Mark Twain Elem

As a cozy elementary campus in Kansas City, Kansas, Mark Twain Elem caters to 222 students from grades K through 5, run under Kansas City. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 313 students each, so Mark Twain Elem sits 29% leaner than that benchmark.

Kansas City runs 43 schools in total, collectively educating 21,538 students. Mark Twain Elem is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Mark Twain Elem lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 68%. Other groups include 17% Black, 6% White, 6% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Wyandotte County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Mark Twain Elem has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Mark Twain Elem tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 92% of students at Mark Twain Elem qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Wyandotte County runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Mark Twain Elem performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 18.0%, the actual is 25.0%, a residual of +7.0 points.

Around the school, Wyandotte County reports that the typical household earns roughly $63,631 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Mark Twain Elem is one of 62 public schools in Wyandotte County (combined enrollment of about 30,713 students).

Wyandotte High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Mark Twain Elem comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 14.3%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 25%: 297 students in 2018 compared to 222 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.