Welborn Elem

Welborn Elem, a large elementary campus in Kansas City, Kansas, one of the schools within Kansas City, enrolls 504 students, covering grades K through 5. That puts it 61% bigger than the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 313 students.

Across the 43 schools in Kansas City (21,538 students total), Welborn Elem accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Welborn Elem logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 28% Black, 11% White, 11% Asian, 8% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Welborn Elem higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Wyandotte County's rate of about 75%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Welborn Elem tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 19.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 14.1%.

Around the school, Wyandotte County reports that the typical household earns roughly $63,631 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Wyandotte County runs 62 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,713 students), of which Welborn Elem is one.

The closest other public school is West Park Elementary School, roughly 1.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Welborn Elem comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 14.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 515 students in 2018 compared to 504 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 40% to 28% across the same window.

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