CROSSROADS PREPARATORY ACADEMY

CROSSROADS PREPARATORY ACADEMY is a senior high of tight-knit scale in Kansas City, Missouri, one of the schools within CROSSROADS CHARTER SCHOOLS, instructing 406 students in grades 7 through 12.

Across the 3 schools in CROSSROADS CHARTER SCHOOLS (1,003 students total), CROSSROADS PREPARATORY ACADEMY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, CROSSROADS PREPARATORY ACADEMY shows that the most-represented group is Black (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 31% Hispanic, 13% White, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, CROSSROADS PREPARATORY ACADEMY has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.6:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 50% of students at CROSSROADS PREPARATORY ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Jackson County's rate of about 60%.

After controlling for student poverty, CROSSROADS PREPARATORY ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.4%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Jackson County put median household earnings sit near $68,577, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Jackson County's 244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students), CROSSROADS PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

CROSSROADS - CENTRAL STREET is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CROSSROADS PREPARATORY ACADEMY comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 55.2%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting. As a public charter, CROSSROADS PREPARATORY ACADEMY runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

On this page, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.