The De Soto School District (USD 232) is a public school district in northwestern Johnson County, Kansas

Johnson County, Kansas

Johnson County is a county located in northeast Kansas, in the central United States. The county is largely suburban, being part of the Kansas City metropolitan area, and containing many of its affluent southwestern suburbs. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 544,179. Its county...

, United States. Named after De Soto, Kansas

De Soto, Kansas

De Soto is a city in Johnson and Leavenworth counties in the U.S. state of Kansas, along the Kansas River. The population was 4,561 at the 2000 census...

, the district encompasses over 100 square miles (259 km²) serving the city of De Soto and approximately 60% of Shawnee

Shawnee, Kansas

Shawnee is a city located in northwest Johnson County, Kansas, United States and is a western suburb of Kansas City, Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 62,209. Shawnee's fur trading and pioneering heritage blends histories of these Kansas Territory townships: Monticello and...

, 40% of Lenexa

Lenexa, Kansas

Lenexa is a city in the central part of Johnson County, located in northeast Kansas, in the central United States of America. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 48,190. As a satellite city of Kansas City, Kansas, Lenexa is included in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area...

, 10% of Olathe

Olathe, Kansas

Olathe is a city in and the county seat of Johnson County, Kansas, United States. Located in northeastern Kansas, it is also the fifth most populous city in the state, with a population of 125,872 at the 2010 census. As a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, Olathe is the fourth-largest city in the...

 and other smaller towns around those areas. Most of its students live in the east (Shawnee and Lenexa).

Secondary schools

The district has two high schools:

• De Soto High School in the west and is the smaller high school
• Mill Valley High School in the east and is the larger of the two

and three middle schools:

• Lexington Trails Middle School
• Monticello Trails Middle School
• Mill Creek Middle School
  Mill Creek Middle School
  Mill Creek Middle School is a middle school in Lenexa, Kansas which opened in 2007. The school was built as a completely green school .- External links :*...
  
  

Elementary schools

The district has seven elementary schools:

• Belmont Elementary School
• Clear Creek Elementary School
• Horizon Elementary School
• Mize Elementary School
• Prairie Ridge Elementary School
• Riverview Elementary School
• Starside Elementary School

Future plans

The district plans to build a high school to accompany the new middle school and the two new elementary schools, and expand the current high schools, this is unlikely unless the bond is passed.