Enrollment
320
Elementary
DISTRICT 323 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HICKMAN MILLS C-1·NCES 291434000652
DOBBS ELEMENTARY
9400 EASTERN, KANSAS CITY, MO 64138 · (816) 316-7800 · Jackson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL320 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
320 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
74.9%
MO avg 49.5% . -20.9pp since 2023
Math
88.2%
MO avg 48.7% . +22.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are down about 21 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 22 points.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
76.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+27.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 27 points, placing it in Missouri's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
320
-42 (-12%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 13.4:1
% White
20%
was 11%
% Hispanic
10%
was 14%
% Black
54%
was 67%
% Asian
8%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About DOBBS ELEMENTARY
DOBBS ELEMENTARY is a moderately sized elementary school in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, run under HICKMAN MILLS C-1. The school hosts 320 students in grades K through 5.
HICKMAN MILLS C-1 comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 4,833 students; DOBBS ELEMENTARY is among them.
On the student-mix side, DOBBS ELEMENTARY logs that the largest single group is Black at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 20% White, 10% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 6% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Jackson County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, DOBBS ELEMENTARY ranks in the top 10% of Missouri public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 49.4%; DOBBS ELEMENTARY posts 76.6%, +27.1 points above that line.
In the area at large, Jackson County reports that median household earnings sit near $68,577, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Jackson County's 244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students), DOBBS ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.
SANTA FE ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DOBBS ELEMENTARY at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 50.0%.
The campus sits in an urban setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. DOBBS ELEMENTARY's enrollment has fell 12% since 2018, when it stood at 362 (now 320). Black enrollment moved from 67% to 54% across the same window.
On the community side, 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.
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 HICKMAN MILLS C-1
- RUSKIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,299 students
- HICKMAN MILLS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 590 students
- ERVIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 427 students
- WARFORD ELEMENTARYElementary · 407 students
- HICKMAN MILLS 8TH GRADE CENTERMiddle · 361 students
- SANTA FE ELEMENTARYElementary · 356 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
- SANTA FE ELEMENTARY0.6 mi · 356
- HICKMAN MILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 590
- HICKMAN MILLS 8TH GRADE CENTER0.6 mi · 361
- TRUMAN ELEMENTARY0.7 mi · 287
- SOUTH MIDDLE1.5 mi · 510
- FREDA MARKLEY EARLY CHILDHOOD1.5 mi · 190
Frequently asked questions
About DOBBS ELEMENTARYHow large is DOBBS ELEMENTARY?
DOBBS ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 320 students in grades KG-05.
Is DOBBS ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
DOBBS ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does DOBBS ELEMENTARY have?
DOBBS ELEMENTARY employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
What is the student diversity at DOBBS ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at DOBBS ELEMENTARY are roughly 20% White, 10% Hispanic, 54% Black, 8% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is DOBBS ELEMENTARY public or private?
DOBBS ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by HICKMAN MILLS C-1.
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