FRONTIER SCHL OF INNOVATION-M

FRONTIER SCHL OF INNOVATION-M is a compact junior high in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, operated by FRONTIER SCHOOLS. The school enrolls 307 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 461 students each, so FRONTIER SCHL OF INNOVATION-M sits 33% below that benchmark.

FRONTIER SCHOOLS comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,587 students; FRONTIER SCHL OF INNOVATION-M is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, FRONTIER SCHL OF INNOVATION-M reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 77%. The remainder reads as 13% Black, 7% White. By comparison, Jackson County as a whole is about 11% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. Roughly 82% of students at FRONTIER SCHL OF INNOVATION-M qualify 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%.

After controlling for student poverty, FRONTIER SCHL OF INNOVATION-M sits in the top 10% of Missouri schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 49.8%; actual is 79.8%, +30.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Jackson County indicate 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 INNOVATION-M is one.

FRONTIER SCHOOL OF INNOVATION is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around FRONTIER SCHL OF INNOVATION-M. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FRONTIER SCHL OF INNOVATION-M ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 53.7%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting. As a public charter, FRONTIER SCHL OF INNOVATION-M runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. FRONTIER SCHL OF INNOVATION-M's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 311 (now 307). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 10.7:1 in 2018 to 8.8:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for FRONTIER SCHL OF INNOVATION-M typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.