Enrollment
92
Middle
DISTRICT 77 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALLEN VILLAGE·NCES 290002503325
ALLEN VILLAGE JUNIOR ACADEMY
706 W 42ND ST., KANSAS CITY, MO 64111 · (816) 931-0177 · Jackson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL92 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
72 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 54%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
ALLEN VILLAGE JUNIOR ACADEMY→ALLEN VILLAGE HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within ALLEN VILLAGE. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
95.9%
MO avg 49.5% . +56.0pp since 2023
Math
60.0%
MO avg 48.7% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 96 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are up about 56 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). 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
65.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.8%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 →
About ALLEN VILLAGE JUNIOR ACADEMY
ALLEN VILLAGE JUNIOR ACADEMY is one of the one-room-style middle-grades schools in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, overseen by ALLEN VILLAGE, with 92 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 80% below the state mean of about 461.
ALLEN VILLAGE runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 384 students. ALLEN VILLAGE JUNIOR ACADEMY is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, ALLEN VILLAGE JUNIOR ACADEMY shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 62%. The remainder consists of 26% Black, 7% Asian, 4% White. By comparison, Jackson County as a whole is about 11% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the resource side, The school employs 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. Roughly 78% of students at ALLEN VILLAGE JUNIOR ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Jackson County's rate of about 60%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, ALLEN VILLAGE JUNIOR ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.8%; this one delivers 65.0%.
In the broader community, census data for Jackson County shows median household income runs about $68,577, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Jackson County's 244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students), ALLEN VILLAGE JUNIOR ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is ALLEN VILLAGE PRIMARY ACADEMY, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, ALLEN VILLAGE JUNIOR ACADEMY comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 61.2%.
Geographically, the school is in a downtown area. ALLEN VILLAGE JUNIOR ACADEMY is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
On the community side, members of the ALLEN VILLAGE JUNIOR ACADEMY community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALLEN VILLAGE
- ALLEN VILLAGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 130 students
- ALLEN VILLAGE ELEMENTARY ACADEElementary · 87 students
- ALLEN VILLAGE PRIMARY ACADEMYElementary · 66 students
- ALLEN VILLAGE PRESCHOOLElementary · 9 students
Other schools in KANSAS CITY
- STALEY HIGHHigh · 2,091 students
- PARK HILL HIGHHigh · 1,947 students
- OAK PARK HIGHHigh · 1,755 students
- NORTH KANSAS CITY HIGHHigh · 1,719 students
- RUSKIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,299 students
- WINNETONKA HIGHHigh · 1,238 students
Nearby schools
- ALLEN VILLAGE PRIMARY ACADEMY0.0 mi · 66
- ALLEN VILLAGE PRESCHOOL0.0 mi · 9
- ALLEN VILLAGE ELEMENTARY ACADE0.0 mi · 87
- ALLEN VILLAGE HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 130
- GORDON PARKS ELEM.0.7 mi · 131
- MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 144
Frequently asked questions
About ALLEN VILLAGE JUNIOR ACADEMYHow many students attend ALLEN VILLAGE JUNIOR ACADEMY?
ALLEN VILLAGE JUNIOR ACADEMY enrolls approximately 92 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does ALLEN VILLAGE JUNIOR ACADEMY serve?
ALLEN VILLAGE JUNIOR ACADEMY serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does ALLEN VILLAGE JUNIOR ACADEMY have?
ALLEN VILLAGE JUNIOR ACADEMY employs 6 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at ALLEN VILLAGE JUNIOR ACADEMY?
At ALLEN VILLAGE JUNIOR ACADEMY, the student body is approximately 4% White, 62% Hispanic, 26% Black, 7% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is ALLEN VILLAGE JUNIOR ACADEMY in?
ALLEN VILLAGE JUNIOR ACADEMY is part of ALLEN VILLAGE.
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