GUADALUPE CENTERS ELEMENTARY

GUADALUPE CENTERS ELEMENTARY operates as an expansive elementary campus in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, overseen by GUADALUPE CENTERS SCHOOLS. Current enrollment sits at 801 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 154% larger than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

Across the 3 schools in GUADALUPE CENTERS SCHOOLS (1,614 students total), GUADALUPE CENTERS ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, GUADALUPE CENTERS ELEMENTARY reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (96%). The wider county runs roughly 11% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, GUADALUPE CENTERS ELEMENTARY shows 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.8:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, GUADALUPE CENTERS ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.0%; this one delivers 58.1%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Jackson County shows median household income runs about $68,577, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. GUADALUPE CENTERS ELEMENTARY is one of 244 public schools in Jackson County (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students).

KANSAS CITY GIRLS PREP MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, GUADALUPE CENTERS ELEMENTARY comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 46.6%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site. As a public charter, GUADALUPE CENTERS ELEMENTARY runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. GUADALUPE CENTERS ELEMENTARY's enrollment has increased 56% since 2018, when it stood at 515 (now 801). Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 in 2025.

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