ACADEMIE LAFAYETTE CHERRY ELEM

ACADEMIE LAFAYETTE CHERRY ELEM is a substantial elementary campus in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, run under ACADEMIE LAFAYETTE. The school teaches 492 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so ACADEMIE LAFAYETTE CHERRY ELEM sits 56% above that benchmark.

ACADEMIE LAFAYETTE runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,425 students. ACADEMIE LAFAYETTE CHERRY ELEM is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, ACADEMIE LAFAYETTE CHERRY ELEM lists that the most-represented group is White (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 22% Black, 13% multiracial, 12% Hispanic. By comparison, Jackson County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, ACADEMIE LAFAYETTE CHERRY ELEM has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting ACADEMIE LAFAYETTE CHERRY ELEM higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 34% of students at ACADEMIE LAFAYETTE CHERRY ELEM qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Jackson County (around 60%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ACADEMIE LAFAYETTE CHERRY ELEM tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.4%.

Across the wider county, Jackson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $68,577 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. ACADEMIE LAFAYETTE CHERRY ELEM 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 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ACADEMIE LAFAYETTE CHERRY ELEM. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ACADEMIE LAFAYETTE CHERRY ELEM at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 57.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area. ACADEMIE LAFAYETTE CHERRY ELEM operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 481 students in 2018 compared to 492 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 65% to 52% over that span.

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