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Enrollment
801
Elementary
DISTRICT 538 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUADALUPE CENTERS SCHOOLS·NCES 290002903216
GUADALUPE CENTERS ELEMENTARY
5123 E Truman Road, KANSAS CITY, MO 64127 · (816) 994-0396 · Jackson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL801 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% 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.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
10.8:1
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
530 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 | 77 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 121 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 129 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 120 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 119 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 120 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 115 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (121) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (115).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 6% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within GUADALUPE CENTERS SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
8.7%
MO avg 44.9% . -1.8pp since 2021
Math
8.2%
MO avg 43.8% . +0.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 9 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 2.6% | 6.1% | 33.0% | 58.1% |
| Math | 1.4% | 6.8% | 22.7% | 68.9% |
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 | 8.7% | 8.2% |
| 2023-24 | 12.7% | 10.0% |
| 2022-23 | 10.7% | 8.2% |
| 2021-22 | 10.5% | 7.6% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
9.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.1%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-25.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 35% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 GUADALUPE CENTERS ELEMENTARY
GUADALUPE CENTERS ELEMENTARY's state test result (9.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GUADALUPE CENTERS ELEMENTARY this school | 801 | 66.2% | 9.7% |
| FRONTIER SCHOOL OF INNOVATION Kansas City | 645 | 86.0% | 30.8% |
| COLUMBIAN ELEM. CARTHAGE | 398 | 81.7% | 25.6% |
| TRAILWOODS ELEMENTARY KANSAS CITY | 388 | 100.0% | 13.7% |
| CARVER DUAL LANGUAGE SCHOOL KANSAS CITY | 468 | 100.0% | 25.8% |
| FAIRVIEW ELEM. CARTHAGE | 444 | 74.3% | 35.3% |
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 GUADALUPE CENTERS ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.7% | #961 of 1,002 | #117 of 126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.2% | #976 of 1,019 ▼ 11 | #119 of 126 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 8.7% | #997 of 1,018 ▼ 33 | #126 of 126 ▼ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.6pp | #365 of 943 | #53 of 124 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 801 | #13 of 1,294 | #1 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #114 of 950 | #11 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.0% | #905 of 953 | #124 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.2% | #361 of 1,165 | #70 of 136 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +55.5% | #9 of 251 | #1 of 37 |
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
801
+98 (+14%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 801 | 74 | 10.8:1 | 66% (530) |
| 2023-24 | 791 | 67 | 11.8:1 | 100% (788) |
| 2022-23 | 781 | 59 | 13.2:1 | 93% (723) |
| 2020-21 | 703 | 54 | 13.0:1 | 73% (510) |
| 2017-18 | 515 | 41 | 12.6:1 | 93% (480) |
| 2015-16 | 295 | 24 | 12.3:1 | 97% (287) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GUADALUPE CENTERS ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students up 56% (515 to 801); teachers up 80% (41 to 74).
About GUADALUPE CENTERS ELEMENTARY
GUADALUPE CENTERS ELEMENTARY is a high-enrollment elementary school in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, administered by GUADALUPE CENTERS SCHOOLS. Enrolled students number 801 students, in pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 154% higher than the average for elementary schools in Missouri, which is about 315.
The district for GUADALUPE CENTERS ELEMENTARY is GUADALUPE CENTERS SCHOOLS, with 3 schools and 1,614 students.
Most students at GUADALUPE CENTERS ELEMENTARY are Hispanic: 96% of enrollment. For comparison, the population of Jackson County is roughly 11% Hispanic. GUADALUPE CENTERS ELEMENTARY has a diversity index of 7%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 74 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 10.8:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Missouri is 12.4:1, higher than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 66% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Measured against Missouri public elementary schools, GUADALUPE CENTERS ELEMENTARY receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
GUADALUPE CENTERS ELEMENTARY is a bottom-10% school in Missouri on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 9.7% against a predicted 35.1%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Jackson County show that median household income is about $68,577, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. GUADALUPE CENTERS ELEMENTARY is one of 244 public schools in Jackson County, which together enroll about 105,714 students.
Of nearby public schools, KANSAS CITY GIRLS PREP MIDDLE is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, GUADALUPE CENTERS ELEMENTARY ranks 9th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. The school is a charter school, funded with public money and operated under a charter agreement.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 801 was 14% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 703. Students per teacher fell from 13.0 in 2020-21 to 10.8 in 2024-25.
Community posts for GUADALUPE CENTERS ELEMENTARY can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. 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 GUADALUPE CENTERS SCHOOLS
- GUADALUPE CENTERS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 458 students
- GUADALUPE CENTERS MIDDLEMiddle · 355 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
- KANSAS CITY GIRLS PREP MIDDLE0.2 mi · 111
- EAST HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 1,155
- TRAILWOODS ELEMENTARY0.7 mi · 388
- NORTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 607
- ROGERS ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 592
- NORTHEAST HIGH1.0 mi · 732
Frequently asked questions
About GUADALUPE CENTERS ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at GUADALUPE CENTERS ELEMENTARY?
GUADALUPE CENTERS ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 801 students in grades PK-05.
Is GUADALUPE CENTERS ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
GUADALUPE CENTERS ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does GUADALUPE CENTERS ELEMENTARY have?
GUADALUPE CENTERS ELEMENTARY employs 74 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.8:1.
How diverse is GUADALUPE CENTERS ELEMENTARY?
GUADALUPE CENTERS ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 2% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees GUADALUPE CENTERS ELEMENTARY?
GUADALUPE CENTERS ELEMENTARY is overseen by GUADALUPE CENTERS SCHOOLS in Jackson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.