Enrollment
325
Elementary
DISTRICT 387 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KANSAS CITY·NCES 200795001406
Quindaro Elem
2800 Farrow, Kansas City, KS 66104 · (913) 627-4400 · Wyandotte County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL325 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Kansas public elementary schools
- DTest 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
14.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
310 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
25.3%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
13.7%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 | 25.3% | 13.7% |
| 2023-24 | 19.2% | 18.1% |
% 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
21.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.5%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% 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 Quindaro Elem
Quindaro Elem's state test result (21.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quindaro Elem this school | 325 | 95.4% | 21.8% |
| Bertram Caruthers Elem Kansas City | 364 | 92.6% | 16.6% |
| Banneker Elem Kansas City | 268 | 88.4% | 19.2% |
| Caldwell Elem Wichita | 465 | 92.5% | 14.3% |
| Allen Elem Wichita | 514 | 91.6% | 17.7% |
| Spaght Multimedia Magnet Wichita | 480 | 95.8% | 12.6% |
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 Quindaro Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Wyandotte County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.8% | #557 of 625 | #19 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.7% | #586 of 625 | #27 of 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #579 of 625 | #21 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 325 | #328 of 714 | #21 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #338 of 539 | #18 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.6% | #206 of 540 | #22 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.4% | #9 of 658 | #3 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.7% | #175 of 377 | #15 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
325
-9 (-3%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 484
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 325 | 23.2 | 14.0:1 | 95% (310) |
| 2023-24 | 294 | 24.2 | 12.2:1 | 96% (282) |
| 2022-23 | 319 | 26.5 | 12.0:1 | 94% (299) |
| 2020-21 | 334 | 23 | 14.5:1 | 93% (310) |
| 2017-18 | 381 | 28.8 | 13.2:1 | 94% (357) |
| 2015-16 | 377 | 23 | 16.4:1 | 76% (288) |
| 2010-11 | 343 | 23 | 14.9:1 | 92% (315) |
| 2000-01 | 465 | 25 | 18.6:1 | 82% (379) |
| 1990-91 | 484 | 28 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Quindaro Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (381 to 325); teachers down 20% (28.8 to 23.2).
About Quindaro Elem
This page covers Quindaro Elem, a mid-sized elementary school in Kansas City, Kansas. It has an enrollment of 325 students in kindergarten through 5.
Kansas City operates 43 schools. Combined enrollment is 21,538 students.
Of every 100 students at Quindaro Elem, about 59 are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 32% Black, 4% White, and 4% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 34%. The diversity index for Quindaro Elem is 55%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Quindaro Elem lists 23.2 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 14.0 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Kansas have an average ratio of 13.2:1. About 95% of students at Quindaro Elem are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Wyandotte County averages 75%, lower than here.
Quindaro Elem earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 23% of Kansas public elementary schools.
In Kansas, Quindaro Elem is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 21.8% actual against a predicted 16.5%.
In Wyandotte County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $63,631 a year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Wyandotte County number 62, with about 30,713 students.
Of the public schools around it, Quindaro Elem is closest to Carl B. Bruce Middle School, about 1.1 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Quindaro Elem is 2nd of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Mid-size.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 325, from 334 in 2020-21.
On allk12, people connected to Quindaro Elem can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
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- Wyandotte HighHigh · 1,903 students
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- J C Harmon HighHigh · 1,285 students
- Washington HighHigh · 1,180 students
- Sumner Academy of Arts & ScienceHigh · 1,045 students
- F L Schlagle HighHigh · 841 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
Nearby schools
- Carl B. Bruce Middle School1.1 mi · 821
- West Park Elementary School1.4 mi · 534
- Chelsea Elem1.4 mi · 557
- Bridges/Wyandot Academy1.5 mi · 15
- Bertram Caruthers Elem1.5 mi · 364
- Mark Twain Elem2.0 mi · 222
Frequently asked questions
About Quindaro ElemHow many students attend Quindaro Elem?
Quindaro Elem enrolls approximately 325 students in grades KG-05.
Is Quindaro Elem an elementary, middle, or high school?
Quindaro Elem is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Quindaro Elem?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at Quindaro Elem.
How diverse is Quindaro Elem?
Quindaro Elem reports a student body of 4% White, 59% Hispanic, 32% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Quindaro Elem?
Quindaro Elem is overseen by Kansas City in Wyandotte County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.