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Starside Elementary

Q: Is Starside Elementary a good school?

Starside Elementary ranks 353 rd of 656 Kansas elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

353^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 656 Kansas Elementary Schools

Better than 46% of Kansas elementary schools

Summary

Starside Elementary is a public elementary school located in De Soto, Kansas, serving grades PK-5 with a student population of 439. The school is part of the De Soto school district, which is ranked 12th out of 264 districts in Kansas and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

While Starside Elementary has some strengths, such as its performance with English Language Learner (ELL) students, who consistently rank among the top in the state, the school struggles with its overall academic performance. Starside's test scores in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics are consistently lower than the De Soto district and the state of Kansas averages across all grades. The school also has a relatively high chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 9.6% to 19.7% in recent years, which is higher than the state average.

Interestingly, Starside Elementary's performance is generally lower than the nearby schools in the De Soto district, such as Belmont Elementary, Horizon Elementary, and Mize Elementary, which all have higher test scores, lower chronic absenteeism rates, and better student group performance. However, Starside does perform better than some schools outside the De Soto district, such as Bonner Springs Elementary, which has lower test scores and a higher chronic absenteeism rate.

428

Students ?

10.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$15,006

Per pupil spending ?

52.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

35400 W 91St
De Soto, KS 66018

(913) 667-6270

District: De Soto

Students who attend Starside Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Lexington Trails Middle School
High:	De Soto High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

55.8%

Hispanic:

37.6%

Two or more races:

3.7%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 35th percentile in 2024 → 46th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 46th (2025) from a 35th-percentile low (2024)

✓Small classes — about 11 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Near the bottom of De Soto's ranking

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school43%

District avg60%

Kansas avg42%

353^rd of 656

Kansas public elementary schools ?

Bottom 46%▼ down 21 pts since 2015

From top 33% (2015) to bottom 46% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

7^th of 7Elementary Schools in the De Soto

12^th of 264De Soto among Kansas districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kansas percentile	Rating
2025	47.3	353 of 656	46.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	38.6	425 of 653	34.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	45.0	371 of 660	43.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	39.1	427 of 668	36.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	66.4	204 of 670	69.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	54.8	287 of 667	57.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	59.7	244 of 656	62.8%	★★★☆☆
2017	61.0	246 of 659	62.7%	★★★☆☆
2016	54.2	297 of 656	54.7%	★★★☆☆
2015	63.9	222 of 678	67.3%	★★★☆☆
2013	76.0	124 of 668	81.4%	★★★★☆
2012	72.7	135 of 660	79.5%	★★★★☆
2011	56.6	342 of 631	45.8%	★★☆☆☆
2010	60.9	286 of 630	54.6%	★★★☆☆
2009	36.6	493 of 621	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	34.5	479 of 614	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	42.3	436 of 600	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	24.5	495 of 585	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kansas percentile	Rating
2024	59.2	24 of 124	80.6%	★★★★☆
2023	65.1	22 of 117	81.2%	★★★★☆
2022	74.1	11 of 117	90.6%	★★★★★
2021	60.0	28 of 108	74.1%	★★★★☆
2019	72.9	20 of 122	83.6%	★★★★☆
2018	56.8	41 of 129	68.2%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kansas percentile	Rating
2021	61.9	203 of 591	65.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	47.6	320 of 591	45.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	55.4	258 of 574	55.1%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kansas percentile	Rating
2025	58.4	83 of 262	68.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	61.4	75 of 260	71.2%	★★★★☆
2023	48.6	106 of 245	56.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	51.5	114 of 254	55.1%	★★★☆☆
2021	56.1	80 of 229	65.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	72.1	40 of 235	83.0%	★★★★☆
2018	51.9	93 of 207	55.1%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kansas percentile	Rating
2025	43.0	311 of 533	41.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	46.0	294 of 546	46.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	47.3	281 of 541	48.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	34.0	378 of 512	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	48.6	254 of 494	48.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	56.7	190 of 509	62.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	50.1	262 of 512	48.8%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kansas percentile	Rating
2021	69.1	156 of 605	74.2%	★★★★☆
2019	64.3	175 of 586	70.1%	★★★★☆
2018	64.1	178 of 575	69.0%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kansas percentile	Rating
2025	56.4	108 of 313	65.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	46.1	157 of 306	48.7%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kansas percentile	Rating
2025	51.9	278 of 576	51.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	33.0	426 of 579	26.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	42.4	353 of 584	39.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	38.5	392 of 596	34.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	74.9	108 of 587	81.6%	★★★★☆
2019	56.7	235 of 592	60.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	67.8	163 of 574	71.6%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2024)81st percentile+46 vs school

Male (2021)74th percentile+5 vs school

Hispanic (2025)68th percentile+22 vs school

Female (2021)66th percentile-4 vs school

Special Education (2025)65th percentile+19 vs school

White (2025)52nd percentile+6 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)42nd percentile-5 vs school

By subject vs Kansas (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts49%+4 vs state

Mathematics43%+5 vs state

Science35%-6 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Horrible treatment & methods used by principal & other office staff, when your child is not a top achieving student yet, they will try every method to remove that student from their school to maintain their schools rankings, instead of assisting the child for the child's individual needs Close Quote

by a parent
Wednesday, April 19, 2017

We love Starside! The teachers go above and beyond to help students be successful. We love the additional resources that Starside offers and also the fact that the class sizes are small compared to other schools in the area. Starside is a wonderful school! Close Quote

Schools Near Starside Elementary

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				KAP English Language Arts (2025)				KAP Mathematics (2025)				KAP Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	KAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	KAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	KAP English Language Arts All Grades	KAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	KAP Mathematics 4th Grade	KAP Mathematics 5th Grade	KAP Mathematics All Grades	KAP Science 5th Grade	KAP Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Starside Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	35400 W 91St	De Soto	66018	Johnson County	De Soto	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 667-6270	428	39	10.9	52.1%	239 (55.8%)	8 (1.9%)	161 (37.6%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.7%)	47.3	353^rd of 656 public elementary schools	46.2%		38.6	425^th of 653 public elementary schools	34.9%	72	56.4	49.3	39.7	48.8	35.4	53.5	42.6	43.4	35.3	35.3	$15,006	$1,519	$13,487
Eudora Elementary School	Public	K-5	801 E. 10th	Eudora	66025	Douglas County	Eudora	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 542-4940	650	49	13.3	39.4%	543 (83.5%)	4 (0.6%)	47 (7.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (8.3%)	53.2	306^th of 656 public elementary schools	53.4%		59	253^rd of 653 public elementary schools	61.3%	53	47.5	60.2	54.3	53.7	40.0	42.7	43.8	42.1	42.9	42.9	$15,406	$2,521	$12,886
Linwood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	14840 178TH Street	Bonner Springs	66012	Leavenworth County	Basehor-Linwood	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 724-2323	248	21	11.8	23.8%	199 (80.2%)	4 (1.6%)	31 (12.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.8%)	83.1	82^nd of 656 public elementary schools	87.5%		89.8	43^rd of 653 public elementary schools	93.4%	39	75.0	63.6	60.5	65.5	68.8	63.6	69.8	67.2	53.5	53.5	$15,290	$1,204	$14,085
Mize Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	7301 Mize Road	Shawnee	66227	Johnson County	De Soto	No	No	No	No	(913) 441-0880	474	39	12.1	13.3%	378 (79.7%)	29 (6.1%)	27 (5.7%)	6 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	33 (7.0%)	90.4	30^th of 656 public elementary schools	95.4%		90.9	36^th of 653 public elementary schools	94.5%	6	77.9	71.7	68.7	72.6	75.3	70.7	66.3	70.6	65.1	65.1	$14,168	$1,182	$12,986
Canyon Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	24001 W 97th Terr	Lenexa	66227	Johnson County	Olathe	No	No	No	No	(913) 780-7400	459	30	15.5	8.7%	360 (78.4%)	21 (4.6%)	30 (6.5%)	28 (6.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (3.9%)	95.1	11^th of 656 public elementary schools	98.3%		89.7	45^th of 653 public elementary schools	93.1%	34	82.4	68.0	83.5	77.9	85.3	71.1	79.7	78.5	82.3	82.3	$13,041	$676	$12,365
Cedar Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	11150 S Clare Rd	Olathe	66061	Johnson County	Olathe	No	No	No	No	(913) 780-7360	370	26	14.2	4.1%	317 (85.7%)	6 (1.6%)	14 (3.8%)	15 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.9%)	83.2	81^st of 656 public elementary schools	87.7%		82.2	88^th of 653 public elementary schools	86.5%	7	65.1	70.3	66.2	67.2	59.1	75.0	63.2	65.7	55.9	55.9	$13,320	$921	$12,399
Belmont Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5805 Belmont Dr	Shawnee	66226	Johnson County	De Soto	No	No	No	No	(913) 667-1810	381	31	12.2	23.4%	268 (70.3%)	22 (5.8%)	40 (10.5%)	13 (3.4%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (9.4%)	75.7	132^nd of 656 public elementary schools	79.9%		83.5	82^nd of 653 public elementary schools	87.4%	50	63.8	60.8	61.0	61.8	63.8	60.3	53.3	59.2	51.7	51.7	$13,773	$1,477	$12,295
Horizon Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	7210 Chouteau	Shawnee	66227	Johnson County	De Soto	No	No	No	No	(913) 667-3535	351	30	11.8	20.2%	279 (79.5%)	22 (6.3%)	12 (3.4%)	9 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (8.3%)	86.7	60^th of 656 public elementary schools	90.9%		86.4	67^th of 653 public elementary schools	89.7%	7	80.9	74.6	62.8	72.0	61.9	67.8	66.7	65.5	59.0	59.0	$14,632	$1,302	$13,330
Manchester Park Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	9810 Prairie Creek Rd	Lenexa	66220	Johnson County	Olathe	No	No	No	No	(913) 780-7540	616	38	16.0	5.5%	475 (77.1%)	28 (4.5%)	57 (9.3%)	28 (4.5%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	25 (4.1%)	90.1	32^nd of 656 public elementary schools	95.1%		90.3	40^th of 653 public elementary schools	93.9%	8	70.3	72.6	75.0	72.6	69.7	72.3	76.8	72.9	60.5	60.5	$10,599	$543	$10,056
Bonner Springs Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	212 S Neconi	Bonner Springs	66012	Wyandotte County	Bonner Springs	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 441-1777	351	28	12.3	61.3%	217 (61.8%)	33 (9.4%)	73 (20.8%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (7.1%)	57.7	271^st of 656 public elementary schools	58.7%		41.1	409^th of 653 public elementary schools	37.4%	138	55.8	53.6	53.7	54.3	42.3	42.9	35.2	40.1	63.0	63.0	$15,437	$4,728	$10,709

Frequently Asked Questions about Starside Elementary

How many students attend Starside Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 428 students attended Starside Elementary.

What schools do graduates of Starside Elementary attend?

Students who attend Starside Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Lexington Trails Middle School
High : De Soto High School

What is the racial makeup of Starside Elementary?

Students at Starside Elementary are 56% White, 38% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races, 2% African American.

Is Starside Elementary a good school?

Starside Elementary ranks 353^rd of 656 Kansas elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What district is Starside Elementary in?

De Soto

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