Rosedale Middle

Rosedale Middle is an intermediate school of average-sized scale in Kansas City, Kansas, overseen by Kansas City, educateing 501 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 402 students per school, that is 25% above typical.

Rosedale Middle is one of 43 schools operated by Kansas City, a district that caters to 21,538 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Rosedale Middle reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 70% of enrollment. Other groups include 17% Black, 9% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 34% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 86% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Wyandotte County (around 75%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Rosedale Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 20.8%; this one delivers 8.6%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Wyandotte County put median household income runs about $63,631, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Wyandotte County runs 62 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,713 students), of which Rosedale Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: GORDON PARKS ELEM., around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rosedale Middle. On composite proficiency, Rosedale Middle comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 55.5%.

Rosedale Middle operates from an urban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 18%: 610 students in 2018 compared to 501 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 63% to 70%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

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