CONGRESS MIDDLE

Set in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, CONGRESS MIDDLE is a mid-sized middle-grades school, operated by PARK HILL. It serves 601 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 30% larger than the state mean of about 461.

PARK HILL runs 18 schools in total, collectively educating 11,937 students. CONGRESS MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CONGRESS MIDDLE shows that White students make up the majority at 62%. Other groups include 14% Black, 12% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting CONGRESS MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 31% of students at CONGRESS MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CONGRESS MIDDLE falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 50.7%; this one comes in at 26.6%, -24.1 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Platte County put median household income runs about $96,227, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. CONGRESS MIDDLE is one of 37 public schools in Platte County (combined enrollment of about 17,612 students).

GERNER FAMILY EARLY ED CTR. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CONGRESS MIDDLE. On composite proficiency, CONGRESS MIDDLE comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 57.0%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CONGRESS MIDDLE has contracted 37%, going from 952 students in 2018 to 601 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

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