Enrollment
341
Elementary
DISTRICT 424 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KANSAS CITY 33·NCES 291640000826
GEORGE MELCHER ELEMENTARY
3958 CHELSEA, KANSAS CITY, MO 64130 · (816) 418-6735 · Jackson County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL341 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of Missouri public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
341 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 54%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 41 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (41).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
12.0%
MO avg 44.9% . +3.8pp since 2021
Math
11.3%
MO avg 43.8% . +1.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 4.5% | 7.5% | 33.3% | 54.5% |
| Math | 5.3% | 6.0% | 21.9% | 66.6% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 12.0% | 11.3% |
| 2023-24 | 9.2% | 8.4% |
| 2022-23 | 8.2% | 17.3% |
| 2021-22 | 8.2% | 10.3% |
% 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
8.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% 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 →
Schools most like GEORGE MELCHER ELEMENTARY
GEORGE MELCHER ELEMENTARY's state test result (8.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEORGE MELCHER ELEMENTARY this school | 341 | 100.0% | 8.7% |
| COMPASS ELEMENTARY KANSAS CITY | 335 | 100.0% | 29.9% |
| ERVIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KANSAS CITY | 427 | 100.0% | 17.4% |
| KRATZ ELEM. ST LOUIS | 474 | 100.0% | 19.3% |
| IVELAND ELEM. ST LOUIS | 441 | 100.0% | 29.7% |
| PRIMITIVO GARCIA ELEMENTARY KANSAS CITY | 494 | 100.0% | 8.5% |
Matched among Missouri elementary 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 GEORGE MELCHER ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.7% | #969 of 1,002 | #119 of 126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.3% | #956 of 1,019 ▲ 19 | #117 of 126 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 12.0% | #973 of 1,018 ▲ 16 | #115 of 126 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.4pp | #414 of 943 | #43 of 124 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 341 | #571 of 1,294 | #80 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #710 of 950 | #83 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.3% | #210 of 953 | #68 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #103 of 1,165 | #26 of 136 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.1% | #540 of 684 | #82 of 92 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
341
+7 (+2%) vs 2020
+26% since 1990-91, when it was 270
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 341 | 24.1 | 14.1:1 | 100% (341) |
| 2023-24 | 331 | 29.1 | 11.4:1 | 100% (331) |
| 2022-23 | 296 | 24.1 | 12.3:1 | 99% (293) |
| 2020-21 | 334 | 28 | 11.9:1 | 99% (331) |
| 2017-18 | 363 | 25.7 | 14.1:1 | 100% (363) |
| 2015-16 | 394 | 24 | 16.4:1 | 99% (391) |
| 2010-11 | 401 | 21 | 19.1:1 | 73% (293) |
| 2000-01 | 261 | 16 | 16.3:1 | 87% (227) |
| 1990-91 | 270 | 22 | 12.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GEORGE MELCHER ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (363 to 341); teachers down 6% (25.7 to 24.1).
About GEORGE MELCHER ELEMENTARY
The public elementary school GEORGE MELCHER ELEMENTARY is located in KANSAS CITY, Missouri. The school's enrollment of 341 students covers pre-K through 6.
GEORGE MELCHER ELEMENTARY is one school in a 31-school district, KANSAS CITY 33, which enrolls 15,079 students.
A majority of students at GEORGE MELCHER ELEMENTARY, 57%, are Black. The rest of enrollment is 29% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 3% White. Among all residents of Jackson County, the Black share is about 22%. The chance that two students picked at random at GEORGE MELCHER ELEMENTARY belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 58%.
Teachers at the school number 24.1 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.1:1. Among elementary schools in Missouri, the typical ratio is 12.4:1. The school's lunch program data list 100% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Jackson County, the average eligibility rate is 60%.
GEORGE MELCHER ELEMENTARY is graded D by allk12, scoring above 7% of Missouri public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
GEORGE MELCHER ELEMENTARY scores 8.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 22.4%.
Census Bureau estimates for Jackson County show that median household income is about $68,577, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. GEORGE MELCHER ELEMENTARY is one of 244 public schools in Jackson County, which together enroll about 105,714 students.
The closest public school, GENESIS SCHOOL INC., is about 0.8 miles from GEORGE MELCHER ELEMENTARY. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. GEORGE MELCHER ELEMENTARY is 8th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 341, close to the 334 recorded in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 14.1 students per teacher, compared with 11.9 in 2020-21.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in KANSAS CITY 33
- EAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,155 students
- LINCOLN COLLEGE PREP.High · 997 students
- M. L. KING ELEMENTARYElementary · 768 students
- NORTHEAST HIGHHigh · 732 students
- PASEO ACAD. OF PERFORMING ARTSHigh · 669 students
- NORTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 607 students
Other schools in KANSAS CITY
- STALEY HIGHHigh · 2,091 students
- PARK HILL HIGHHigh · 1,947 students
- OAK PARK HIGHHigh · 1,755 students
- NORTH KANSAS CITY HIGHHigh · 1,719 students
- RUSKIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,299 students
- WINNETONKA HIGHHigh · 1,238 students
Nearby schools
- GENESIS SCHOOL INC.0.8 mi · 180
- CARVER DUAL LANGUAGE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 468
- CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 375
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 519
- CONTRACT1.2 mi · 32
- HOPE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY1.6 mi · 108
Frequently asked questions
About GEORGE MELCHER ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at GEORGE MELCHER ELEMENTARY?
GEORGE MELCHER ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 341 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does GEORGE MELCHER ELEMENTARY serve?
GEORGE MELCHER ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at GEORGE MELCHER ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at GEORGE MELCHER ELEMENTARY is approximately 14.1:1 (24 FTE teachers).
How diverse is GEORGE MELCHER ELEMENTARY?
GEORGE MELCHER ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 3% White, 29% Hispanic, 57% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is GEORGE MELCHER ELEMENTARY in?
GEORGE MELCHER ELEMENTARY is part of KANSAS CITY 33.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.