FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMY

Set in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMY is a large K-5 school, operated by KANSAS CITY 33. It enrolls 594 students across grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 89% larger than typical.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMY is one of 31 schools operated by KANSAS CITY 33, a district that teaches 15,079 students overall.

In terms of who attends, FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMY records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 55%. The remainder is composed of 21% Black, 14% White, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMY has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 100% of students are eligible 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.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.4%, the actual is 46.9%, a residual of -2.5 points.

Across the wider county, Jackson County reports that 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), FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Academie Lafayette Armour IMS, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMY at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 60.1%.

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

Looking at the recent track record. FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMY's enrollment has fell 12% since 2018, when it stood at 674 (now 594). Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 30% to 21%. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

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