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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the BELL PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY administration to hear?
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Enrollment
642
Elementary
DISTRICT 427 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH KANSAS CITY 74·NCES 292280003115
BELL PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY
3000 NE 108TH ST, KANSAS CITY, MO 64156 · (816) 321-5020 · Clay County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL642 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% of Missouri public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
15.1:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
162 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 54%
Community
1
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 | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 117 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 112 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 132 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (132).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
63.0%
MO avg 44.9% . -2.5pp since 2021
Math
67.5%
MO avg 43.8% . +4.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 31.9% | 31.1% | 26.1% | 10.7% |
| Math | 41.2% | 26.3% | 17.5% | 14.9% |
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 | 63.0% | 67.5% |
| 2023-24 | 61.2% | 63.0% |
| 2022-23 | 64.3% | 64.3% |
| 2021-22 | 65.5% | 62.7% |
% 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
61.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% 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 →
Schools most like BELL PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY
BELL PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY's state test result (61.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELL PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY this school | 642 | 25.2% | 61.4% |
| PRAIRIE VIEW ELEM. O'FALLON | 696 | 24.6% | 49.2% |
| WARREN HILLS ELEM. LIBERTY | 597 | 22.9% | 48.5% |
| MESNIER PRIMARY SCH. ST LOUIS | 741 | 32.4% | N/A |
| OAK GROVE ELEM St. Joseph | 502 | 32.9% | 57.7% |
| FAIRVIEW ELEM. COLUMBIA | 471 | 26.3% | 62.9% |
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 BELL PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Clay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #123 of 1,002 | #8 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #73 of 1,019 ▲ 45 | #5 of 41 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #113 of 1,018 ▲ 11 | #7 of 41 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.2pp | #483 of 943 | #21 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 642 | #47 of 1,294 | #5 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #830 of 950 | #30 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.1% | #185 of 953 | #19 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.2% | #986 of 1,165 | #32 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.7% | #259 of 684 | #14 of 34 |
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
642
-11 (-2%) vs 2020
+67% since 2010-11, when it was 385
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 642 | 42.6 | 15.1:1 | 25% (162) |
| 2023-24 | 742 | 46.9 | 15.8:1 | 27% (197) |
| 2022-23 | 712 | 47.5 | 15.0:1 | 25% (179) |
| 2020-21 | 653 | 45 | 14.5:1 | 20% (132) |
| 2017-18 | 771 | 46.1 | 16.7:1 | 30% (228) |
| 2015-16 | 659 | 39 | 16.9:1 | 31% (203) |
| 2010-11 | 385 | 29 | 13.3:1 | 22% (83) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BELL PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (771 to 642); teachers down 8% (46.1 to 42.6).
About BELL PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY
BELL PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY is a large elementary school in KANSAS CITY, Missouri. The school reports 642 students in pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 104% larger than the 315 average for elementary schools in Missouri.
NORTH KANSAS CITY 74 is made up of 33 schools with 21,252 students in all.
White students are the majority at BELL PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY, with 60% of enrollment. The school is also 13% Black, 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 6% Asian. The White share of the county population is higher, at 79%. BELL PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY's diversity index is 60%, against a US figure of 70%.
BELL PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY operates with 42.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 15.1:1. That is higher than the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri. About 25% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The average for public schools in Clay County is 35%.
allk12 grades BELL PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY an A. The grade compares the school only with Missouri public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 50.4% at BELL PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 61.4%.
Across Clay County, the median household income is $88,468, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. In all, Clay County has 80 public schools and roughly 41,553 students.
Nearby, STALEY HIGH is about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of BELL PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 52.5%; BELL PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY's is 61.4%, ranking 2nd of 9.
For locale, NCES codes BELL PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY as City: Large.
BELL PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY had 653 students in 2020-21 and 642 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
The BELL PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Clay County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
258,122
Census ACS
Median income
$88,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
80
41,553 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NORTH KANSAS CITY 74
- STALEY HIGHHigh · 2,091 students
- OAK PARK HIGHHigh · 1,755 students
- NORTH KANSAS CITY HIGHHigh · 1,719 students
- WINNETONKA HIGHHigh · 1,238 students
- NEW MARK MIDDLEMiddle · 965 students
- ANTIOCH MIDDLEMiddle · 886 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
- STALEY HIGH0.2 mi · 2,091
- FOX HILL ELEMENTARY1.6 mi · 606
- NEW MARK MIDDLE1.8 mi · 965
- GATEWAY 6TH GRADE CENTER1.8 mi · 882
- NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARY1.9 mi · 656
- NASHUA ELEMENTARY2.2 mi · 485
Frequently asked questions
About BELL PRAIRIE ELEMENTARYHow many students attend BELL PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY?
BELL PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 642 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does BELL PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY serve?
BELL PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does BELL PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY have?
BELL PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at BELL PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY?
At BELL PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 60% White, 12% Hispanic, 13% Black, 6% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees BELL PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY?
BELL PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY is overseen by NORTH KANSAS CITY 74 in Clay County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.