📍 7301 Mize Road, Shawnee, Johnson County, 66227
Mize Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Shawnee, Johnson County. The school has 459 pupils enrolled. It is part of the De Soto school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 32.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1. 69% of students are proficient in reading. 63% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Mize Elementary School enrolls 459 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 32.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 88% White, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino and 4.8% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 402 | 88% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 22 | 4.8% |
| Two or more races | 22 | 4.8% |
| Black or African American | 6 | 1.3% |
| Asian | 6 | 1.3% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
47 of the school's 459 students (10%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 37 qualify for free lunch and 10 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Mize Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district KS-30, state senate district 10, state house district 39.
Mize Elementary School is one of 13 schools in De Soto, based in De Soto, Kansas. The district serves 7,295 students district-wide and employs 504 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 459 students, Mize Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 561 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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