📍 8955 Loiret Blvd, Shawnee Mission, Johnson County, 66219
Sunflower Elem is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Shawnee Mission, Johnson County. The school has 370 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Shawnee Mission Pub Sch school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 31.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.6:1. 57% of students are proficient in reading. 47% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Sunflower Elem enrolls 370 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 31.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 59% White, 16% Hispanic or Latino and 10% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 219 | 59% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 61 | 16% |
| Black or African American | 37 | 10% |
| Two or more races | 30 | 8.1% |
| Asian | 21 | 5.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
130 of the school's 370 students (35%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 92 qualify for free lunch and 38 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 Elem is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district KS-30, state senate district 21, state house district 30.
Sunflower Elem is one of 45 schools in Shawnee Mission Pub Sch, based in Shawnee Mission, Kansas. The district serves 26,513 students district-wide and employs 1,968 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 370 students, Sunflower Elem is smaller than the district average of about 589 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small