Enrollment
234
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TURNER-KANSAS CITY·NCES 201236000017
Junction Elementary
2570 South 42nd Street, Kansas City, KS 66106 · (913) 288-3600 · Wyandotte County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL234 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 51% of Kansas public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
12.4:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
187 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 30 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (34).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
50.0%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
43.0%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 | 50.0% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 24.8% | 40.0% |
% 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
36.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.9%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Junction Elementary
Junction Elementary's state test result (36.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junction Elementary this school | 234 | 79.9% | 36.2% |
| Central Elem Olathe | 254 | 74.8% | 33.2% |
| Logan Ave Elem Emporia | 208 | 74.0% | 17.9% |
| Syracuse Elem Syracuse | 262 | 76.0% | 34.8% |
| Elkhart Elem Elkhart | 171 | 76.6% | 36.3% |
| O K Elem Wichita | 262 | 79.0% | 29.9% |
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 Junction Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Wyandotte County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.2% | #416 of 625 | #7 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #303 of 625 | #5 of 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #314 of 625 | #5 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 234 | #490 of 714 | #33 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #160 of 539 | #11 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.4% | #209 of 540 | #23 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.9% | #113 of 658 | #27 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.3% | #143 of 377 | #13 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
234
-17 (-7%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 277
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 234 | 18.8 | 12.4:1 | 80% (187) |
| 2023-24 | 243 | 21.8 | 11.1:1 | 78% (190) |
| 2022-23 | 245 | 20.7 | 11.8:1 | 69% (170) |
| 2020-21 | 251 | 20 | 12.6:1 | 59% (149) |
| 2017-18 | 283 | 22.2 | 12.8:1 | 71% (200) |
| 2015-16 | 298 | 18 | 16.6:1 | 79% (236) |
| 2010-11 | 335 | 19 | 17.6:1 | 71% (238) |
| 1990-91 | 277 | 14 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Junction Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (283 to 234); teachers down 15% (22.2 to 18.8).
About Junction Elementary
Junction Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school serving families in Kansas City, Kansas. School enrollment was 234 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5. The average among elementary schools in Kansas is roughly 313 students; this school is 25% smaller than that.
Turner-Kansas City enrolls 3,865 students in 8 schools, including Junction Elementary.
Hispanic students account for 59% of enrollment at Junction Elementary. Enrollment also includes 32% White, 4% Black, and 4% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 25 points above the 34% share among Wyandotte County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Junction Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 54%.
The school has about 12.4 students per teacher and 18.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is under the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 80%.
Junction Elementary is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 51% of Kansas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Junction Elementary is +12.3 points: 36.2% actual, 23.9% predicted.
Wyandotte County has these Census figures: median household income is about $63,631, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Junction Elementary is among the 62 public schools in Wyandotte County.
The nearest other public school, Beyond the Bell, is about 0.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Junction Elementary is 3rd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Locale: City: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment was 251 in 2020-21 and 234 in 2024-25, a decrease of 17 students.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Turner-Kansas City
- Turner HighHigh · 1,147 students
- Turner Middle SchoolMiddle · 585 students
- Turner ElemElementary · 560 students
- Oak Grove ElemElementary · 532 students
- Midland TrailElementary · 495 students
- Turner Sixth Grade AcademyMiddle · 299 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 Junction Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 3 states are named Junction Elementary. Junction Elementary is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Junction ElementaryRoseville, CA · 645 students
- Junction ElementaryPalo Cedro, CA · 416 students
- Junction Elementary SchoolJUNCTION, TX · 294 students
- Junction ElementarySomes Bar, CA · 34 students
Nearby schools
- Beyond the Bell0.4 mi · 13
- Midland Trail1.2 mi · 495
- J C Harmon High1.2 mi · 1,285
- Silver City Elem1.3 mi · 1,495
- New Stanley Elem1.3 mi · 251
- Turner High1.4 mi · 1,147
Frequently asked questions
About Junction ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Junction Elementary?
Junction Elementary enrolls approximately 234 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Junction Elementary serve?
Junction Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Junction Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Junction Elementary is approximately 12.4:1 (19 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Junction Elementary?
Junction Elementary reports a student body of 32% White, 59% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Junction Elementary?
Junction Elementary is overseen by Turner-Kansas City in Wyandotte County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.