Enrollment
322
Elementary
DISTRICT 424 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KANSAS CITY 33·NCES 291640000808
FAXON ELEMENTARY
1320 E 32ND TERR, KANSAS CITY, MO 64109 · (816) 418-6525 · Jackson County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL322 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of Missouri public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
322 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 36 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 42% larger than its 6th grade class (36).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 52% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
13.2%
MO avg 44.9% . -3.3pp since 2021
Math
13.9%
MO avg 43.8% . -0.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.2% | 13.9% |
| 2023-24 | 18.0% | 14.1% |
| 2022-23 | 9.3% | 21.7% |
| 2021-22 | 16.5% | 14.0% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
11.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Missouri's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like FAXON ELEMENTARY
FAXON ELEMENTARY's state test result (11.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAXON ELEMENTARY this school | 322 | 100.0% | 11.7% |
| JOHN T. HARTMAN ELEMENTARY KANSAS CITY | 360 | 100.0% | 43.3% |
| INDIAN CREEK ELEM. KANSAS CITY | 285 | 100.0% | 21.3% |
| CENTER ELEM. KANSAS CITY | 314 | 100.0% | 9.3% |
| BARBARA JORDAN ELEM. UNIVERSITY CITY | 386 | 100.0% | 27.7% |
| WENDELL PHILLIPS ELEMENTARY KANSAS CITY | 324 | 100.0% | 16.7% |
Matched among Missouri elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where FAXON ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.7% | #948 of 1,002 | #115 of 126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.9% | #936 of 1,019 ▼ 7 | #110 of 126 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.2% | #962 of 1,018 ▼ 38 | #112 of 126 ▼ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.7pp | #325 of 943 | #49 of 124 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 322 | #629 of 1,294 | #94 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #204 of 950 | #21 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.4% | #395 of 953 | #99 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #100 of 1,165 | #23 of 136 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.6% | #148 of 251 | #23 of 37 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
322
+74 (+30%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 476
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 11.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 322 | 28.1 | 11.4:1 | 100% (322) |
| 2023-24 | 305 | 25.5 | 12.0:1 | 100% (305) |
| 2022-23 | 301 | 27.5 | 10.9:1 | 99% (298) |
| 2020-21 | 248 | 22 | 11.3:1 | 99% (245) |
| 2017-18 | 302 | 18.9 | 16.0:1 | 100% (302) |
| 2015-16 | 273 | 21 | 13.0:1 | 99% (270) |
| 2010-11 | 227 | 17 | 13.3:1 | 92% (208) |
| 2000-01 | 476 | 32 | 14.9:1 | 66% (314) |
| 1990-91 | 476 | 47 | 10.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FAXON ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (302 to 322); teachers up 49% (18.9 to 28.1).
About FAXON ELEMENTARY
FAXON ELEMENTARY is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in KANSAS CITY, Missouri. The school teaches pre-K through 6 and enrolls 322 students.
FAXON ELEMENTARY is a school in KANSAS CITY 33. The district has 31 schools and 15,079 students.
The share of Black students at FAXON ELEMENTARY is 72%, a majority. Smaller groups are 16% Hispanic, 7% White, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Jackson County is roughly 22% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 44%.
There are about 11.4 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at FAXON ELEMENTARY, which has 28.1. Elementary schools in Missouri average 12.4:1, 1.0 more students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at FAXON ELEMENTARY is about 100%. The rate at public schools in Jackson County averages 60%, lower than here.
On the allk12 Grade, FAXON ELEMENTARY lands at D, ahead of 6% of Missouri public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 11.7%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 22.4%.
In Jackson County, the median household earns about $68,577 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Jackson County has 244 public schools with about 105,714 students, including FAXON ELEMENTARY.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, LEE A. TOLBERT COM. ACADEMY, is about 0.3 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 53.9%; FAXON ELEMENTARY's is 11.7%, ranking 7th of 7.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, FAXON ELEMENTARY had a net gain of 74 students, or 30%.
The allk12 page for FAXON ELEMENTARY lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 KANSAS CITY 33
- EAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,155 students
- LINCOLN COLLEGE PREP.High · 997 students
- M. L. KING ELEMENTARYElementary · 768 students
- NORTHEAST HIGHHigh · 732 students
- PASEO ACAD. OF PERFORMING ARTSHigh · 669 students
- NORTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 607 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
- LEE A. TOLBERT COM. ACADEMY0.3 mi · 401
- ACADEMIE LAFAYETTE CHERRY ELEM0.6 mi · 492
- DeLaSalle Charter High School0.7 mi · 196
- Jackson County Juvenile Ctr.0.9 mi · 24
- Academie Lafayette Armour IMS0.9 mi · 295
- ACADEMIE LAFAYETTE ARMOUR IHS0.9 mi · 118
Frequently asked questions
About FAXON ELEMENTARYHow large is FAXON ELEMENTARY?
FAXON ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 322 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does FAXON ELEMENTARY serve?
FAXON ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does FAXON ELEMENTARY have?
FAXON ELEMENTARY employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
What is the student diversity at FAXON ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at FAXON ELEMENTARY are roughly 7% White, 16% Hispanic, 72% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is FAXON ELEMENTARY public or private?
FAXON ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by KANSAS CITY 33.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.