📍 35400 W 91St, De Soto, Johnson County, 66018
Starside Elem is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in De Soto, Johnson County. The school has 445 pupils enrolled. It is part of the De Soto school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 36.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1. 47% of students are proficient in reading. 47% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Starside Elem enrolls 445 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 36.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 62% White, 33% Hispanic or Latino and 3.6% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 274 | 62% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 149 | 33% |
| Two or more races | 16 | 3.6% |
| Black or African American | 5 | 1.1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
211 of the school's 445 students (47%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 171 qualify for free lunch and 40 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Starside Elem is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district KS-30, state senate district 9, state house district 38.
Starside Elem is one of 13 schools in De Soto, based in De Soto, Kansas. The district serves 7,295 students district-wide and employs 504 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 445 students, Starside Elem is smaller than the district average of about 561 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe