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Tomahawk Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5
222nd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 657 Kansas Elementary Schools
Better than 66% of Kansas elementary schools
Summary

Tomahawk Elementary serves 359 students in prekindergarten through grade 5 in Olathe, Kansas. Its clearest concern is fifth-grade math: 49% of students are proficient, 16 points below the Olathe district and eighth among 11 nearby schools.

In all-grades results, science is Tomahawk’s strongest comparison with the district and nearby schools: 50% are proficient, versus 46% in Olathe and 46% across the nearby schools. Math is 57%, well above the state’s 41% but just below Olathe’s 58% and about even with the nearby average of 57%. ELA is the weakest relative result: 53% is above the state’s 46%, but below Olathe’s 59% and the nearby average of 56%. Tomahawk ranks sixth of 11 schools in each subject.

Scores have risen since 2022–23: ELA gained 7 points, math 11, and science 6, though science results have fluctuated sharply from year to year. The state gap narrowed in ELA and science, while math’s margin over the state ended about where it began. SchoolDigger ranks Tomahawk 222nd of 657 Kansas schools, at the 66th percentile with 3 stars; its overall percentile rose 12 points from the previous year. SchoolDigger’s statewide effectiveness rankings are higher for English-language-learner students, at the 88th percentile, and special education students, at the 83rd, than the school’s overall 66th percentile. Chronic absenteeism fell to 11% in 2025–26, below the district’s 13% and state’s 18%, after rates of 30% or more in each of the prior three years. The student–teacher ratio is 13.5, compared with a nearby-school average of 12.3; 45% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, versus a nearby average of 38%.

359
Students ?
13.5
Student/teacher ratio ?
$17,301
Per pupil spending ?
45.1%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
 13820 Brougham Dr
       Olathe, KS  66062-1984

(913) 780-7690

District: Olathe


Students who attend Tomahawk Elementary usually attend:

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

White:
55.4%
Hispanic:
28.1%
African American:
8.4%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 68th percentile in 2016 → 66th in 2026
Strengths
✓Test scores above the Kansas average (53% vs 42% meeting standards)
✓Above the Kansas median (66th percentile)
Worth a look
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school53%
District avg54%
Kansas avg42%
222nd of 657
Kansas public elementary schools ?
Top 34%▼ down 1 pts since 2016
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
25th of 36Elementary Schools in the Olathe
44th of 268Olathe 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
202663.4222 of 65766.2%★★★☆☆
202553.6301 of 65654.1%★★★☆☆
202462.1223 of 65365.8%★★★☆☆
202360.2229 of 66065.3%★★★☆☆
202254.8288 of 66856.9%★★★☆☆
202161.5241 of 67064.0%★★★☆☆
201974.4134 of 66779.9%★★★★☆
201873.8135 of 65679.4%★★★★☆
201759.7258 of 65960.8%★★★☆☆
201663.2213 of 65667.5%★★★☆☆
201564.0220 of 67867.6%★★★☆☆
201373.4160 of 66876.0%★★★★☆
201271.0172 of 66073.9%★★★★☆
201164.2258 of 63159.1%★★★☆☆
201068.8193 of 63069.4%★★★☆☆
200962.4272 of 62156.2%★★★☆☆
200860.7289 of 61452.9%★★★☆☆
200750.4368 of 60038.7%★★☆☆☆
200659.0276 of 58552.8%★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202671.415 of 12688.1%★★★★☆
202372.414 of 11788.0%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202662.4201 of 58565.6%★★★☆☆
202155.4255 of 59156.9%★★★☆☆
201971.0144 of 59175.6%★★★★☆
201865.2183 of 57468.1%★★★☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202646.8138 of 26948.7%★★☆☆☆
202530.0203 of 26222.5%★☆☆☆☆
202479.831 of 26088.1%★★★★☆
202359.472 of 24570.6%★★★★☆
202227.8213 of 25416.1%★☆☆☆☆
202148.8106 of 22953.7%★★★☆☆
201975.135 of 23585.1%★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202656.2217 of 54660.3%★★★☆☆
202546.7284 of 53346.7%★★☆☆☆
202457.1215 of 54660.6%★★★☆☆
202340.6342 of 54136.8%★★☆☆☆
202232.1389 of 51224.0%★☆☆☆☆
202139.1333 of 49432.6%★★☆☆☆
201947.1275 of 50946.0%★★☆☆☆
201843.4323 of 51236.9%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202663.4198 of 59466.7%★★★☆☆
202161.3214 of 60564.6%★★★☆☆
201970.9129 of 58678.0%★★★★☆
201879.395 of 57583.5%★★★★☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202672.355 of 31882.7%★★★★☆
202576.146 of 31385.3%★★★★☆
202463.485 of 30672.2%★★★★☆
202282.229 of 30590.5%★★★★★

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202676.697 of 57683.2%★★★★☆
202564.9183 of 57668.2%★★★☆☆
202466.8154 of 57973.4%★★★★☆
202366.9158 of 58472.9%★★★★☆
202273.1123 of 59679.4%★★★★☆
202175.7101 of 58782.8%★★★★☆
201979.979 of 59286.7%★★★★☆
201883.165 of 57488.7%★★★★☆
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)
English Language Learner (2026)88th percentile+22 vs school
White (2026)83rd percentile+17 vs school
Special Education (2026)83rd percentile+16 vs school
Male (2026)67th percentile~ school
Female (2026)66th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)60th percentile-6 vs school
Hispanic (2026)49th percentile-18 vs school
By subject vs Kansas (2025-2026) ?
Mathematics57%+16 vs state
English Language Arts53%+7 vs state
Science50%+12 vs state

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Students at Tomahawk Elementary are 55% White, 28% Hispanic, 8% African American, 7% Two or more races.

In the 2024-25 school year, 359 students attended Tomahawk Elementary.

Students who attend Tomahawk Elementary usually go on to attend:

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

Tomahawk Elementary ranks 222nd of 657 Kansas elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

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Latest Kansas data All new data »
2025–26 attendance dataOct 13, 2026
2025–26 KAP test scoresOct 13, 2026
2023–24 school spending dataJan 8, 2026
2024–25 dropout ratesDec 4, 2025


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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