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The highest-poverty public elementary schools in Kansas City, Kansas

This ranking covers the highest-poverty public elementary schools in Kansas City, Kansas, drawn from 35 qualifying public elementary schools. Whittier Elem leads the list at 96.2%, against a median of 87.0% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked
35
Kansas City, Kansas
Top % FRL
96.2%
Median % FRL
87.0%
HIGHEST POVERTY · KANSAS CITY, KANSAS
#SchoolCityDistrictLevelStudents% FRL
1Whittier ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary50296.2%
2Grant ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary28995.8%
3Quindaro ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary32595.4%
4John Fiske ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary28795.1%
5M E Pearson ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary60694.7%
6McKinley Elementary SchoolKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary24392.6%
7Bertram Caruthers ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary36492.6%
8Emerson ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary17192.4%
9Mark Twain ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary22292.3%
10New Stanley ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary25192.0%
11Noble Prentis ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary19391.7%
12Eugene Ware ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary24290.9%
13Lindbergh ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary21690.7%
14Frances Willard ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary43489.6%
15Welborn ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary50488.7%
16Banneker ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary26888.4%
17Midland TrailKansas City, KSTurner-Kansas CityElementary49588.3%
18Hazel Grove ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary53787.0%
19Thomas A Edison ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary24486.9%
20Chelsea ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary55786.7%
21Stony Point NorthKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary30085.3%
22Douglass ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary28583.5%
23Silver City ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary1,49583.5%
24West Park Elementary SchoolKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary53483.0%
25Turner ElemKansas City, KSTurner-Kansas CityElementary56080.7%
26Frank Rushton ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary35980.5%
27Junction ElementaryKansas City, KSTurner-Kansas CityElementary23479.9%
28Oak Grove ElemKansas City, KSTurner-Kansas CityElementary53279.9%
29Claude A Huyck ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary30478.6%
30Stony Point SouthKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary24778.1%
31John F Kennedy ElemKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary41973.5%
32Lowell Brune Elementary SchoolKansas City, KSKansas CityElementary43272.7%
33Delaware Ridge ElementaryKansas City, KSBonner SpringsElementary37857.1%
34Piper Creek ElementaryKansas City, KSPiper-Kansas CityElementary59831.9%
35Piper Prairie ElementaryKansas City, KSPiper-Kansas CityElementary64429.5%
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