EASTGATE 6TH GRADE CENTER

EASTGATE 6TH GRADE CENTER operates as a mid-sized intermediate school in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, part of NORTH KANSAS CITY 74. Current enrollment sits at 629 students spanning grade 6. Enrollment runs roughly 36% above the state mean of about 461.

NORTH KANSAS CITY 74 runs 33 schools in total, collectively educating 21,252 students. EASTGATE 6TH GRADE CENTER is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, EASTGATE 6TH GRADE CENTER lists that the most-represented group is White (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 23% Black, 19% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, EASTGATE 6TH GRADE CENTER has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.7:1. The state averages about 13.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Clay County's rate of about 35%.

With demographic context factored in, EASTGATE 6TH GRADE CENTER performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.1%, the actual is 59.0%, a residual of +8.9 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Clay County) reports that median household income runs about $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), EASTGATE 6TH GRADE CENTER is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: WINNWOOD ELEMENTARY, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, EASTGATE 6TH GRADE CENTER comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 42.8%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 3%: 647 students in 2018 compared to 629 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment expanded from 19% to 23% over that span.

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