Sumner Academy of Arts & Science

Sumner Academy of Arts & Science is one of the substantial secondary schools in Kansas City, Kansas, run under Kansas City, with 1,045 students on its rolls from grades 8 through 12. That puts it 155% above the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 410 students.

Kansas City comprises 43 schools with combined enrollment of 21,538 students; Sumner Academy of Arts & Science is among them.

On the student-mix side, Sumner Academy of Arts & Science lists that 56% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder is composed of 15% Black, 13% White, 12% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Wyandotte County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Sumner Academy of Arts & Science has 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.9:1, putting Sumner Academy of Arts & Science higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Wyandotte County (around 75%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Sumner Academy of Arts & Science is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 32.1%; this one delivers 48.5%, a residual of +16.4 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Wyandotte County indicate median household earnings sit near $63,631, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Sumner Academy of Arts & Science is one of 62 public schools in Wyandotte County (combined enrollment of about 30,713 students).

Douglass Elem is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Sumner Academy of Arts & Science comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 15.7%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sumner Academy of Arts & Science has climbed 5%, going from 1,000 students in 2018 to 1,045 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment shrank from 24% to 15% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 today.

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