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Sunflower Elem

PublicElementaryGrades PK–6

8955 Loiret Blvd, Lenexa, KS 66219 · (913) 993-5400 · Part of Shawnee Mission Public Schools Unified School District

Lenexa’s School Grade A− better than 84% of Kansas school districts

Directions
Students
390
Students per teacher
14:1
Free or reduced lunch
35%
Setting
City
Grades
PK–6
The gist

What stands out about Sunflower Elem

  • Its own letter, A: reading and math results near the top of Kansas’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 19 pts above the state
  • Reading / language arts 22 pts above the state
  • Next stop for Lenexa kids: Trailridge Middle

On the path

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

PK–6Sunflower ElemYou are here
7–8Trailridge Middlein Shawnee

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency47%
State average 27.9%
Reading / language arts57%
State average 35.5%

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

Location

Directions ↗

8955 Loiret Blvd, Lenexa

Students

Enrollment by grade
Pre-K1
Kindergarten48
Grade 167
Grade 257
Grade 351
Grade 472
Grade 547
Grade 647
Enrollment over time
369’20
383’21
370’22
397’23
390’24

Up 5.7% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
White 61%Hispanic 16%Black 9%Two or more races 9%Asian 4%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

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

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Sunflower Elem from Lenexa families.

Other schools in Shawnee Mission Public Schools Unified School District

The district →
Briarwood Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Prairie Village
A+
674 students17:1
Corinth Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Prairie Village
A+
576 students18:1
Brookridge Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Overland Park
B
548 students15:1
Shawanoe Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Shawnee
D
530 students16:1
Apache Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Overland Park
C+
526 students15:1
Mill Creek Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Shawnee
A
495 students17:1

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; Lenexa’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.