Enrollment
367
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANDOVER·NCES 200336001727
Sunflower Elementary School
616 E. Douglas, Andover, KS 67002 · (316) 218-4730 · Butler County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL367 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 57% of Kansas public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
115 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 | 8 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
60.0%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
47.5%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 | 60.0% | 47.5% |
| 2023-24 | 51.3% | 49.5% |
% 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
51.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.2%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 School
Sunflower Elementary School's state test result (51.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunflower Elementary School this school | 367 | 31.3% | 51.7% |
| Stone Creek Elementary Derby | 451 | 33.3% | 55.9% |
| Amelia Earhart Elementary School Goddard | 514 | 31.5% | 65.3% |
| Park Hill Elementary Derby | 392 | 29.1% | 53.0% |
| Cottonwood Elementary Andover | 388 | 33.2% | 59.0% |
| Marlatt Elem Manhattan | 454 | 29.5% | 60.5% |
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 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Butler County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #200 of 625 | #9 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #238 of 625 | #9 of 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #170 of 625 | #7 of 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 367 | #251 of 714 | #6 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #203 of 539 | #7 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.5% | #269 of 540 | #2 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.3% | #541 of 658 | #16 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.4% | #190 of 377 | #2 of 7 |
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
367
+49 (+15%) vs 2020
+18% since 2000-01, when it was 310
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 367 | 28.3 | 13.0:1 | 31% (115) |
| 2023-24 | 365 | 23.8 | 15.3:1 | 28% (101) |
| 2022-23 | 363 | 23.4 | 15.5:1 | 27% (97) |
| 2020-21 | 318 | 20 | 15.9:1 | 21% (66) |
| 2017-18 | 424 | 23.4 | 18.1:1 | 21% (87) |
| 2015-16 | 405 | 24 | 16.9:1 | 22% (91) |
| 2010-11 | 416 | 24 | 17.3:1 | 17% (70) |
| 2000-01 | 310 | 20 | 15.5:1 | 17% (54) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunflower Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (424 to 367); teachers up 21% (23.4 to 28.3).
About Sunflower Elementary School
Sunflower Elementary School serves students in Andover, Kansas, as a mid-sized elementary school. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 367 students.
Across its 11 schools, Andover enrolls 9,460 students. Sunflower Elementary School is one of those schools.
More than half of the students at Sunflower Elementary School are White (70%). The remaining shares are 13% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 5% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Butler County's population at about 87%. The diversity index for Sunflower Elementary School is 47%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 28.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 13.0 students per teacher. The ratio is within a point of the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas. The school reported 31% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Sunflower Elementary School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 57% of Kansas public elementary schools.
In Kansas, Sunflower Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 51.7% actual against a predicted 47.2%.
Looking at the county, Butler County, the median household earns about $81,610 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Counting Sunflower Elementary School, Butler County has 42 public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Andover Central High School is about 0.3 miles from Sunflower Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 54.0%, higher than Sunflower Elementary School's 51.7%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school grew from 318 students in 2020-21 to 367 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.0:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Sunflower Elementary School. You can also rate the school on this page.
Butler County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
68,287
Census ACS
Median income
$81,610
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
18,052 students
Quick facts
Related schools
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- Andover eCademyCombined · 3,617 students
- Andover HighHigh · 1,018 students
- Andover Central High SchoolHigh · 886 students
- Andover Middle SchoolMiddle · 773 students
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- Andover eCademyCombined · 3,617 students
- Andover HighHigh · 1,018 students
- Andover Central High SchoolHigh · 886 students
- Andover Middle SchoolMiddle · 773 students
- Andover Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 642 students
- Prairie Creek ElementaryElementary · 474 students
Other Sunflower Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 3 states are named Sunflower Elementary. Sunflower Elementary School is the 6th 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 SchoolOttawa, KS · 333 students
Nearby schools
- Andover Central High School0.3 mi · 886
- Andover Central Middle School0.4 mi · 642
- Prairie Creek Elementary0.9 mi · 474
- Andover eCademy1.7 mi · 3,617
- Meadowlark Elementary1.7 mi · 372
- Andover Middle School1.9 mi · 773
Frequently asked questions
About Sunflower Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sunflower Elementary School?
Sunflower Elementary School enrolls approximately 367 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Sunflower Elementary School serve?
Sunflower Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sunflower Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sunflower Elementary School is approximately 13.0:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Sunflower Elementary School?
Student demographics at Sunflower Elementary School are roughly 70% White, 13% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Sunflower Elementary School public or private?
Sunflower Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Andover.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.