CENTER ELEM.

CENTER ELEM. is one of the medium-sized elementary schools in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, run under CENTER 58, with 314 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Within CENTER 58, which oversees 7 schools and 2,339 students, CENTER ELEM. is one campus in the system.

On demographics, CENTER ELEM. shows that Black students make up the majority at 66%. The remainder is composed of 17% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 6% White. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, CENTER ELEM. lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. The state averages about 12.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Jackson County (around 60%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, CENTER ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.4%; this one delivers 35.1%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Jackson County shows median household income runs about $68,577, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CENTER ELEM. is one of 244 public schools in Jackson County (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students).

Nearest neighbor: CENTER SR. HIGH, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CENTER ELEM. ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 55.6%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. CENTER ELEM.'s enrollment has contracted 10% since 2018, when it stood at 349 (now 314). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 1% to 17%. Class-load math has fell: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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