Rising Star Elem

Regular School · Lenexa, KS

Rising Star Elem is a regular school school in Lenexa, Kansas, serving grades PK–06 with 473 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 14.4:1.

Level

Elementary

Grades

PK – 06

Enrollment

473

Teachers (FTE)

32.8

Student–Teacher Ratio

14.4:1

Status

Open

Lunch Program Participation

Yes participating without using any Provision or the CEO

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity	Students	Share
White	235	50%
Hispanic/Latino	101	21%
Black or African American	87	18%
Two or more races	36	8%
Asian	10	2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	4	1%
Total enrollment	473	227M / 246F

English Language Learners: 51 (11% of enrollment) · SY 2021–22

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric	This School	State Avg	Tested
Math Proficiency	38.0% +9.6pp	28.4%	224
Reading Proficiency	42.0% +5.8pp	36.2%	219
Science Proficiency	20-29%	—	58

Source: EDFacts, SY 2020–2021. Suppressed values (e.g. <=10%) indicate fewer than the minimum reportable threshold.

Stanford Achievement Estimate

Pooled score across SY 2009–2022 (grades 3–8), expressed in grade levels relative to the national average. Positive = above average.

Overall (Math + ELA)

+0.10 grade levels

Math

+0.02 grade levels

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented

Program offered

12 students enrolled

Out-of-School Suspensions

2.5% of enrollment · SY 2021–22

Chronically Absent

11.8% of enrollment · SY 2019–20

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), Office for Civil Rights & EDFacts.

Lunch Program (SY 2024-2025)

Category	Students	% of School
Total enrollment (est.)	473	100%

Contact & Location

8600 Candlelight Ln

Lenexa, KS 66215

Phone: (913)993-4500

http://www.smsd.org/Schools/risingstar/

District

Shawnee Mission Pub Sch

Per-pupil expenditure: $16,735

District enrollment: 26,422

Other Schools in District

Apache Elem Elementary
Belinder Elem Elementary
Bluejacket-Flint Elementary
Briarwood Elem Elementary
Broken Arrow Elem Elementary
Brookridge Elem Elementary
Brookwood Elem Elementary
Christa McAuliffe Elem Elementary

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Related Data

Neighborhood demographics (ZIP 66215) → CensusDepth.com
Kansas population & income data → CensusDepth.com
Kansas teacher salaries → WageDepth.com

NCES ID

201164001683

Data sources: NCES CCD SY 2024-2025 (directory, staff, lunch), EDFacts SY 2020-21 (assessments), CRDC SY 2021-22 (programs & discipline), SEDA v6.0 (achievement estimates). Updated annually. NCES CCD