Academie Lafayette Armour IMS

Academie Lafayette Armour IMS, a low-enrollment intermediate school in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, part of ACADEMIE LAFAYETTE, caters to 295 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 36% below the state mean of about 461.

Academie Lafayette Armour IMS is one of 4 schools operated by ACADEMIE LAFAYETTE, a district that caters to 1,425 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Academie Lafayette Armour IMS lists that the largest single group is White, at 60% of enrollment; the rest reads as 18% Black, 11% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. Compared to Jackson County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Academie Lafayette Armour IMS has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting Academie Lafayette Armour IMS tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 29% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Jackson County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Academie Lafayette Armour IMS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.7%; this one delivers 62.0%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Jackson County shows median household income runs about $68,577, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Academie Lafayette Armour IMS is one of 244 public schools in Jackson County (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students).

ACADEMIE LAFAYETTE ARMOUR IHS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Academie Lafayette Armour IMS comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 58.0%.

The school occupies an urban site. Academie Lafayette Armour IMS operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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