Enrollment
285
Elementary
DISTRICT 387 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KANSAS CITY·NCES 200795001393
Douglass Elem
1310 N 9th Street, Kansas City, KS 66101 · (913) 627-5100 · Wyandotte County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL285 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 0% of Kansas public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
238 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 51%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 58% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
13.4%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
11.7%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.4% | 11.7% |
| 2023-24 | 8.7% | 12.5% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
11.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.2%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kansas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Douglass Elem
Douglass Elem's state test result (11.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglass Elem this school | 285 | 83.5% | 11.9% |
| Frank Rushton Elem Kansas City | 359 | 80.5% | 38.7% |
| Banneker Elem Kansas City | 268 | 88.4% | 19.2% |
| Bertram Caruthers Elem Kansas City | 364 | 92.6% | 16.6% |
| Emerson Elem Kansas City | 171 | 92.4% | 37.6% |
| Eugene Ware Elem Kansas City | 242 | 90.9% | 15.6% |
Matched among Kansas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Douglass Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Wyandotte County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.9% | #621 of 625 | #35 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.7% | #599 of 625 | #30 of 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.4% | #624 of 625 | #35 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 285 | #401 of 714 | #26 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #53 of 539 | #3 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.4% | #217 of 540 | #25 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.5% | #92 of 658 | #22 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.6% | #124 of 377 | #10 of 30 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
285
+28 (+11%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 283
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 18.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 285 | 25.2 | 11.3:1 | 84% (238) |
| 2023-24 | 232 | 19.8 | 11.7:1 | 94% (219) |
| 2022-23 | 260 | 17.3 | 15.0:1 | 93% (241) |
| 2020-21 | 257 | 14 | 18.4:1 | 91% (235) |
| 2017-18 | 350 | 26.6 | 13.2:1 | 90% (315) |
| 2015-16 | 296 | 18 | 16.4:1 | 82% (242) |
| 2010-11 | 393 | 27 | 14.6:1 | 99% (388) |
| 2000-01 | 217 | 14 | 15.5:1 | 91% (197) |
| 1990-91 | 283 | 18 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Douglass Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (350 to 285); teachers down 5% (26.6 to 25.2).
About Douglass Elem
Douglass Elem runs as a medium-sized elementary school in Kansas City, Kansas. The latest federal count shows 285 students in kindergarten through 5.
Douglass Elem belongs to Kansas City, a district of 43 schools and 21,538 students.
Douglass Elem's enrollment is 64% Hispanic. Next come 24% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 3% White. That compares with about 34% Hispanic among all Wyandotte County residents. By the diversity index, Douglass Elem comes in at 53%.
At Douglass Elem, 25.2 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 11.3:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Kansas average 13.2:1. Roughly 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The 75% average for public schools in Wyandotte County is 9 points lower.
allk12 grades Douglass Elem an F. The grade compares the school only with Kansas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Douglass Elem is 10.3 points below its prediction. Actual: 11.9%. Predicted: 22.2%.
In Wyandotte County (population about 167,654), median household income is about $63,631, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Douglass Elem is one of 62 public schools in Wyandotte County, which together enroll about 30,713 students.
Of nearby public schools, Sumner Academy of Arts & Science is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Douglass Elem ranks 6th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Mid-size.
Enrollment was 257 in 2020-21 and 285 in 2024-25, a rise of 28 students. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 18.4:1 to 11.3:1.
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Wyandotte County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
167,654
Census ACS
Median income
$63,631
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
62
30,713 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kansas City
- Wyandotte HighHigh · 1,903 students
- Silver City ElemElementary · 1,495 students
- J C Harmon HighHigh · 1,285 students
- Washington HighHigh · 1,180 students
- Sumner Academy of Arts & ScienceHigh · 1,045 students
- F L Schlagle HighHigh · 841 students
Other schools in Kansas City
- Wyandotte HighHigh · 1,903 students
- Silver City ElemElementary · 1,495 students
- J C Harmon HighHigh · 1,285 students
- Washington HighHigh · 1,180 students
- Turner HighHigh · 1,147 students
- Sumner Academy of Arts & ScienceHigh · 1,045 students
Other Douglass Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Douglass Elementary. Douglass Elem is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Douglass Elementary SchoolEL PASO, TX · 451 students
- Douglass ElementaryEden, NC · 349 students
- Douglass Elementary SchoolBOULDER, CO · 313 students
- Douglass Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 169 students
Nearby schools
- Sumner Academy of Arts & Science0.2 mi · 1,045
- School for Blind High0.4 mi · 27
- School for Blind Elementary0.4 mi · 11
- McKinley Elementary School0.7 mi · 243
- Grant Elem0.8 mi · 289
- M E Pearson Elem0.8 mi · 606
Frequently asked questions
About Douglass ElemHow many students attend Douglass Elem?
Douglass Elem enrolls approximately 285 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Douglass Elem serve?
Douglass Elem serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Douglass Elem have?
Douglass Elem employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Douglass Elem?
Student demographics at Douglass Elem are roughly 3% White, 64% Hispanic, 24% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Douglass Elem public or private?
Douglass Elem is a public K-12 school, overseen by Kansas City.
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