Enrollment
244
Elementary
STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ACADEMY FOR INTEGRATED ARTS·NCES 290060403209
ACADEMY FOR INTEGRATED ARTS
7910 Troost Ave, Kansas City, MO 64131 · (816) 444-1720 · Jackson County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL244 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% of Missouri public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
26 FTE teachers
STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
244 students
STATE 54%
Community
0
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 | 18 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 38 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 28 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 17 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 124% larger than its 6th grade class (17).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 52% · 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
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
23.0%
MO avg 44.9% . -6.5pp since 2021
Math
16.2%
MO avg 43.8% . -7.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.7% | 16.3% | 35.5% | 41.3% |
| Math | 5.7% | 10.5% | 27.8% | 55.7% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.0% | 16.2% |
| 2023-24 | 18.6% | 13.8% |
| 2022-23 | 15.6% | 16.4% |
| 2021-22 | 29.5% | 23.2% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. 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
19.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% typical for Missouri 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 Missouri'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 ACADEMY FOR INTEGRATED ARTS
ACADEMY FOR INTEGRATED ARTS's state test result (19.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACADEMY FOR INTEGRATED ARTS this school | 244 | 100.0% | 19.3% |
| SIGEL ELEM. COMM. ED. CTR. ST LOUIS | 206 | 100.0% | 8.9% |
| PERSHING ELEM. UNIVERSITY CITY | 286 | 100.0% | 18.2% |
| DUCHESNE ELEMENTARY FLORISSANT | 269 | 100.0% | N/A |
| WASHINGTON ELEM. ST LOUIS | 244 | 100.0% | 14.8% |
| LYON AT BLOW ELEM. ST LOUIS | 243 | 100.0% | 12.1% |
Matched among Missouri 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 ACADEMY FOR INTEGRATED ARTS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.3% | #885 of 1,002 | #94 of 126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.2% | #915 of 1,019 ▲ 16 | #106 of 126 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #883 of 1,018 ▲ 36 | #97 of 126 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.8pp | #147 of 943 | #25 of 124 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 244 | #841 of 1,294 | #119 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.4:1 | #29 of 950 | #3 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.0% | #432 of 953 | #104 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #20 of 1,165 | #11 of 136 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.9% | #57 of 251 | #11 of 37 |
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
244
-11 (-4%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 244 | 26 | 9.4:1 | 100% (244) |
| 2023-24 | 270 | 26.3 | 10.3:1 | 100% (270) |
| 2022-23 | 270 | 26.3 | 10.3:1 | 99% (267) |
| 2020-21 | 255 | 17 | 15.0:1 | 99% (252) |
| 2017-18 | 207 | 13.8 | 15.1:1 | 100% (207) |
| 2015-16 | 120 | 8 | 15.0:1 | 93% (112) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ACADEMY FOR INTEGRATED ARTS.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (207 to 244); teachers up 89% (13.8 to 26).
About ACADEMY FOR INTEGRATED ARTS
ACADEMY FOR INTEGRATED ARTS serves students in Kansas City, Missouri, as a small elementary school. Its enrollment is 244 students, spread over pre-K through 6. On average, elementary schools in Missouri enroll around 315, and this school is 23% below that mark.
ACADEMY FOR INTEGRATED ARTS operates as its own local education agency.
The student body at ACADEMY FOR INTEGRATED ARTS is 75% Black. It is also 12% White, 7% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. Jackson County's residents are about 22% Black, 53 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 41, compared with 70 nationally.
ACADEMY FOR INTEGRATED ARTS has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 9.4:1. The school's 9.4:1 compares with an average of 12.4:1 for elementary schools in Missouri. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 100%. That is higher than the 60% average for public schools in Jackson County.
On the allk12 Grade, ACADEMY FOR INTEGRATED ARTS lands at C-, ahead of 16% of Missouri public elementary schools.
ACADEMY FOR INTEGRATED ARTS scores 19.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 22.4%.
In the surrounding county, Jackson County, the median household earns about $68,577 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting ACADEMY FOR INTEGRATED ARTS, Jackson County has 244 public schools.
Measured in a straight line, JOHN T. HARTMAN ELEMENTARY is about 0.5 miles from ACADEMY FOR INTEGRATED ARTS. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 56.8% proficiency; ACADEMY FOR INTEGRATED ARTS posts 19.3%.
Federal data place ACADEMY FOR INTEGRATED ARTS in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. NCES lists ACADEMY FOR INTEGRATED ARTS as a charter school.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, ACADEMY FOR INTEGRATED ARTS had a net loss of 11 students, or 4%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 15.0 to 9.4 over 4 years.
The ACADEMY FOR INTEGRATED ARTS discussion page is a place for fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
719,976
Census ACS
Median income
$68,577
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
244
105,714 students
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Frequently asked questions
About ACADEMY FOR INTEGRATED ARTSHow large is ACADEMY FOR INTEGRATED ARTS?
ACADEMY FOR INTEGRATED ARTS enrolls approximately 244 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does ACADEMY FOR INTEGRATED ARTS serve?
ACADEMY FOR INTEGRATED ARTS serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at ACADEMY FOR INTEGRATED ARTS?
Approximately 9.4:1 students per teacher at ACADEMY FOR INTEGRATED ARTS.
What is the racial breakdown of students at ACADEMY FOR INTEGRATED ARTS?
At ACADEMY FOR INTEGRATED ARTS, the student body is approximately 12% White, 7% Hispanic, 75% Black, 5% Two or more.
Is ACADEMY FOR INTEGRATED ARTS public or private?
ACADEMY FOR INTEGRATED ARTS is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by ACADEMY FOR INTEGRATED ARTS.
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