Piper Prairie Elementary

Piper Prairie Elementary, a big primary school in Kansas City, Kansas, run under Piper-Kansas City, hosts 644 students, covering grades pre-K through 2. Enrollment runs roughly 106% bigger than the state mean of about 313.

Across the 4 schools in Piper-Kansas City (2,835 students total), Piper Prairie Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Piper Prairie Elementary lists that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 14% Black, 10% Asian, 9% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.3:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 30% of students at Piper Prairie Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Wyandotte County runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Wyandotte County) logs that median household earnings sit near $63,631, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Wyandotte County's 62 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,713 students), Piper Prairie Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Piper High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Piper Prairie Elementary operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Piper Prairie Elementary's enrollment has contracted 18% since 2018, when it stood at 784 (now 644). The White share of enrollment decreased from 66% to 49% over that span.

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