Rising Star Elementary School
Grades: PK-6
Students: 469
Type: Public
GreatSchools Rating
Student-Teacher
Ratio: 12:1
Certified Teachers: 100%
8600 Candlelight Lane
Lenexa, KS 66215
Lenexa, KS 66215
(913) 993-4500
Additional GreatSchools Ratings
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College ReadinessNA
Student GrowthCommunity Reviews
This school is great when it comes to the teaching aspect. If you have a child in the SPED program then I do not recommend this school whatsoever!! I am a parent with a disability and I ended up getting pushed out of the decision-making process with both of my kids IEP meetings and evaluations. I wa
Posted by a parent on 4/15/2026Great experience. Teachers were great, curriculum includes emotional and social skills as well as academic.
Posted by a parent on 6/18/2022Fantastic experience overall. Our first two years here were rough, but the administration and staff have since changed and it had made a HUGE difference. We LOVE Rising Star and are so excited to be here. Great education, fantastic staff, diverse group of students, and a great support.
Posted by a parent on 8/20/2020Front office and Principal were very disorganized. Teachers are very hit and miss. Several of the best teachers ended up leaving after last year. The worst communication from a school I have ever seen. We have moved and the new school is leaps and bounds better than Rising Star was. Children are muc
Posted by a parent on 8/19/2019I went there for 3 years and it was really fun
Posted by a student on 1/19/2017Nearby Schools
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7/10GreatSchools RatingParent Rating AverageThe staff and leaders at this school and in this district were not people we wanted influencing the development of our children. We left the district after numerous examples of incompetence, poor and even disrespectful communication, and a general posture of defiance in response to our genuine concerns. The principal is inexperienced, which seems to be the source of so many missteps. We know from other families there’s a growing discontent with the leadership and a hope that the principal’s tenure is short. Perhaps the school has a chance to recover or redirect with new leadership. Without a change in leadership, this is a building I’d recommend that people avoid.Parent Review11mo ago - Oak Park-Carpenter Elementary School
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Lenexa schools - Rising Star Elementary School is located at 8600 Candlelight Lane, Lenexa KS 66215. Rising Star Elementary School is in the Shawnee Mission Pub School. Rising Star Elementary School is a Public school that serves grade levels PK-6.
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