📍 8200 Grant, Shawnee Mission, Johnson County, 66212
Comanche Elem is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Shawnee Mission, Johnson County. The school has 381 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Shawnee Mission Pub Sch school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 29.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Comanche Elem enrolls 381 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 29.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 56% Hispanic or Latino, 22% White and 14% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 212 | 56% |
| White | 83 | 22% |
| Black or African American | 55 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 27 | 7.1% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
301 of the school's 381 students (79%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 252 qualify for free lunch and 49 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.
Comanche Elem is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district KS-30, state senate district 21, state house district 22.
Comanche Elem is one of 45 schools in Shawnee Mission Pub Sch, based in Shawnee Mission, Kansas. The district serves 26,513 students district-wide and employs 1,968 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 381 students, Comanche Elem is smaller than the district average of about 589 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize