500 Reach

500 Reach is a rural-scale senior high in Kansas City, Kansas, operated by Kansas City. The school hosts 76 students in grade 12. Enrollment runs roughly 81% smaller than the state mean of about 410.

Across the 43 schools in Kansas City (21,538 students total), 500 Reach accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, 500 Reach records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 36% Black, 14% White, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

On the resource side, About 4% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Wyandotte County runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Wyandotte County) reports that median household earnings sit near $63,631, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. 500 Reach is one of 62 public schools in Wyandotte County (combined enrollment of about 30,713 students).

The closest other public school is Arrowhead Middle, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Trend over the last 7 years. 500 Reach's enrollment has shrank 77% since 2018, when it stood at 328 (now 76).

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