Junction Elementary

As a close-knit elementary-level community in Kansas City, Kansas, Junction Elementary hosts 234 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Turner-Kansas City. That puts it 25% below the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 313 students.

Within Turner-Kansas City, which oversees 8 schools and 3,865 students, Junction Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Junction Elementary lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 59% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 32% White, 4% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 34% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Junction Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 23.9%, the actual is 36.2%, a residual of +12.3 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Wyandotte County put median household earnings sit near $63,631, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Wyandotte County runs 62 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,713 students), of which Junction Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Beyond the Bell, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Junction Elementary at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 22.5%.

Junction Elementary operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Junction Elementary has decreased 17%, going from 283 students in 2018 to 234 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 45% to 59%.

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