Douglass Elem

Douglass Elem is an elementary-level community of mid-sized scale in Kansas City, Kansas, one of the schools within Kansas City, caters to 285 students in grades K through 5.

Within Kansas City, which oversees 43 schools and 21,538 students, Douglass Elem is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Douglass Elem reports that 64% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest consists of 24% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian, 3% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Douglass Elem tighter than the state norm the norm. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Wyandotte County (around 75%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Douglass Elem performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.2%, the actual is 11.9%, a residual of -10.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Wyandotte County put the typical household earns roughly $63,631 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Douglass Elem is one of 62 public schools in Wyandotte County (combined enrollment of about 30,713 students).

Sumner Academy of Arts & Science is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 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), Douglass Elem ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 21.8%.

Douglass Elem operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Douglass Elem has ticked down 19%, going from 350 students in 2018 to 285 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 49% to 64% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Douglass Elem typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.