Frank Rushton Elem

Frank Rushton Elem operates as a mid-tier K-5 school in Kansas City, Kansas, part of Kansas City. Current enrollment sits at 359 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Frank Rushton Elem is one of 43 schools operated by Kansas City, a district that caters to 21,538 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Frank Rushton Elem shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 55% of enrollment; the rest reads as 22% Black, 12% White, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Wyandotte County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Frank Rushton Elem has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Frank Rushton Elem higher than the state norm the norm. About 81% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Frank Rushton Elem is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 23.6%; this one delivers 38.7%, a residual of +15.0 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Wyandotte County indicate median household income runs about $63,631, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Wyandotte County's 62 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,713 students), Frank Rushton Elem is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Westwood View Elem, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Frank Rushton Elem. On composite proficiency, Frank Rushton Elem comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 44.3%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 9%: 330 students in 2018 compared to 359 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share increased from 16% to 22%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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