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Prairie Star Middle

PublicMiddleGrades 6–8

14201 Mission Road, Leawood, KS 66224 · (913) 239-5600 · Part of Blue Valley Unified School District 229

Leawood’s School Grade A better than 90% of Kansas school districts

Directions
Students
438
Students per teacher
12:1
Free or reduced lunch
9%
Setting
Suburb
Grades
6–8
The gist

What stands out about Prairie Star Middle

  • Its own letter, B+: better results than 72% of Kansas’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 5 pts above the state
  • Reading / language arts 16 pts above the state
  • Small classes: 12 students per teacher
  • Next stop for Leawood kids: 10 high schools

On the path

Where Leawood kids come from and go next. The whole path →

K–54 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–8Prairie Star MiddleYou are here
9–1210 high schoolsDepends on your address

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency33%
State average 27.9%
Reading / language arts51%
State average 35.5%

Its own letter, B+, places these results among Kansas’s 1,221 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

14201 Mission Road, Leawood

Students

Enrollment by grade
Grade 6153
Grade 7139
Grade 8146
Enrollment over time
445’20
449’21
443’22
439’23
438’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Who goes here
White 74%Asian 15%Hispanic 5%Two or more races 5%Black 1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Prairie Star Middle from Leawood families.

Other schools in Blue Valley Unified School District 229

The district →
Stanley Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Overland Park
A−
610 students20:1
Timber Creek Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Overland Park
A+
583 students16:1
Wolf Springs Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Overland Park
A
541 students14:1
Sunset Ridge Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Overland Park
A+
396 students13:1
Cedar Hills Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Overland Park
A+
587 students15:1
Harmony Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Overland Park
A+
562 students15:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Kansas’s other public schools; Leawood’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.