Enrollment
74
Middle
DISTRICT 191 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRONTIER SCHOOLS·NCES 290059003180
FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-M
5605 TROOST AVE., KANSAS CITY, MO 64110 · (816) 822-1331 · Jackson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL74 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of Missouri public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
5.4:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 7.1:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
74 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 54%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 14 | 19% |
| Grade 7 | 31 | 42% |
| Grade 8 | 29 | 39% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
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MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
13.4%
MO avg 44.9% . +0.2pp since 2021
Math
20.1%
MO avg 43.8% . -3.7pp 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 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are down about 4 points.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.4% | 20.1% |
| 2023-24 | 15.5% | 27.0% |
| 2022-23 | 18.9% | 32.9% |
| 2021-22 | 13.2% | 23.8% |
% 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
14.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% 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 →
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FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-M's state test result (14.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-M this school | 74 | 100.0% | 14.2% |
| KANSAS CITY GIRLS PREP MIDDLE KANSAS CITY | 111 | 100.0% | 18.6% |
| ALLEN VILLAGE JUNIOR ACADEMY KANSAS CITY | 92 | 78.3% | 27.3% |
| SENATH-HORNERSVILLE MIDDLE SCH HORNERSVILLE | 211 | 100.0% | 30.7% |
| NOEL ELEM. NOEL | 349 | 89.1% | 22.0% |
| CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL KANSAS CITY | 375 | 100.0% | 6.7% |
Matched among Missouri middle 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 FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-M ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 74 | #387 of 397 | #38 of 38 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
74
-38 (-34%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
5.4:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 74 | 13.6 | 5.4:1 | 100% (74) |
| 2023-24 | 73 | 13.9 | 5.3:1 | 100% (73) |
| 2022-23 | 85 | 11.8 | 7.2:1 | 96% (82) |
| 2020-21 | 112 | 10 | 11.2:1 | 79% (89) |
| 2017-18 | 113 | 13.1 | 8.6:1 | 100% (113) |
| 2015-16 | 124 | 10 | 12.4:1 | 92% (114) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-M.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (113 to 74); teachers up 4% (13.1 to 13.6).
About FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-M
FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-M is classified as a middle-grades school. It is located in KANSAS CITY, Missouri. The school serves 74 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. For comparison, middle schools in Missouri average about 461 students.
FRONTIER SCHOOLS counts 5 schools and 1,587 students, including FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-M.
At FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-M, the largest share of students is Hispanic, at 49%. It is also 47% Black and 3% White. For comparison, the population of Jackson County is roughly 11% Hispanic. FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-M's diversity index is 54%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reports 13.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 5.4 students per teacher. That is 7.6 students per teacher below the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Missouri. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 100% of students. The gap from the 60% average for public schools in Jackson County is 40 points.
allk12 grades FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-M a D. The grade compares the school only with Missouri public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 22.4% for a school in Missouri with FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-M's free or reduced-price lunch share. FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-M posts 14.2%.
Census Bureau estimates for Jackson County show that the median household income is $68,577, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-M is one of 244 public schools in the county.
The school nearest to FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-M is FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-U, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-M is 9th on average proficiency.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-M operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter.
Enrollment at FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-M declined 34% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 112 to 74 students. The ratio of students to teachers went from 11.2:1 to 5.4:1 over the same years.
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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
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- FRONTIER SCHOOL OF INNOVATIONElementary · 645 students
- FRONTIER STEM HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 401 students
- FRONTIER SCHL OF INNOVATION-MMiddle · 307 students
- FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-UHigh · 160 students
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- PARK HILL HIGHHigh · 1,947 students
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- NORTH KANSAS CITY HIGHHigh · 1,719 students
- RUSKIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,299 students
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Nearby schools
- FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-U0.0 mi · 160
- EWING MARION KAUFFMAN HIGH1.0 mi · 402
- Ewing Marion Kauffman Middle1.0 mi · 559
- HOGAN PREPARATORY ACADEMY1.0 mi · 318
- BROOKSIDE CHARTER MIDDLE SCHL1.0 mi · 225
- BROOKSIDE CHARTER ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 575
Frequently asked questions
About FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-MHow large is FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-M?
FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-M enrolls approximately 74 students in grades 06-08.
Is FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-M an elementary, middle, or high school?
FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-M is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-M?
The student-to-teacher ratio at FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-M is approximately 5.4:1 (14 FTE teachers).
How diverse is FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-M?
FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-M reports a student body of 3% White, 49% Hispanic, 47% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-M in?
FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-M is part of FRONTIER SCHOOLS.
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