Enrollment
487
Elementary
DISTRICT 424 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KANSAS CITY 33·NCES 291640002602
B. BANNEKER ELEMENTARY
7050 ASKEW, KANSAS CITY, MO 64132 · (816) 418-1850 · Jackson County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL487 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 0% of Missouri public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
14.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
487 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 80 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 20% smaller than its 6th grade class (80).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
11.5%
MO avg 44.9% . +4.3pp since 2021
Math
7.6%
MO avg 43.8% . +5.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 2.6% | 8.9% | 37.2% | 51.1% |
| Math | 2.7% | 4.9% | 25.7% | 66.5% |
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 | 11.5% | 7.6% |
| 2023-24 | 5.3% | 4.8% |
| 2022-23 | 9.3% | 7.8% |
| 2021-22 | 7.2% | 2.0% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
7.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 7% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 22% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 B. BANNEKER ELEMENTARY
B. BANNEKER ELEMENTARY's state test result (7.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| B. BANNEKER ELEMENTARY this school | 487 | 100.0% | 7.1% |
| JOHN T. HARTMAN ELEMENTARY KANSAS CITY | 360 | 100.0% | 43.3% |
| KIPP ENDEAVOR ACADEMY Kansas City | 665 | 100.0% | 6.7% |
| BERKELEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BERKELEY | 374 | 100.0% | 8.3% |
| BARBARA JORDAN ELEM. UNIVERSITY CITY | 386 | 100.0% | 27.7% |
| BROOKSIDE CHARTER ELEMENTARY KANSAS CITY | 575 | 100.0% | 22.3% |
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 B. BANNEKER ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 7.1% | #985 of 1,002 | #122 of 126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.6% | #980 of 1,019 ▲ 22 | #120 of 126 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.5% | #977 of 1,018 ▲ 31 | #117 of 126 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 487 | #179 of 1,294 | #29 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #815 of 950 | #103 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.1% | #474 of 953 | #109 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #115 of 1,165 | #38 of 136 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.4% | #103 of 251 | #18 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
487
+121 (+33%) vs 2020
+73% since 1990-91, when it was 281
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 487 | 32.6 | 14.9:1 | 100% (487) |
| 2023-24 | 499 | 34.5 | 14.5:1 | 100% (499) |
| 2022-23 | 390 | 30 | 13.0:1 | 99% (387) |
| 2020-21 | 366 | 27 | 13.6:1 | 99% (363) |
| 2017-18 | 441 | 25.2 | 17.5:1 | 100% (440) |
| 2015-16 | 285 | 18 | 15.8:1 | 99% (282) |
| 2010-11 | 379 | 28 | 13.5:1 | 80% (305) |
| 2000-01 | 551 | 30 | 18.4:1 | 86% (472) |
| 1990-91 | 281 | 19 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for B. BANNEKER ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (441 to 487); teachers up 30% (25.2 to 32.6).
About B. BANNEKER ELEMENTARY
A high-enrollment elementary school in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, B. BANNEKER ELEMENTARY is part of KANSAS CITY 33. The school enrolls 487 students, from pre-K through 6. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Missouri is about 315, so this school runs 55% larger than that.
KANSAS CITY 33 enrolls 15,079 students in 31 schools, including B. BANNEKER ELEMENTARY.
B. BANNEKER ELEMENTARY is 77% Black by enrollment. Other reported shares: 15% Hispanic, 5% White, and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 22% Black among all Jackson County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 38% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 14.9:1, with 32.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has more students per teacher than the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri. Lunch subsidy eligibility at B. BANNEKER ELEMENTARY is 100%. Compared with the 60% average for public schools in Jackson County, the school's rate is higher.
Measured against Missouri public elementary schools, B. BANNEKER ELEMENTARY receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
B. BANNEKER ELEMENTARY ranks in the bottom 10% of Missouri schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 7.1%. Predicted: 22.4%. Difference: 15.3 points.
In the county around the school, Jackson County, the median household income is $68,577, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Jackson County is home to 244 public schools and about 105,714 public school students.
The school nearest to B. BANNEKER ELEMENTARY is HOLLIDAY MONTESSORI, at a distance of about 0.5 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, B. BANNEKER ELEMENTARY ranks 9th of 9 on average proficiency.
NCES assigns B. BANNEKER ELEMENTARY the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment grew 33% from its 2020-21 level of 366. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.6:1 in 2020-21, and 14.9:1 in 2024-25.
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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 KANSAS CITY 33
- EAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,155 students
- LINCOLN COLLEGE PREP.High · 997 students
- M. L. KING ELEMENTARYElementary · 768 students
- NORTHEAST HIGHHigh · 732 students
- PASEO ACAD. OF PERFORMING ARTSHigh · 669 students
- NORTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 607 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
- HOLLIDAY MONTESSORI0.5 mi · 360
- SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 498
- AC PREP ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 366
- HOGAN PREPARATORY ACAD MIDDLE0.8 mi · 134
- BROOKSIDE CHARTER ELEMENTARY1.3 mi · 575
- BROOKSIDE CHARTER MIDDLE SCHL1.3 mi · 225
Frequently asked questions
About B. BANNEKER ELEMENTARYHow many students attend B. BANNEKER ELEMENTARY?
B. BANNEKER ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 487 students in grades PK-06.
Is B. BANNEKER ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
B. BANNEKER ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does B. BANNEKER ELEMENTARY have?
B. BANNEKER ELEMENTARY employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
How diverse is B. BANNEKER ELEMENTARY?
B. BANNEKER ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 5% White, 15% Hispanic, 77% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees B. BANNEKER ELEMENTARY?
B. BANNEKER ELEMENTARY is overseen by KANSAS CITY 33 in Jackson County.
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