Enrollment
355
Elementary
DISTRICT 299 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CROSSROADS CHARTER SCHOOLS·NCES 290060303201
CROSSROADS - CENTRAL STREET
1011 CENTRAL, KANSAS CITY, MO 64105 · (816) 221-2600 · Jackson County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL355 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% of Missouri public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
228 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 54%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 16 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 69 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 41% smaller than its 6th grade class (69).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 52% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
CROSSROADS - CENTRAL STREET→CROSSROADS PREPARATORY ACADEMY
Based on grade levels within CROSSROADS CHARTER SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
28.5%
MO avg 44.9% . -9.6pp since 2021
Math
25.5%
MO avg 43.8% . -6.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are down about 10 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.5% | 16.0% | 36.1% | 35.1% |
| Math | 11.5% | 14.0% | 24.6% | 49.7% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.5% | 25.5% |
| 2023-24 | 31.3% | 25.6% |
| 2022-23 | 41.0% | 30.3% |
| 2021-22 | 38.1% | 31.9% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
28.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.8%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Missouri's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like CROSSROADS - CENTRAL STREET
CROSSROADS - CENTRAL STREET's state test result (28.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CROSSROADS - CENTRAL STREET this school | 355 | 64.2% | 28.0% |
| NORFLEET ELEM. KANSAS CITY | 329 | 60.8% | 18.0% |
| SOUTHWOOD ELEM. RAYTOWN | 346 | 61.3% | 21.2% |
| BELVIDERE ELEM. GRANDVIEW | 294 | 59.5% | 38.1% |
| WESTRIDGE ELEM. KANSAS CITY | 319 | 72.7% | 15.8% |
| LAUREL HILLS ELEM. RAYTOWN | 344 | 75.3% | 28.1% |
Matched among Missouri elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where CROSSROADS - CENTRAL STREET ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #776 of 1,002 | #75 of 126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.5% | #816 of 1,019 ▼ 16 | #81 of 126 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.5% | #818 of 1,018 ▼ 44 | #79 of 126 ▼ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.0pp | #120 of 943 | #18 of 124 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 355 | #525 of 1,294 | #73 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #203 of 950 | #20 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.1% | #138 of 953 | #43 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.2% | #384 of 1,165 | #72 of 136 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.9% | #278 of 684 | #46 of 92 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
355
-24 (-6%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 11.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 355 | 31 | 11.4:1 | 64% (228) |
| 2023-24 | 356 | 34 | 10.5:1 | 63% (225) |
| 2022-23 | 360 | 35.6 | 10.1:1 | 55% (197) |
| 2020-21 | 379 | 32 | 11.8:1 | 56% (212) |
| 2017-18 | 422 | 39.3 | 10.7:1 | 52% (219) |
| 2015-16 | 349 | 26 | 13.4:1 | 53% (185) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CROSSROADS - CENTRAL STREET.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (422 to 355); teachers down 21% (39.3 to 31).
About CROSSROADS - CENTRAL STREET
CROSSROADS - CENTRAL STREET is a public elementary school run by CROSSROADS CHARTER SCHOOLS in KANSAS CITY, Missouri. Its grade span covers pre-K through 6, with 355 students on the rolls.
CROSSROADS - CENTRAL STREET is one of 3 schools in CROSSROADS CHARTER SCHOOLS, which enrolls 1,003 students in total.
At CROSSROADS - CENTRAL STREET, 54% of students are Black. Other students are 20% Hispanic, 16% White, and 8% multiracial. That is higher than the 22% Black share among all Jackson County residents. The diversity index for CROSSROADS - CENTRAL STREET is 63%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 31 full-time-equivalent teachers at CROSSROADS - CENTRAL STREET, giving a ratio of 11.4:1. Elementary schools in Missouri have an average ratio of 12.4:1. By family income, 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Missouri public elementary schools, CROSSROADS - CENTRAL STREET outscored 15%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
CROSSROADS - CENTRAL STREET posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 28.0%, compared with a predicted 35.8%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Missouri schools on BeatsExpectations.
The county, Jackson County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $68,577 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Jackson County has 244 public schools with about 105,714 students, including CROSSROADS - CENTRAL STREET.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, CROSSROADS PREPARATORY ACADEMY, is the closest to CROSSROADS - CENTRAL STREET. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of CROSSROADS - CENTRAL STREET. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, CROSSROADS - CENTRAL STREET ranks 8th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, CROSSROADS - CENTRAL STREET is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. As a charter school, CROSSROADS - CENTRAL STREET is publicly funded and operates under a charter.
From 379 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 355 by 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to CROSSROADS - CENTRAL STREET can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
719,976
Census ACS
Median income
$68,577
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
244
105,714 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CROSSROADS CHARTER SCHOOLS
- CROSSROADS PREPARATORY ACADEMYHigh · 406 students
- CROSSROADS - QUALITY HILLElementary · 242 students
Other schools in KANSAS CITY
- STALEY HIGHHigh · 2,091 students
- PARK HILL HIGHHigh · 1,947 students
- OAK PARK HIGHHigh · 1,755 students
- NORTH KANSAS CITY HIGHHigh · 1,719 students
- RUSKIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,299 students
- WINNETONKA HIGHHigh · 1,238 students
Nearby schools
- CROSSROADS PREPARATORY ACADEMY0.2 mi · 406
- CROSSROADS - QUALITY HILL0.2 mi · 242
- PRIMITIVO GARCIA ELEMENTARY0.7 mi · 494
- GUADALUPE CENTERS HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 458
- GUADALUPE CENTERS MIDDLE1.7 mi · 355
- SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTER1.7 mi · 363
Frequently asked questions
About CROSSROADS - CENTRAL STREETWhat is the total enrollment at CROSSROADS - CENTRAL STREET?
CROSSROADS - CENTRAL STREET enrolls approximately 355 students in grades PK-06.
Is CROSSROADS - CENTRAL STREET an elementary, middle, or high school?
CROSSROADS - CENTRAL STREET is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does CROSSROADS - CENTRAL STREET have?
CROSSROADS - CENTRAL STREET employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
What is the student diversity at CROSSROADS - CENTRAL STREET?
Student demographics at CROSSROADS - CENTRAL STREET are roughly 16% White, 20% Hispanic, 54% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is CROSSROADS - CENTRAL STREET in?
CROSSROADS - CENTRAL STREET is part of CROSSROADS CHARTER SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.