GLADSTONE ELEMENTARY

Set in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, GLADSTONE ELEMENTARY is a mid-tier elementary campus, run under KANSAS CITY 33. It instructs 406 students across grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 29% larger than typical.

KANSAS CITY 33 runs 31 schools in total, collectively educating 15,079 students. GLADSTONE ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, GLADSTONE ELEMENTARY reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 25% Black, 16% Asian, 8% White. The wider county runs roughly 11% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Jackson County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, GLADSTONE ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.4%, the actual is 68.5%, a residual of +19.0 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Jackson County put the typical household earns roughly $68,577 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. GLADSTONE ELEMENTARY is one of 244 public schools in Jackson County (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students).

Nearest neighbor: NORTHEAST HIGH, around 0.5 miles off. 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), GLADSTONE ELEMENTARY ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 56.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Looking at the recent track record. GLADSTONE ELEMENTARY's enrollment has declined 20% since 2018, when it stood at 508 (now 406). White enrollment moved from 16% to 8% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

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