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Best Public Schools in Olathe, KS


At a glance
54
Schools
28,163
Students
4
Districts
18
5-star schools
Top rankedPrairie Trail Middle School5th of 368 Kansas middle schools
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Biggest riser
Heritage Elementary up 182 spots statewide this year
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Smallest classes
Green Springs Elementary 8.7 students per teacher
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Newly ranked this year
School for Deaf High
SchoolDigger ratings
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1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)
Summary:

The supplied Olathe-area list includes 54 schools—36 elementary, 11 middle and 7 high schools—serving elementary, middle and high-school grades across Olathe and nearby communities. Results vary considerably from one school to another, particularly at the elementary level: the most important takeaway is that a citywide average would hide very different school profiles.

Several schools stand out for strong results. Regency Place Elementary leads elementary ELA at 79%, Meadow Lane Elementary leads math at 83%, and Clearwater Creek Elementary leads science at 74%; each is well above the state results of 46% in ELA, 41% in math and 38% in science. At the lower end, Ridgeview Elementary has the lowest regular-school ELA and math scores, 31% in each, while Rolling Ridge Elementary has the lowest science result, 22%. Among middle schools, Prairie Trail Middle School leads ELA and math at 72% and 75%, while Woodland Spring Middle School leads science at 72%. Olathe Northwest High School leads conventional high schools in all three subjects; in science, its 40% is just above the state’s 38%.

Results have generally improved in the middle and conventional high schools, though not at every school. Middle-school averages rose by 6 percentage points in ELA, 6 in math and 4 in science from 2024–25 to 2025–26; high-school averages increased by 9 points in ELA and 5 in math. Oregon Trail Middle School made notable gains—13 points in ELA, 16 in math and 7 in science—and moved from the 49th to the 79th percentile in SchoolDigger rankings, while Prairie Trail ranked 5th of 368 middle schools. School choice involves more than scores: Prairie Trail’s student-teacher ratio is 14.0, compared with 10.8 at Santa Fe Trail Middle School, which had the lowest middle-school scores in all three subjects. Their free/reduced-lunch rates—45% at Oregon Trail and 51% at Santa Fe Trail—are context, not explanations for results; science trends for high schools cannot be compared because earlier scores were unavailable.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Kansas State Department of Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.

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