Enrollment
293
Elementary
DISTRICT 331 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARDNER EDGERTON·NCES 200642000997
Sunflower Elementary
775 North Center, Gardner, KS 66030 · (913) 856-3700 · Johnson County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL293 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
88 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 | 55 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 29 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is 52% smaller than its 4th grade class (60).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
56.9%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
49.5%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 | 56.9% | 49.5% |
| 2023-24 | 38.3% | 43.5% |
% 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
47.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.8%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Elementary
Sunflower Elementary's state test result (47.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunflower Elementary this school | 293 | 30.0% | 47.0% |
| Tomahawk Elem Overland Park | 277 | 30.0% | 50.3% |
| Santa Fe Trail Elem Overland Park | 310 | 33.9% | 63.0% |
| Elmont Elem Topeka | 303 | 27.7% | 61.8% |
| Circle Benton Elementary Benton | 286 | 33.6% | 59.7% |
| West Indianola Elem Topeka | 395 | 28.9% | 53.8% |
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 Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #259 of 625 | #83 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #213 of 625 | #80 of 111 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.9% | #206 of 625 | #79 of 111 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 293 | #389 of 714 | #97 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #72 of 539 | #12 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.3% | #304 of 540 | #74 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.0% | #551 of 658 | #45 of 111 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.9% | #75 of 377 | #13 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
293
-35 (-11%) vs 2020
-35% since 2000-01, when it was 451
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 293 | 25.4 | 11.6:1 | 30% (88) |
| 2023-24 | 311 | 25.3 | 12.3:1 | 30% (94) |
| 2022-23 | 345 | 28 | 12.3:1 | 29% (101) |
| 2020-21 | 328 | 26 | 12.6:1 | 21% (70) |
| 2017-18 | 385 | 26.5 | 14.5:1 | 20% (77) |
| 2015-16 | 374 | N/A | N/A | 22% (82) |
| 2010-11 | 308 | 23 | 13.4:1 | 20% (61) |
| 2000-01 | 451 | 32 | 14.1:1 | 10% (43) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunflower Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (385 to 293); teachers down 4% (26.5 to 25.4).
About Sunflower Elementary
Sunflower Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Gardner, Kansas, under Gardner Edgerton. The latest federal count shows 293 students in pre-K through 4.
Gardner Edgerton runs Sunflower Elementary along with 10 other schools, enrolling 5,854 students in total.
Sunflower Elementary's enrollment is 74% White. The remaining shares are 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 6% Black. By the diversity index, Sunflower Elementary comes in at 43%.
Sunflower Elementary operates with 25.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 11.6:1. That ratio is under the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas. Sunflower Elementary reports 30% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
The model predicts 47.8% for a school in Kansas with Sunflower Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Sunflower Elementary posts 47.0%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Johnson County, median household income is about $109,208, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 58%, and about 3% of people live in poverty. A total of 168 public schools operate in Johnson County, serving about 93,598 students.
Wheatridge Middle School is the public school closest to Sunflower Elementary, about 0.7 miles away. Sunflower Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 40.0% on proficiency, and Sunflower Elementary is above that at 47.0%.
Sunflower Elementary falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 328 in 2020-21 and 293 in 2024-25, an 11% decrease. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.6:1 to 11.6:1.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Sunflower Elementary. 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 Gardner Edgerton
- Gardner Edgerton HighHigh · 1,794 students
- Trail Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- Pioneer Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 548 students
- Madison ElementaryElementary · 521 students
- Wheatridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 517 students
- Grand Star ElementaryElementary · 380 students
Other schools in Gardner
- Gardner Edgerton HighHigh · 1,794 students
- Trail Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- Pioneer Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 548 students
- Madison ElementaryElementary · 521 students
- Wheatridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 517 students
- Grand Star ElementaryElementary · 380 students
Other Sunflower Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 3 states are named Sunflower Elementary. Sunflower Elementary is the 9th largest of the 9.
- Sunflower Elementary SchoolLiberal, KS · 570 students
- Sunflower ElementaryLawrence, KS · 444 students
- Sunflower ElemLenexa, KS · 390 students
- Sunflower ElemPaola, KS · 373 students
- Sunflower Elementary SchoolAndover, KS · 367 students
Nearby schools
- Wheatridge Middle School0.7 mi · 517
- Gardner Elem0.7 mi · 304
- Gardner Edgerton High0.8 mi · 1,794
- Madison Elementary1.0 mi · 521
- Grand Star Elementary1.3 mi · 380
- Trail Ridge Middle School1.3 mi · 679
Frequently asked questions
About Sunflower ElementaryHow many students attend Sunflower Elementary?
Sunflower Elementary enrolls approximately 293 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Sunflower Elementary serve?
Sunflower Elementary serves grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Sunflower Elementary have?
Sunflower Elementary employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
How diverse is Sunflower Elementary?
Sunflower Elementary reports a student body of 74% White, 11% Hispanic, 6% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Sunflower Elementary in?
Sunflower Elementary is part of Gardner Edgerton.
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