FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-U

FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-U, a minimally staffed four-year high school in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, one of the schools within FRONTIER SCHOOLS, serves 160 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 501 students each, so FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-U sits 68% below that benchmark.

FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-U is one of 5 schools operated by FRONTIER SCHOOLS, a district that teaches 1,587 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-U shows that the largest single group is Black at 51%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 44% Hispanic, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-U reports 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.2:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Jackson County's rate of about 60%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-U is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 49.4%; this one delivers 80.9%, a residual of +31.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Jackson County) shows that median household income runs about $68,577, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Jackson County runs 244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students), of which FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-U is one.

The closest other public school is FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-M, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-U ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 55.5%.

The school occupies a city-core site. FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-U operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-U's enrollment has shrank 19% since 2018, when it stood at 197 (now 160). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 27% to 44% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 7.8:1 today.

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