📍 8600 Candlelight, Shawnee Mission, Johnson County, 66215
Rising Star Elem is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Shawnee Mission, Johnson County. The school has 469 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 32.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 38% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Rising Star Elem enrolls 469 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 32.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 53% White, 21% Black or African American and 14% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 247 | 53% |
| Black or African American | 97 | 21% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 67 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 46 | 9.8% |
| Asian | 10 | 2.1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
231 of the school's 469 students (49%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 180 qualify for free lunch and 51 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.
Rising Star Elem 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-30, state senate district 21, state house district 17.
Rising Star 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 469 students, Rising Star 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