EWING MARION KAUFFMAN HIGH

EWING MARION KAUFFMAN HIGH operates as an intimate 9-12 campus in Kansas City, Missouri, operated by EWING MARION KAUFFMAN SCHOOL. Current enrollment sits at 402 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

Within EWING MARION KAUFFMAN SCHOOL, which oversees 2 schools and 961 students, EWING MARION KAUFFMAN HIGH is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, EWING MARION KAUFFMAN HIGH logs that Black students make up the majority at 78%; the rest reads as 13% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting EWING MARION KAUFFMAN HIGH tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Jackson County's rate of about 60%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), EWING MARION KAUFFMAN HIGH tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.4%.

In the broader community, Jackson County reports that median household income runs about $68,577, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Jackson County's 244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students), EWING MARION KAUFFMAN HIGH is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Ewing Marion Kauffman Middle, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts EWING MARION KAUFFMAN HIGH at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 57.0%.

EWING MARION KAUFFMAN HIGH operates from an inner-city location. EWING MARION KAUFFMAN HIGH operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EWING MARION KAUFFMAN HIGH has ticked up 98%, going from 203 students in 2018 to 402 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 7.8:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 in 2025.

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