EARLY CHILD. EDUCATION CTR.

EARLY CHILD. EDUCATION CTR. is a rural-scale elementary campus in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, overseen by LIBERTY 53. The school educates 45 students in grade pre-K. That puts it 86% smaller than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

LIBERTY 53 runs 18 schools in total, collectively educating 11,826 students. EARLY CHILD. EDUCATION CTR. is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, EARLY CHILD. EDUCATION CTR. lists that 44% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 18% Hispanic, 18% Black, 18% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Clay County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, EARLY CHILD. EDUCATION CTR. has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 1.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting EARLY CHILD. EDUCATION CTR. tighter than the state norm the norm. About 93% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Clay County's rate of about 35%.

In the broader community, Clay County reports that median household earnings sit near $88,468, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Clay County's 80 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,553 students), EARLY CHILD. EDUCATION CTR. is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is EPIC ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around EARLY CHILD. EDUCATION CTR..

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EARLY CHILD. EDUCATION CTR. has contracted 83%, going from 265 students in 2018 to 45 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 70% to 44% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 10.5:1 in 2018 to 1.9:1 today.

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