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Which teacher or staff member at Silver City Elem deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
1,495
Elementary
DISTRICT 387 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KANSAS CITY·NCES 200795001390
Silver City Elem
2515 Lawrence Ave, Kansas City, KS 66106 · (913) 627-4550 · Wyandotte County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,495 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 0% of Kansas public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
44.0:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
1,248 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 51%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1,248 | 83% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 3% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 3% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 3% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 3% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 2% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 3% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
64%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
21.4%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
14.5%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 | 21.4% | 14.5% |
| 2023-24 | 11.7% | 10.9% |
% 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
14.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.2%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Silver City Elem
Silver City Elem's state test result (14.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver City Elem this school | 1,495 | 83.5% | 14.2% |
| West Park Elementary School Kansas City | 534 | 83.0% | 17.1% |
| Welborn Elem Kansas City | 504 | 88.7% | 14.1% |
| Hazel Grove Elem Kansas City | 537 | 87.0% | 25.4% |
| Minneha Core Knowledge Elem Wichita | 644 | 69.9% | 33.8% |
| Allen Elem Wichita | 514 | 91.6% | 17.7% |
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 Silver City Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Wyandotte County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.2% | #606 of 625 | #31 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.5% | #580 of 625 | #26 of 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #596 of 625 | #24 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,495 | #1 of 714 | #1 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 44.0:1 | #538 of 539 | #35 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.4% | #99 of 540 | #13 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.5% | #93 of 658 | #23 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +410.2% | #1 of 151 | N/A |
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
1,495
+1,205 (+416%) vs 2020
+544% since 1990-91, when it was 232
Student : Teacher
44.0:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 1,495 | 33.9 | 44.0:1 | 83% (1,248) |
| 2023-24 | 1,421 | 84.3 | 16.9:1 | 85% (1,212) |
| 2022-23 | 307 | 24.8 | 12.4:1 | 86% (264) |
| 2020-21 | 290 | 19 | 15.3:1 | 93% (271) |
| 2017-18 | 293 | 23.2 | 12.6:1 | 90% (264) |
| 2015-16 | 315 | 21 | 15.0:1 | 77% (243) |
| 2010-11 | 269 | 19 | 14.2:1 | 94% (254) |
| 2000-01 | 151 | 10 | 15.1:1 | 72% (109) |
| 1990-91 | 232 | 12 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Silver City Elem.
Since 2017-18: students up 410% (293 to 1,495); teachers up 46% (23.2 to 33.9).
About Silver City Elem
Silver City Elem sits in Kansas City, Kansas, and is classified as an elementary school. The school's 1,495 students are in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Kansas average about 313 students each.
Besides Silver City Elem, Kansas City runs 42 other schools. The district enrolls 21,538 students.
Roughly 51% of students at Silver City Elem are Hispanic. Other groups include 27% Black, 9% Asian, 9% White, and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Wyandotte County residents are about 34% Hispanic. Silver City Elem's diversity index is 64%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dividing enrollment by its 33.9 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 44.0:1. That is 30.9 students per teacher above the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas. Silver City Elem reports 83% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Measured against Kansas public elementary schools, Silver City Elem receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Silver City Elem's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (14.2%) and its predicted rate (22.2%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Kansas schools.
Within Wyandotte County, the median household income is $63,631, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Silver City Elem, Wyandotte County has 61 other public schools.
Nearest public school: J C Harmon High, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Silver City Elem is 4th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
Enrollment records show 290 in 2020-21 and 1,495 in 2024-25. Because schools sometimes add or drop grades, the two numbers may not be directly comparable. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (44.0:1) than in 2020-21 (15.3:1).
Discussions about Silver City Elem may include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
Other schools in Kansas City
- Wyandotte HighHigh · 1,903 students
- 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
- Carl B. Bruce Middle SchoolMiddle · 821 students
Other schools in Kansas City
- Wyandotte HighHigh · 1,903 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
- Piper HighHigh · 913 students
Other Silver City Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Silver City Elementary. Silver City Elem is the largest of the 2.
- Silver City Elementary SchoolCumming, GA · 1,142 students
Nearby schools
- J C Harmon High0.3 mi · 1,285
- Argentine Middle0.4 mi · 519
- Emerson Elem0.5 mi · 171
- New Stanley Elem0.8 mi · 251
- Noble Prentis Elem1.0 mi · 193
- Beyond the Bell1.0 mi · 13
Frequently asked questions
About Silver City ElemWhat is the total enrollment at Silver City Elem?
Silver City Elem enrolls approximately 1,495 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Silver City Elem serve?
Silver City Elem serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Silver City Elem?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Silver City Elem is approximately 44.0:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Silver City Elem?
At Silver City Elem, the student body is approximately 9% White, 51% Hispanic, 27% Black, 9% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Silver City Elem public or private?
Silver City Elem is a public K-12 school, overseen by Kansas City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.