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Enrollment
684
Elementary
DISTRICT 427 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH KANSAS CITY 74·NCES 292280001274
GRACEMOR ELEMENTARY
5125 N SYCAMORE, KANSAS CITY, MO 64119 · (816) 321-5110 · Clay County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL684 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 32% of Missouri public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
13.8:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
486 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 54%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 40 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 120 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 110 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 121 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (120) is 25% larger than its 5th grade class (96).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
38.9%
MO avg 44.9% . +5.6pp since 2021
Math
26.2%
MO avg 43.8% . -9.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 6 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.6% | 26.3% | 31.0% | 30.0% |
| Math | 8.9% | 17.3% | 28.9% | 44.7% |
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 | 38.9% | 26.2% |
| 2023-24 | 39.5% | 31.8% |
| 2022-23 | 37.2% | 37.9% |
| 2021-22 | 33.3% | 35.8% |
% 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
33.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.3%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 GRACEMOR ELEMENTARY
GRACEMOR ELEMENTARY's state test result (33.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRACEMOR ELEMENTARY this school | 684 | 71.1% | 33.1% |
| LINDEN WEST ELEMENTARY GLADSTONE | 501 | 62.7% | 42.6% |
| WILLIAM SOUTHERN ELEM. INDEPENDENCE | 458 | 74.5% | 42.4% |
| GLENDALE ELEM. INDEPENDENCE | 417 | 75.3% | 42.6% |
| SYCAMORE HILLS ELEM. INDEPENDENCE | 574 | 62.5% | 43.1% |
| CAMBRIDGE ELEM. BELTON | 501 | 61.9% | 26.2% |
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 GRACEMOR ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Clay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.1% | #689 of 1,002 | #39 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.2% | #807 of 1,019 ▼ 94 | #41 of 41 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #619 of 1,018 ▼ 19 | #34 of 41 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.0pp | #308 of 943 | #12 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 684 | #25 of 1,294 | #2 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #651 of 950 | #20 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.6% | #20 of 953 | #6 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.1% | #316 of 1,165 | #4 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.0% | #386 of 684 | #18 of 34 |
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
684
+54 (+9%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 738
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 684 | 49.6 | 13.8:1 | 71% (486) |
| 2023-24 | 655 | 51.8 | 12.6:1 | 70% (460) |
| 2022-23 | 630 | 50.7 | 12.4:1 | 68% (431) |
| 2020-21 | 630 | 48 | 13.1:1 | 66% (416) |
| 2017-18 | 777 | 52.8 | 14.7:1 | 66% (511) |
| 2015-16 | 805 | 48 | 16.8:1 | 64% (512) |
| 2010-11 | 808 | 51 | 15.8:1 | 56% (455) |
| 2000-01 | 715 | 50 | 14.3:1 | 5% (39) |
| 1990-91 | 738 | 47 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GRACEMOR ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (777 to 684); teachers down 6% (52.8 to 49.6).
About GRACEMOR ELEMENTARY
GRACEMOR ELEMENTARY is a public elementary school run by NORTH KANSAS CITY 74 in KANSAS CITY, Missouri. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 684 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Missouri) has about 315 students.
GRACEMOR ELEMENTARY is a school in NORTH KANSAS CITY 74. The district has 33 schools and 21,252 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at GRACEMOR ELEMENTARY. The largest is White students, at 40%. Other students are 23% Black, 21% Hispanic, and 14% multiracial. That is lower than the 79% White share among all Clay County residents. The school's diversity index is 73%, meaning two students picked at random have a 73% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teacher staffing is 49.6 full-time equivalents, or about 13.8 students per teacher. On average, elementary schools in Missouri have 12.4:1, compared with 13.8:1 here. About 71% of students, or 486, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Clay County average 35%.
The allk12 Grade for GRACEMOR ELEMENTARY is C. Compared with Missouri public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 32% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Schools in Missouri with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 33.3%. GRACEMOR ELEMENTARY scores 33.1%.
Clay County has these Census figures: the median household income is $88,468, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. In all, Clay County has 80 public schools and roughly 41,553 students.
MAPLE PARK MIDDLE is the public school closest to GRACEMOR ELEMENTARY, about 1.1 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. GRACEMOR ELEMENTARY ranks 8th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 33.1% against a local average of 47.7%.
The NCES locale for GRACEMOR ELEMENTARY is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is up 9% from 2020-21, when GRACEMOR ELEMENTARY had 630 students, to 2024-25, when it had 684.
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Clay County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
258,122
Census ACS
Median income
$88,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
80
41,553 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NORTH KANSAS CITY 74
- STALEY HIGHHigh · 2,091 students
- OAK PARK HIGHHigh · 1,755 students
- NORTH KANSAS CITY HIGHHigh · 1,719 students
- WINNETONKA HIGHHigh · 1,238 students
- NEW MARK MIDDLEMiddle · 965 students
- ANTIOCH MIDDLEMiddle · 886 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
- MAPLE PARK MIDDLE1.1 mi · 585
- MAPLEWOOD ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 330
- WINNETONKA HIGH1.4 mi · 1,238
- TOPPING ELEMENTARY1.7 mi · 293
- RAVENWOOD ELEMENTARY2.0 mi · 317
- WINNWOOD ELEMENTARY2.4 mi · 264
Frequently asked questions
About GRACEMOR ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at GRACEMOR ELEMENTARY?
GRACEMOR ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 684 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does GRACEMOR ELEMENTARY serve?
GRACEMOR ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at GRACEMOR ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at GRACEMOR ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is GRACEMOR ELEMENTARY?
GRACEMOR ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 40% White, 21% Hispanic, 23% Black, 1% Asian, 14% Two or more.
What district is GRACEMOR ELEMENTARY in?
GRACEMOR ELEMENTARY is part of NORTH KANSAS CITY 74.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.