CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL

Located at 3611 EAST LINWOOD, in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL is a close-knit middle-grades school that serves 375 students (grades 7 through 8), run under KANSAS CITY 33.

KANSAS CITY 33 runs 31 schools in total, collectively educating 15,079 students. CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that Black students make up the majority at 64%. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 6% White, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 100% of students at CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify 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 noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Missouri public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 49.4%; CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL posts 27.1%, -22.3 points below that line.

In the broader community, census data for Jackson County shows median household income runs about $68,577, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 244 public schools in Jackson County (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students).

Nearest neighbor: CONTRACT, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 52.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL has edged down 6%, going from 399 students in 2018 to 375 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment decreased from 88% to 64% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

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