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Which teacher or staff member at Rosehill Elem deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
477
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHAWNEE MISSION PUB SCH·NCES 201164001554
Rosehill Elem
9801 Rosehill Rd, Lenexa, KS 66215 · (913) 993-4800 · Johnson County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL477 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
273 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 51%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 30 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 66 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 12% smaller than its 6th grade class (66).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 58% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
43.9%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
41.4%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.9% | 41.4% |
| 2023-24 | 36.6% | 34.5% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.8%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kansas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Rosehill Elem
Rosehill Elem's state test result (37.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosehill Elem this school | 477 | 57.2% | 37.9% |
| Countryside Elementary Olathe | 349 | 59.9% | 37.6% |
| Eisenhower Elem Junction City | 370 | 57.3% | 41.7% |
| Ware Elem Fort Riley | 623 | 55.2% | 50.1% |
| Merriam Park Elementary Merriam | 415 | 58.3% | 44.3% |
| Indian Creek Elem Olathe | 349 | 58.2% | 34.2% |
Matched among Kansas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Rosehill Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #389 of 625 | #96 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #321 of 625 | #92 of 111 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #392 of 625 | #95 of 111 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 477 | #88 of 714 | #22 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #457 of 539 | #93 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.0% | #63 of 540 | #4 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.2% | #300 of 658 | #17 of 111 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.8% | #174 of 377 | #35 of 76 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
477
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 745
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 15.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 477 | 30.7 | 15.5:1 | 57% (273) |
| 2023-24 | 469 | 32.4 | 14.5:1 | 59% (279) |
| 2022-23 | 492 | 34.7 | 14.2:1 | 58% (285) |
| 2020-21 | 483 | 31 | 15.6:1 | 51% (244) |
| 2017-18 | 560 | 36.8 | 15.2:1 | 58% (324) |
| 2015-16 | 583 | 40 | 14.6:1 | 63% (365) |
| 2010-11 | 532 | 36 | 14.8:1 | 57% (304) |
| 2000-01 | 580 | 41 | 14.2:1 | 14% (80) |
| 1990-91 | 745 | 47 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rosehill Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (560 to 477); teachers down 17% (36.8 to 30.7).
About Rosehill Elem
Rosehill Elem is a large elementary school with its address in Lenexa, Kansas. A total of 477 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 6. The average for elementary schools in Kansas is about 313 students, so this school is 52% above average.
Shawnee Mission Pub Sch runs 45 schools with a combined 26,330 students. Rosehill Elem is one of them.
Rosehill Elem's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 44%. It is also 31% Hispanic, 15% Black, 6% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Johnson County's residents are about 79% White, 34 points above the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Rosehill Elem belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 68%.
Rosehill Elem employs 30.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 15.5:1. That ratio is over the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 57% in 2024-25. That is higher than the 27% average for public schools in Johnson County.
Schools in Kansas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 34.8%. Rosehill Elem scores 37.9%.
Census estimates describe Johnson County this way: median household income is about $109,208, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 58%, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Johnson County number 168 and enroll about 93,598.
The school nearest to Rosehill Elem is Oak Park-Carpenter Elementary, at a distance of about 1.0 miles. Within five miles of Rosehill Elem, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 47.1%; Rosehill Elem's is 37.9%, ranking 6th of 9.
Federal data place Rosehill Elem in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment went from 483 in 2020-21 to 477 in 2024-25, a change of 6 students.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
620,631
Census ACS
Median income
$109,208
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
168
93,598 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Shawnee Mission Pub Sch
- Shawnee Mission East HighHigh · 1,737 students
- Shawnee Mission Northwest HighHigh · 1,599 students
- Shawnee Mission West HighHigh · 1,599 students
- Shawnee Mission South HighHigh · 1,574 students
- Shawnee Mission North HighHigh · 1,502 students
- Indian Hills MiddleMiddle · 879 students
Other schools in Lenexa
- Mill Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 676 students
- Manchester Park ElementaryElementary · 616 students
- Rising Star ElemElementary · 473 students
- Canyon Creek ElementaryElementary · 459 students
- Christa McAuliffe ElemElementary · 400 students
- Sunflower ElemElementary · 390 students
Other Rosehill Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Rosehill Elementary. Rosehill Elem is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Rosehill Elementary SchoolTOMBALL, TX · 751 students
Nearby schools
- Oak Park-Carpenter Elementary1.0 mi · 480
- Westridge Middle1.0 mi · 761
- Apache Elem1.5 mi · 526
- Rising Star Elem1.7 mi · 473
- Pawnee Elem2.1 mi · 374
- Sunflower Elem2.2 mi · 390
Frequently asked questions
About Rosehill ElemHow many students attend Rosehill Elem?
Rosehill Elem enrolls approximately 477 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Rosehill Elem serve?
Rosehill Elem serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rosehill Elem?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rosehill Elem is approximately 15.5:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rosehill Elem?
At Rosehill Elem, the student body is approximately 44% White, 31% Hispanic, 15% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Rosehill Elem in?
Rosehill Elem is part of Shawnee Mission Pub Sch.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.