Beyond the Bell

Located at 2540 Junction Rd., in Kansas City, Kansas, Beyond the Bell is a rural-scale senior high that hosts 13 students (grades 9 through 12), run under Turner-Kansas City. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 410 students each, so Beyond the Bell sits 97% below that benchmark.

Across the 8 schools in Turner-Kansas City (3,865 students total), Beyond the Bell accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Beyond the Bell lists that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 31% Hispanic, 15% Black. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Wyandotte County indicate 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%. Across Wyandotte County's 62 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,713 students), Beyond the Bell is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Junction Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Beyond the Bell.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. Beyond the Bell delivers learning online rather than in a traditional classroom setting.

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