%, the actual is 35.8%, a residual of -7.3 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Johnson County indicate median household earnings sit near $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. In all, Johnson County runs 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 93,598 students), of which Olathe North Sr High is one.

Nearest neighbor: School for Deaf Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Olathe North Sr High comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 35.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Olathe North Sr High's enrollment has ticked down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 2,191 (now 2,011). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 52% to 46%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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