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Enrollment
594
Elementary
DISTRICT 424 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KANSAS CITY 33·NCES 291640002376
FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMY
3450 WARWICK, KANSAS CITY, MO 64111 · (816) 418-6000 · Jackson County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL594 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of Missouri public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-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
13.0:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
594 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 54%
Community
1
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 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 63 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 37 | 6% |
| Grade 8 | 40 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 90% larger than its 8th grade class (40).
Student demographics
63%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
35.0%
MO avg 44.9% . +1.5pp since 2021
Math
33.5%
MO avg 43.8% . +2.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.3% | 21.7% | 40.9% | 23.9% |
| Math | 15.5% | 18.0% | 32.2% | 34.1% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 33.5% |
| 2023-24 | 36.3% | 31.0% |
| 2022-23 | 32.3% | 35.2% |
| 2021-22 | 33.5% | 31.0% |
% 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
33.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% 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 FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMY
FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMY's state test result (33.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMY this school | 594 | 100.0% | 33.5% |
| ROGERS ELEMENTARY KANSAS CITY | 592 | 100.0% | 12.1% |
| SOUTH CITY ST. LOUIS | 838 | 99.8% | 17.0% |
| PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY KANSAS CITY | 386 | 100.0% | 15.2% |
| MARION ELEM. ST LOUIS | 496 | 100.0% | 26.3% |
| SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTER KANSAS CITY | 363 | 100.0% | 29.8% |
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 FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #683 of 1,002 | #59 of 126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #699 of 1,019 ▲ 32 | #62 of 126 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #706 of 1,018 ▼ 24 | #63 of 126 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #437 of 943 | #47 of 124 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 594 | #72 of 1,294 | #11 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #502 of 950 | #50 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.5% | #142 of 953 | #44 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #112 of 1,165 | #35 of 136 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.9% | #390 of 684 | #62 of 92 |
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
594
-88 (-13%) vs 2020
-11% since 2000-01, when it was 671
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 594 | 45.6 | 13.0:1 | 100% (594) |
| 2023-24 | 629 | 54.2 | 11.6:1 | 100% (629) |
| 2022-23 | 613 | 48.1 | 12.7:1 | 100% (610) |
| 2020-21 | 682 | 47 | 14.5:1 | 100% (679) |
| 2017-18 | 674 | 44.2 | 15.3:1 | 100% (674) |
| 2015-16 | 624 | 40 | 15.6:1 | 100% (621) |
| 2010-11 | 856 | 44 | 19.4:1 | 73% (622) |
| 2000-01 | 671 | 51 | 13.2:1 | 66% (444) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMY.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (674 to 594); teachers up 3% (44.2 to 45.6).
About FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMY
FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMY is a public elementary school in KANSAS CITY, Missouri. Enrollment stands at 594 students, covering pre-K through 8. That is 89% larger than the average of about 315 students for elementary schools in Missouri.
KANSAS CITY 33 operates 31 schools. Combined enrollment is 15,079 students.
At FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMY, 55% of students are Hispanic. The remaining students are 21% Black, 14% White, 6% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census figures show Jackson County is about 11% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 63%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.0:1. The school has 45.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri. Federal data show 100% of students (594) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 60% average for public schools in Jackson County.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMY holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 53% of Missouri public elementary schools.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMY posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 33.5%, compared with a predicted 22.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Missouri schools on BeatsExpectations.
Looking at the county, Jackson County, the median household earns about $68,577 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Jackson County has 244 public schools with about 105,714 students, including FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMY.
The closest school to FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMY is Academie Lafayette Armour IMS, located less than a tenth of a mile away. FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMY is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMY at 8th of 8.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 682 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 594 by 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 14.5:1 to 13.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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
- Academie Lafayette Armour IMS0.1 mi · 295
- ACADEMIE LAFAYETTE ARMOUR IHS0.1 mi · 118
- ACADEMIE LAFAYETTE CHERRY ELEM0.3 mi · 492
- MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 144
- ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 244
- ALTERNATIVE RESOURCE CTR.0.4 mi · 2
Frequently asked questions
About FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMYHow many students attend FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMY?
FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMY enrolls approximately 594 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMY serve?
FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMY serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMY?
Approximately 13.0:1 students per teacher at FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMY.
How diverse is FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMY?
FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMY reports a student body of 14% White, 55% Hispanic, 21% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMY in?
FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMY is part of KANSAS CITY 33.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.