Enrollment
247
Elementary
DISTRICT 233 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTER 58·NCES 290825000223
BOONE ELEM.
8817 WORNALL RD, KANSAS CITY, MO 64114 · (816) 349-3613 · Jackson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL247 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% of Missouri public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
11.3:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
148 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 47 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within CENTER 58. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
34.7%
MO avg 44.9% . +3.1pp since 2021
Math
32.9%
MO avg 43.8% . +13.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.9% | 20.8% | 39.1% | 26.0% |
| Math | 15.6% | 17.3% | 26.9% | 40.0% |
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 | 34.7% | 32.9% |
| 2023-24 | 29.7% | 23.5% |
| 2022-23 | 32.1% | 28.3% |
| 2021-22 | 31.6% | 19.4% |
% 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
27.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 BOONE ELEM.
BOONE ELEM.'s state test result (27.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOONE ELEM. this school | 247 | 59.9% | 27.9% |
| ROBINSON ELEM. RAYTOWN | 315 | 55.2% | 37.7% |
| NORFLEET ELEM. KANSAS CITY | 329 | 60.8% | 18.0% |
| CITY GARDEN MONTESSORI ECEC ST LOUIS | 180 | 53.3% | N/A |
| BLUE RIDGE ELEM. RAYTOWN | 299 | 68.9% | 29.2% |
| SOUTHWOOD ELEM. RAYTOWN | 346 | 61.3% | 21.2% |
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 BOONE ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #779 of 1,002 | #76 of 126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #710 of 1,019 ▲ 125 | #64 of 126 ▲ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #711 of 1,018 ▲ 86 | #64 of 126 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.3pp | #149 of 943 | #17 of 124 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 247 | #836 of 1,294 | #118 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #184 of 950 | #18 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.6% | #95 of 953 | #31 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.9% | #460 of 1,165 | #81 of 136 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.3% | #153 of 684 | #26 of 92 |
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
247
-41 (-14%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 409
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 10.3:1
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 | 247 | 21.9 | 11.3:1 | 60% (148) |
| 2023-24 | 259 | 22.8 | 11.4:1 | 58% (150) |
| 2022-23 | 272 | 25.3 | 10.8:1 | 50% (135) |
| 2020-21 | 288 | 28 | 10.3:1 | 39% (112) |
| 2017-18 | 318 | 29.5 | 10.8:1 | 53% (169) |
| 2015-16 | 326 | 29 | 11.2:1 | 63% (207) |
| 2010-11 | 239 | 25 | 9.6:1 | 71% (170) |
| 2000-01 | 396 | 35 | 11.3:1 | 67% (264) |
| 1990-91 | 409 | 26 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BOONE ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (318 to 247); teachers down 26% (29.5 to 21.9).
About BOONE ELEM.
BOONE ELEM. is a small elementary school that serves part of KANSAS CITY, Missouri. It enrolls 247 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 22% below the 315-student average for elementary schools in Missouri.
The district for BOONE ELEM. is CENTER 58, with 7 schools and 2,339 students.
At BOONE ELEM., Black students make up the biggest share, 48%. Other students are 28% White, 14% multiracial, and 11% Hispanic. By comparison, Jackson County residents are about 22% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 67, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 21.9 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 11.3:1. Across elementary schools in Missouri, the average ratio is 12.4:1. Roughly 60% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Jackson County average a similar 60%.
Among Missouri public elementary schools, BOONE ELEM. outscored 25%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
BOONE ELEM. posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 27.9%, compared with a predicted 37.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Missouri schools on BeatsExpectations.
For Jackson County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $68,577 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting BOONE ELEM., Jackson County has 244 public schools.
YELLOW JACKET EARLY LEARNING is the nearest public school to BOONE ELEM., less than a tenth of a mile away. BOONE ELEM. is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 52.6% proficiency; BOONE ELEM. posts 27.9%.
For locale, NCES codes BOONE ELEM. as City: Large.
In 2020-21, BOONE ELEM. enrolled 288 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 247. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 10.3:1 to 11.3:1.
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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 CENTER 58
- CENTER SR. HIGHHigh · 679 students
- CENTER MIDDLEMiddle · 493 students
- CENTER ELEM.Elementary · 314 students
- INDIAN CREEK ELEM.Elementary · 285 students
- RED BRIDGE ELEM.Elementary · 201 students
- YELLOW JACKET EARLY LEARNINGElementary · 120 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
Other BOONE Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 3 states are named BOONE Elementary. BOONE ELEM. is the 6th largest of the 6.
- BOONE ELEM.TROY, MO · 394 students
- Boone Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 511 students
- Boone Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 458 students
- Boone Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 428 students
- Boone ElementarySan Diego, CA · 342 students
Nearby schools
- YELLOW JACKET EARLY LEARNING0.0 mi · 120
- CENTER SR. HIGH0.8 mi · 679
- JOHN T. HARTMAN ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 360
- INDIAN CREEK ELEM.1.2 mi · 285
- ACADEMY FOR INTEGRATED ARTS1.5 mi · 244
- CENTER ELEM.1.7 mi · 314
Frequently asked questions
About BOONE ELEM.How many students attend BOONE ELEM.?
BOONE ELEM. enrolls approximately 247 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does BOONE ELEM. serve?
BOONE ELEM. serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does BOONE ELEM. have?
BOONE ELEM. employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
What is the student diversity at BOONE ELEM.?
Student demographics at BOONE ELEM. are roughly 28% White, 11% Hispanic, 48% Black, 0% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees BOONE ELEM.?
BOONE ELEM. is overseen by CENTER 58 in Jackson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.