BORDER STAR MONTESSORI

Located at 6321 WORNALL RD, in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, BORDER STAR MONTESSORI is a tight-knit primary school that educates 251 students (grades pre-K through 6), part of KANSAS CITY 33. That puts it 20% leaner than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

KANSAS CITY 33 comprises 31 schools with combined enrollment of 15,079 students; BORDER STAR MONTESSORI is among them.

On the student-mix side, BORDER STAR MONTESSORI logs that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 35% Black, 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Jackson County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Jackson County (around 60%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, BORDER STAR MONTESSORI tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.6%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Jackson County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $68,577 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Jackson County runs 244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students), of which BORDER STAR MONTESSORI is one.

The closest other public school is Academie Lafayette Oak Elem, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BORDER STAR MONTESSORI ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 60.8%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BORDER STAR MONTESSORI has edged down 38%, going from 406 students in 2018 to 251 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment fell from 49% to 35% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 today.

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