ALTERNATIVE RESOURCE CTR.

Set in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, ALTERNATIVE RESOURCE CTR. is a rural-scale 9-12 campus, operated by DIVISION OF YOUTH SERVICE. It hosts 2 students across grades 6 through 12. That puts it 100% smaller than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 501 students.

Within DIVISION OF YOUTH SERVICE, which oversees 26 schools and 496 students, ALTERNATIVE RESOURCE CTR. is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, ALTERNATIVE RESOURCE CTR. lists that 100% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 2.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting ALTERNATIVE RESOURCE CTR. tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, census data for Jackson County shows the typical household earns roughly $68,577 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. ALTERNATIVE RESOURCE CTR. is one of 244 public schools in Jackson County (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students).

FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. ALTERNATIVE RESOURCE CTR.'s enrollment has declined 86% since 2018, when it stood at 14 (now 2). White enrollment moved from 36% to 0% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 7.0:1 in 2018 to 2.0:1 today.

On the community side, members of the ALTERNATIVE RESOURCE CTR. community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.