Enrollment
390
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHAWNEE MISSION PUB SCH·NCES 201164000932
Sunflower Elem
8955 Loiret Blvd, Lenexa, KS 66219 · (913) 993-5400 · Johnson County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL390 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
138 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 47 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (47).
Student demographics
58%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
54.9%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
48.8%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 | 54.9% | 48.8% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 46.8% |
% 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
50.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.3%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Sunflower Elem
Sunflower Elem's state test result (50.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunflower Elem this school | 390 | 35.4% | 50.5% |
| Scarborough Elem Olathe | 307 | 33.2% | 51.2% |
| Lenexa Hills Elementary Lenexa | 292 | 39.7% | 56.7% |
| Rhein Benninghoven Elem Shawnee | 423 | 28.8% | 62.1% |
| Amanda Arnold Elem Manhattan | 399 | 29.3% | 67.2% |
| John Diemer Elem Overland Park | 427 | 30.7% | 61.0% |
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 Sunflower Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #216 of 625 | #79 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #224 of 625 | #82 of 111 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #233 of 625 | #83 of 111 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 390 | #205 of 714 | #55 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #340 of 539 | #65 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.3% | #167 of 540 | #34 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.4% | #505 of 658 | #37 of 111 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.0% | #42 of 377 | #7 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
390
+21 (+6%) vs 2020
-40% since 2000-01, when it was 655
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 390 | 27.8 | 14.0:1 | 35% (138) |
| 2023-24 | 397 | 27.1 | 14.7:1 | 32% (129) |
| 2022-23 | 370 | 31.8 | 11.6:1 | 35% (130) |
| 2020-21 | 369 | 27 | 13.7:1 | 25% (94) |
| 2017-18 | 542 | 36.4 | 14.9:1 | 33% (181) |
| 2015-16 | 580 | 35 | 16.6:1 | 34% (199) |
| 2010-11 | 508 | 30 | 16.9:1 | 26% (131) |
| 2000-01 | 655 | 37 | 17.7:1 | 4% (26) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunflower Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (542 to 390); teachers down 24% (36.4 to 27.8).
About Sunflower Elem
Sunflower Elem is a medium-sized elementary school based in Lenexa, Kansas. It educates 390 students in pre-K through 6. The school's enrollment is 25% larger than the 313 average for elementary schools in Kansas.
Sunflower Elem is a school in Shawnee Mission Pub Sch. The district has 45 schools and 26,330 students.
At 61%, White students outnumber all other groups at Sunflower Elem combined. After that, the student body is 16% Hispanic, 9% Black, 9% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Among all residents of Johnson County, the White share is about 79%. Sunflower Elem has a diversity index of 58%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 14.0:1 comes from the school's 27.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Kansas average 13.2:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 35% in 2024-25. It compares with 27% for public schools in Johnson County.
After adjusting for student poverty, Sunflower Elem lands between the top and bottom 10% of Kansas schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 50.5%; the prediction is 45.3%.
Census estimates describe Johnson County this way: median household income is about $109,208, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 58% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 3%. Federal data list 168 public schools in Johnson County, with a combined enrollment of about 93,598.
The school nearest to Sunflower Elem is Christa McAuliffe Elem, at a distance of about 0.9 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Sunflower Elem places 4th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The student count in 2024-25 was 390, 6% above the 369 of 2020-21.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Sunflower Elem. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Rosehill ElemElementary · 477 students
- Rising Star ElemElementary · 473 students
- Canyon Creek ElementaryElementary · 459 students
- Christa McAuliffe ElemElementary · 400 students
Other Sunflower Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 3 states are named Sunflower Elementary. Sunflower Elem is the 4th largest of the 9.
- Sunflower Elementary SchoolLiberal, KS · 570 students
- Sunflower ElementaryLawrence, KS · 444 students
- Sunflower ElemPaola, KS · 373 students
- Sunflower Elementary SchoolAndover, KS · 367 students
- Sunflower Elementary SchoolOttawa, KS · 333 students
Nearby schools
- Christa McAuliffe Elem0.9 mi · 400
- Rising Star Elem1.2 mi · 473
- Lenexa Hills Elementary1.5 mi · 292
- Mill Creek Elem1.7 mi · 495
- Rosehill Elem2.2 mi · 477
- Westridge Middle2.8 mi · 761
Frequently asked questions
About Sunflower ElemWhat is the total enrollment at Sunflower Elem?
Sunflower Elem enrolls approximately 390 students in grades PK-06.
Is Sunflower Elem an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sunflower Elem is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Sunflower Elem?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at Sunflower Elem.
How diverse is Sunflower Elem?
Sunflower Elem reports a student body of 61% White, 16% Hispanic, 9% Black, 4% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Sunflower Elem public or private?
Sunflower Elem is a public K-12 school, overseen by Shawnee Mission Pub Sch.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.