📍 3800 W. 143rd St., Leawood, Johnson County, 66224
Prairie Star Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Leawood, Johnson County. The school has 386 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Blue Valley school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 29.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.0:1. 77% of students are proficient in reading. 62% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Prairie Star Elementary enrolls 386 students across grades K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 29.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 77% White, 10% Asian and 8.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 298 | 77% |
| Asian | 39 | 10% |
| Two or more races | 33 | 8.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 14 | 3.6% |
| Black or African American | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
30 of the school's 386 students (7.8%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 24 qualify for free lunch and 6 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.
Prairie Star 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 11, state house district 28.
Prairie Star Elementary is one of 36 schools in Blue Valley, based in Overland Park, Kansas. The district serves 22,252 students district-wide and employs 1,642 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 386 students, Prairie Star Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 618 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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