📍 775 North Center, Gardner, Johnson County, 66030
Sunflower Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Gardner, Johnson County. The school has 345 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Gardner Edgerton school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a suburban setting. The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1. 57% of students are proficient in reading. 52% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Sunflower Elementary enrolls 345 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 28 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 79% White, 8.4% Two or more races and 5.5% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 274 | 79% |
| Two or more races | 29 | 8.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 19 | 5.5% |
| Black or African American | 16 | 4.6% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
101 of the school's 345 students (29%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 76 qualify for free lunch and 25 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.
Sunflower Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district KS-30, state senate district 9, state house district 43.
Sunflower Elementary is one of 11 schools in Gardner Edgerton, based in Gardner, Kansas. The district serves 5,858 students district-wide and employs 442 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 345 students, Sunflower Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 533 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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