CLARDY ELEMENTARY

Located at 8100 N TROOST, in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, CLARDY ELEMENTARY is a sizable elementary campus that serves 477 students (grades K through 5), part of NORTH KANSAS CITY 74. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 51% bigger than typical.

NORTH KANSAS CITY 74 runs 33 schools in total, collectively educating 21,252 students. CLARDY ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

On demographics, CLARDY ELEMENTARY reports that White students make up the majority at 57%; the rest breaks down as 15% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 11% Black, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, CLARDY ELEMENTARY has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CLARDY ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.5%, the actual is 39.6%, a residual of -10.9 points.

In the broader community, census data for Clay County shows median household earnings sit near $88,468, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Clay County's 80 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,553 students), CLARDY ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

OAK PARK HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CLARDY ELEMENTARY comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 51.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. CLARDY ELEMENTARY's enrollment has edged down 3% since 2018, when it stood at 493 (now 477). White enrollment moved from 63% to 57% across the same window.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.