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Oak Park-Carpenter Elementary

PublicElementaryGrades PK–6

10000 Nieman Rd, Overland Park, KS 66214 · (913) 993-4100 · Part of Shawnee Mission Public Schools Unified School District

Overland Park’s School Grade A better than 90% of Kansas school districts

Directions
Students
480
Students per teacher
16:1
Free or reduced lunch
24%
Setting
City
Grades
PK–6
The gist

What stands out about Oak Park-Carpenter Elementary

  • Its own letter, A+: reading and math results near the top of Kansas’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 36 pts above the state
  • Reading / language arts 31 pts above the state
  • Next stop for Overland Park kids: 9 middle schools

On the path

Where Overland Park kids come from and go next. The whole path →

PK–6Oak Park-Carpenter ElementaryYou are here
6–89 middle schoolsDepends on your address

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency64%
State average 27.9%
Reading / language arts66%
State average 35.5%

Its own letter, A+, places these results among Kansas’s 1,221 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

10000 Nieman Rd, Overland Park

Students

Enrollment by grade
Pre-K6
Kindergarten58
Grade 161
Grade 262
Grade 373
Grade 474
Grade 575
Grade 671
Enrollment over time
498’20
512’21
503’22
510’23
480’24

Down 3.6% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
White 73%Hispanic 11%Two or more races 8%Black 5%Asian 3%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Oak Park-Carpenter Elementary from Overland Park families.

Other schools in Shawnee Mission Public Schools Unified School District

The district →
Briarwood Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Prairie Village
A+
674 students17:1
Corinth Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Prairie Village
A+
576 students18:1
Brookridge Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Overland Park
B
548 students15:1
Shawanoe Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Shawnee
D
530 students16:1
Apache Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Overland Park
C+
526 students15:1
Mill Creek Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Shawnee
A
495 students17:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Kansas’s other public schools; Overland Park’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.