DeLaSalle Charter High School

DeLaSalle Charter High School is one of the micro-enrollment four-year high schools in Kansas City, Missouri, operated by DELASALLE CHARTER SCHOOL, with 196 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 61% leaner than the state mean of about 501.

DeLaSalle Charter High School is one of 2 schools operated by DELASALLE CHARTER SCHOOL, a district that enrolls 220 students overall.

Looking at the student body, DeLaSalle Charter High School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (87%). The remainder breaks down as 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, DeLaSalle Charter High School has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting DeLaSalle Charter High School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at DeLaSalle Charter High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Jackson County's rate of about 60%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, DeLaSalle Charter High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.4%, the actual is 52.9%, a residual of +3.5 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Jackson County shows the typical household earns roughly $68,577 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Jackson County's 244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students), DeLaSalle Charter High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is LEE A. TOLBERT COM. ACADEMY, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DeLaSalle Charter High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DeLaSalle Charter High School at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 58.4%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting. DeLaSalle Charter High School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 196 students in 2018 compared to 196 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.9:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 today.

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