Chelsea Elem

Set in Kansas City, Kansas, Chelsea Elem is a sprawling elementary school, run under Kansas City. It educates 557 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 78% bigger than the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 313 students.

Kansas City comprises 43 schools with combined enrollment of 21,538 students; Chelsea Elem is among them.

Demographically, Chelsea Elem shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 79%. The remainder is composed of 14% Black, 3% White. By comparison, Wyandotte County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Chelsea Elem has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.6:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Wyandotte County's rate of about 75%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Chelsea Elem sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 20.7%; this one delivers 17.4%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Wyandotte County) records that median household income runs about $63,631, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Wyandotte County's 62 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,713 students), Chelsea Elem is one campus in the mix.

Carl B. Bruce Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Chelsea Elem ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 15.8%.

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

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Chelsea Elem has edged down 21%, going from 707 students in 2018 to 557 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 57% to 79%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.

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