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Bentwood Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5
79th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 656 Kansas Elementary Schools
Better than 88% of Kansas elementary schools
Summary

Bentwood Elementary is a public elementary school in Overland Park, Kansas, serving 339 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Olathe School District, which is ranked 48 out of 264 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Bentwood Elementary consistently ranks among the top elementary schools in Kansas, with a statewide ranking between 9 and 92 over the past 10 years. The school's performance on the Kansas Assessment Program (KAP) is exceptional, with significantly higher proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science compared to the Olathe district and the state of Kansas. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, 69.37% of Bentwood students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 54.07% in Olathe and 44.47% statewide.

Bentwood Elementary's academic performance is significantly stronger than the other Olathe district schools in the immediate vicinity, such as Regency Place Elementary, Heatherstone Elementary, and Walnut Grove Elementary. However, when compared to the nearby Blue Valley School District, which is ranked 4th out of 264 districts in Kansas, Bentwood's performance, while still impressive, is not as dominant. Nonetheless, Bentwood Elementary has maintained a consistently high level of academic performance over the past 10 years, with a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger for several years and rankings among the top 25 elementary schools in Kansas.

366
Students ?
15.4
Student/teacher ratio ?
$14,983
Per pupil spending ?
12.8%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 13000 Bond St
       Overland Park, KS  66213

(913) 780-7320

District: Olathe


Students who attend Bentwood Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    California Trail Middle School
High:    Olathe East Senior High
Racial breakdown:

White:
69.7%
Hispanic:
10.4%
Two or more races:
7.7%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 94th percentile in 2015 → 88th in 2025
Strengths
Test scores above the Kansas average (63% vs 42% meeting standards)
Ranks in the top 12% of Kansas elementary schools
Worth a look
!Ranking has slipped — down 6 percentile points since 2015
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school63%
District avg52%
Kansas avg42%
79th of 656
Kansas public elementary schools ?
Top 12%▼ down 6 pts since 2015
From top 6% (2015) to top 12% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
12th of 36Elementary Schools in the Olathe
48th of 264Olathe among Kansas districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202583.779 of 65688.0%★★★★☆
202481.991 of 65386.1%★★★★☆
202382.886 of 66087.0%★★★★☆
202280.592 of 66886.2%★★★★☆
202187.159 of 67091.2%★★★★★
201990.938 of 66794.3%★★★★★
201892.725 of 65696.2%★★★★★
201793.123 of 65996.5%★★★★★
201695.29 of 65698.6%★★★★★
201587.842 of 67893.8%★★★★★
201380.850 of 66892.5%★★★★★
201263.8283 of 66057.1%★★★☆☆
201165.7238 of 63162.3%★★★☆☆
201074.1124 of 63080.3%★★★★☆
200967.9207 of 62166.7%★★★☆☆
200867.1227 of 61463.0%★★★☆☆
200775.5120 of 60080.0%★★★★☆
200681.554 of 58590.8%★★★★★

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202185.554 of 59190.9%★★★★★
201992.922 of 59196.3%★★★★★
201892.522 of 57496.2%★★★★★

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202183.678 of 60587.1%★★★★☆
201983.467 of 58688.6%★★★★☆
201890.530 of 57594.8%★★★★★

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202297.53 of 30599.0%★★★★★

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202580.785 of 57685.2%★★★★☆
202475.9107 of 57981.5%★★★★☆
202381.673 of 58487.5%★★★★☆
202272.4129 of 59678.4%★★★★☆
202185.352 of 58791.1%★★★★★
201990.230 of 59294.9%★★★★★
201889.728 of 57495.1%★★★★★
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Special Education (2022)99th percentile+13 vs school
Female (2021)91st percentile~ school
Male (2021)87th percentile-4 vs school
White (2025)85th percentile-3 vs school
By subject vs Kansas (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts69%+25 vs state
Mathematics69%+30 vs state
Science50%+9 vs state

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Students who attend Bentwood Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : California Trail Middle School
High : Olathe East Senior High

Students at Bentwood Elementary are 70% White, 10% Hispanic, 8% Two or more races, 7% Asian, 5% African American.

Bentwood Elementary ranks 79th of 656 Kansas elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

In the 2024-25 school year, 366 students attended Bentwood Elementary.


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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.

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