EASTWOOD HILLS ELEM.

Located at 5290 SYCAMORE, in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, EASTWOOD HILLS ELEM. is a reasonably sized primary school that instructs 330 students (grades K through 5), overseen by RAYTOWN C-2.

Across the 17 schools in RAYTOWN C-2 (7,676 students total), EASTWOOD HILLS ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, EASTWOOD HILLS ELEM. reports that the largest single group is Black at 48%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 27% Hispanic, 15% White, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, EASTWOOD HILLS ELEM. has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Jackson County (around 60%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, EASTWOOD HILLS ELEM. sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 49.7%; actual is 28.8%, a gap of -20.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Jackson County shows median household income runs about $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), EASTWOOD HILLS ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is LAUREL HILLS ELEM., roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around EASTWOOD HILLS ELEM.. On composite proficiency, EASTWOOD HILLS ELEM. comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 51.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Over the past 7-year window. EASTWOOD HILLS ELEM.'s enrollment has shrank 16% since 2018, when it stood at 392 (now 330). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 18% to 27%.

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