FRONTIER SCHOOL OF INNOVATION

As a heavily attended primary school in Kansas City, Missouri, FRONTIER SCHOOL OF INNOVATION works with 645 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by FRONTIER SCHOOLS. That puts it 105% larger than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, FRONTIER SCHOOL OF INNOVATION reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 69%. Other groups include 19% Black, 7% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 11% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, FRONTIER SCHOOL OF INNOVATION logs 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.3:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 86% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Jackson County's rate of about 60%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, FRONTIER SCHOOL OF INNOVATION sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.7%; this one delivers 32.7%.

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 roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jackson County runs 244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students), of which FRONTIER SCHOOL OF INNOVATION is one.

FRONTIER SCHL OF INNOVATION-M 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 SCHOOL OF INNOVATION. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FRONTIER SCHOOL OF INNOVATION at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 59.5%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site. As a public charter, FRONTIER SCHOOL OF INNOVATION runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. FRONTIER SCHOOL OF INNOVATION's enrollment has decreased 6% since 2018, when it stood at 687 (now 645). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged down from 77% to 69%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

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