FRONTIER STEM HIGH SCHOOL

FRONTIER STEM HIGH SCHOOL is one of the small high schools in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, overseen by FRONTIER SCHOOLS, with 401 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.

Within FRONTIER SCHOOLS, which oversees 5 schools and 1,587 students, FRONTIER STEM HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, FRONTIER STEM HIGH SCHOOL shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 72%. The remainder looks like 19% Black, 6% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting FRONTIER STEM HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 78% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Jackson County (around 60%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), FRONTIER STEM HIGH SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of Missouri public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 49.8%; FRONTIER STEM HIGH SCHOOL posts 84.1%, +34.3 points above that line.

In the area at large, census data for Jackson County shows median household earnings sit near $68,577, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Jackson County runs 244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students), of which FRONTIER STEM HIGH SCHOOL is one.

FRONTIER SCHL OF INNOVATION-M is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around FRONTIER STEM HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FRONTIER STEM HIGH SCHOOL at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 53.1%.

FRONTIER STEM HIGH SCHOOL operates from a high-density location. FRONTIER STEM HIGH SCHOOL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. FRONTIER STEM HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has edged up 24% since 2018, when it stood at 324 (now 401). Black enrollment moved from 27% to 19% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.