Prairie Star Elementary

Prairie Star Elementary, a mid-tier elementary school in Leawood, Kansas, run under Blue Valley, serves 371 students, covering grades K through 5.

Blue Valley comprises 40 schools with combined enrollment of 22,491 students; Prairie Star Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Prairie Star Elementary reports that 75% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 11% Asian, 9% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Prairie Star Elementary records 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. The state averages about 13.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 7% of students at Prairie Star Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Johnson County's rate of about 27%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Prairie Star Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.7%, the actual is 70.3%, a residual of +11.6 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Johnson County put the typical household earns roughly $109,208 per year, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Johnson County runs 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 93,598 students), of which Prairie Star Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Prairie Star Middle, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Prairie Star Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Prairie Star Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 64.3%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Prairie Star Elementary has shrank 5%, going from 389 students in 2018 to 371 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.