COMPASS ELEMENTARY

COMPASS ELEMENTARY is one of the reasonably sized primary schools in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, overseen by HICKMAN MILLS C-1, with 335 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

HICKMAN MILLS C-1 comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 4,833 students; COMPASS ELEMENTARY is among them.

On demographics, COMPASS ELEMENTARY reports that the most-represented group is Black (55%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 27% Hispanic, 10% White, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Jackson County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, COMPASS ELEMENTARY records 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting COMPASS ELEMENTARY higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at COMPASS ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Jackson County (around 60%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), COMPASS ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.4%; this one delivers 56.8%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Jackson County) shows that median household income runs about $68,577, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. COMPASS ELEMENTARY is one of 244 public schools in Jackson County (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students).

DALE M THOMPSON/TRAILS WEST S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts COMPASS ELEMENTARY at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 57.8%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 7%: 361 students in 2018 compared to 335 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 11% to 27% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.