📍 2521 Inverness Drive, Lawrence, Douglas County, 66047
Sunflower Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lawrence, Douglas County. The school has 468 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lawrence school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1. 57% of students are proficient in reading. 42% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Sunflower Elementary enrolls 468 students across grades K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 29 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 63% White, 13% Hispanic or Latino and 12% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 295 | 63% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 62 | 13% |
| Two or more races | 58 | 12% |
| Black or African American | 30 | 6.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 11 | 2.4% |
| Asian | 10 | 2.1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
218 of the school's 468 students (47%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 181 qualify for free lunch and 37 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 an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). 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-10, state senate district 3, state house district 45.
Sunflower Elementary is one of 20 schools in Lawrence, based in Lawrence, Kansas. The district serves 10,443 students district-wide and employs 768 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 468 students, Sunflower Elementary is close to the district average of about 522 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small
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