FAXON ELEMENTARY

FAXON ELEMENTARY, a medium-sized elementary school in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, operated by KANSAS CITY 33, instructs 322 students, covering grades pre-K through 6.

Within KANSAS CITY 33, which oversees 31 schools and 15,079 students, FAXON ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

Demographically, FAXON ELEMENTARY shows that 72% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school reports 16% Hispanic, 7% White, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Jackson County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, FAXON ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.4%; this one delivers 52.5%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Jackson County put median household earnings sit near $68,577, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), FAXON ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LEE A. TOLBERT COM. ACADEMY, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around FAXON ELEMENTARY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FAXON ELEMENTARY at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 53.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FAXON ELEMENTARY has ticked up 7%, going from 302 students in 2018 to 322 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 8% to 16% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

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