Alfred Fairfax Academy

Alfred Fairfax Academy operates as a micro-enrollment secondary school in Kansas City, Kansas, run under Kansas City. Current enrollment sits at 52 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 410 students per school, that is 87% below typical.

Kansas City comprises 43 schools with combined enrollment of 21,538 students; Alfred Fairfax Academy is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Alfred Fairfax Academy lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 37% Black, 8% White. The wider county runs roughly 34% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.9:1 average. Roughly 83% of students at Alfred Fairfax Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Alfred Fairfax Academy sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 22.6%; actual is 1.4%, a gap of -21.2 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Wyandotte County put median household income runs about $63,631, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Wyandotte County runs 62 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,713 students), of which Alfred Fairfax Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Lowell Brune Elementary School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Alfred Fairfax Academy. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Alfred Fairfax Academy at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 16.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Looking at the recent track record. Alfred Fairfax Academy's enrollment has declined 13% since 2018, when it stood at 60 (now 52). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 38% to 52%.

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