Summary:
ZIP code 66204 has five PK–6 elementary schools, all in the Shawnee Mission Pub School district. The five-school average for 2025–26 was above the state rate in English language arts (ELA), mathematics and science: 54% versus 46% in ELA, 51% versus 41% in math, and 57% versus 38% in science. The most important finding is that those strong averages mask wide differences among schools, with the widest spread in science: 31% to 82%.
Tomahawk Elementary leads in ELA at 72%, 23 percentage points above the other four schools’ average; Santa Fe Trail Elementary leads in math at 72% and science at 82%, respectively 26 and 31 points above the other schools’ averages. At the lower end, Comanche Elementary has the lowest ELA (36%) and science (31%); those rates are 22 and 32 points below the other schools’ averages and 10 and 7 points below state rates. East Antioch Elementary has the lowest math result (33%), 22 points below the other schools’ average and 8 points below the state, but its science rate of 54% is above the state.
Area averages rose from 2024–25 to 2025–26 in all three subjects, most sharply in science: up 13 percentage points, compared with 5 in math and 2 in ELA. Tomahawk improved in each subject, while Comanche’s ELA result fell 7 points; Santa Fe Trail’s science result rose 20 points. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile improved from 35th to 54th for Overland Park Elementary and from 78th to 87th for Tomahawk, but fell for Comanche and East Antioch. Ratios and lunch rates offer context, not explanations: Tomahawk’s ratio is 11.8 students per teacher and its reported free/reduced-lunch rate is 30%, while Overland Park’s are 15.1 and 53%; still, Overland Park exceeds state rates in all three subjects.
Thank you for your feedback!