Mill Creek Elem
Public · Grades Pre-K–6 · 495 students
Rising Star Elem
8600 Candlelight Ln, Lenexa, KS 66215
Grades
Pre-K–6
Elementary
Students
473
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
14.4 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Shawnee Mission Pub Sch
Johnson County
Schola Grade C · Average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 670 Kansas elementary schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other Kansas elementary schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Rising Star Elem
Rising Star Elem is a public elementary school in Lenexa, Kansas, serving grades Pre-K–6. It is part of Shawnee Mission Pub Sch. The school is located in a small city in Johnson County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 473 students were enrolled, with about 14.4 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is larger than the typical Kansas elementary school (12.9 students per teacher). Its Schola Grade is C (average), compared with 670 Kansas elementary schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades Pre-K–6
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Public School · What this means
- Level
- Elementary
- Grades offered
- Pre-K–6
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 473 students
- Students per teacher
- 14.4 to 1
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- City — Small
- School district
- Shawnee Mission Pub Sch
- County
- Johnson County
- NCES school ID
- 201164001683
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.