Havencroft Elem, Olathe KS - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Havencroft Elem

Havencroft Elementary School is located in Olathe, Kansas, a large suburban city in Johnson County southwest of downtown Kansas City. Olathe is a fast-growing community with a mix of residential neighborhoods and commercial and industrial parks housing major employers. However, the school faces a significant near-term disruption. The Olathe School Board voted to close Havencroft at the end of the 2024–25 school year due to budget constraints and declining district enrollment. This closure will redraw attendance boundaries and affect families in this area, making current enrollment plans uncertain. At the same time, the district passed a bond in 2024 to fund a new elementary school and other improvements, indicating ongoing investment even as some older sites are shuttered.

Havencroft serves students in prekindergarten through fifth grade. Like most elementary schools in this suburban district, it focuses on a core academic foundation in reading, math, science, and social studies. The school operates as a non-charter public school within the Olathe district. Because it serves only elementary grades, there is no graduation rate data or secondary-level program information to report; those metrics simply do not apply here.

The most recent state assessment results from the Kansas Assessment Program provide a window into student performance. In third-grade English language arts, roughly half of students met the state’s proficiency standard. By fourth and fifth grade, that share dropped to a little over a third. In mathematics, student performance was lower across all three tested grades, with about half of third graders reaching proficiency, declining to around a quarter of fifth graders. In fifth-grade science, a quarter of students were proficient. Overall proficiency across all tested subjects and grades, as measured by a composite index, places the school in the bottom quartile among districts in Johnson County. A parent may want to look into this further with the school to understand the specific instructional strategies and supports in place for math and science, and how the school addresses the apparent drop in achievement as students move through the upper elementary grades.

The student body is diverse, drawing from the surrounding Olathe neighborhoods. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The racial and ethnic composition reflects the broader community, with a student population that is about half white, a substantial Hispanic representation, and smaller shares of Black, Asian, and multiracial students. Information on the share of students receiving special education services or English learner support was not available in the provided data.

The housing market in the school’s attendance area is part of a high-cost region. Home values in the zip code are above the national median, and the typical home value has risen in the past year. Rents are also above the national average. The estimated monthly mortgage payment on a typical home is higher than the typical rent, consistent with a competitive ownership market. This economic context informs the families living in Havencroft’s attendance zone, where housing affordability is a factor in school choice.

In sum, Havencroft is a suburban elementary school in a growing but expensive metro area, whose future is defined by its planned closure. For families currently in its attendance zone, the primary consideration is the impending boundary changes and the school’s final year of operation. For those looking at the neighborhood, the academic profile shows areas of relative strength in early elementary reading compared to weaker performance in math and science in later grades. Anyone considering this school should confirm the latest district plans, as the information available points to a transition that will reshape the elementary options in this part of Olathe.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 350%

School 50% · District 57% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Grade 430%

School 30% · District 61% · ▼ 31 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 34 pts below county median

Grade 527%

School 27% · District 60% · ▼ 32 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 33 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 353%

School 53% · District 61% · ▼ 8 pts below district

even with state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 437%

School 37% · District 62% · ▼ 25 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 31 pts below county median

Grade 534%

School 34% · District 60% · ▼ 26 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 33 pts below county median

Science

Grade 525%

School 25% · District 51% · ▼ 26 pts below district

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 32 pts below county median

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Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income43%Higher-income73%30 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income25%Higher-income53%28 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income25%Higher-income50%25 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income43%Higher-income63%19 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income16%Higher-income50%34 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income18%Higher-income44%26 pp gap