Enrollment
355
Middle
DISTRICT 538 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUADALUPE CENTERS SCHOOLS·NCES 290002903166
GUADALUPE CENTERS MIDDLE
2640 Belleview Street, KANSAS CITY, MO 64108 · (816) 472-4120 · Jackson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL355 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 8% of Missouri public middle schools
- DTest 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.
- 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
280 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 54%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 114 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 120 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 121 | 34% |
Student demographics
6%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
GUADALUPE CENTERS MIDDLE→GUADALUPE CENTERS HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
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
21.1%
MO avg 44.9% . +0.5pp since 2021
Math
28.8%
MO avg 43.8% . +2.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 5.3% | 15.8% | 47.7% | 31.0% |
| Math | 7.4% | 21.4% | 40.4% | 30.6% |
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 | 21.1% | 28.8% |
| 2023-24 | 10.6% | 13.0% |
| 2022-23 | 15.4% | 19.8% |
| 2021-22 | 20.6% | 26.1% |
% 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
18.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.3%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 GUADALUPE CENTERS MIDDLE
GUADALUPE CENTERS MIDDLE's state test result (18.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GUADALUPE CENTERS MIDDLE this school | 355 | 78.9% | 18.1% |
| FRONTIER SCHL OF INNOVATION-M KANSAS CITY | 307 | 82.1% | 43.8% |
| ALLEN VILLAGE JUNIOR ACADEMY KANSAS CITY | 92 | 78.3% | 27.3% |
| CARTHAGE 6TH GRADE CENTER CARTHAGE | 377 | 71.1% | 38.7% |
| CARTHAGE JR. HIGH CARTHAGE | 773 | 65.1% | 42.9% |
| NOEL ELEM. NOEL | 349 | 89.1% | 22.0% |
Matched among Missouri middle 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 MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.1% | #346 of 379 | #31 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #307 of 380 ▲ 45 | #21 of 36 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.1% | #341 of 380 ▲ 27 | #31 of 36 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.6pp | #204 of 364 | #16 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 355 | #239 of 397 | #28 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #18 of 321 | #7 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.1% | #319 of 321 | #33 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.9% | #69 of 379 | #13 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +75.7% | #2 of 91 | #1 of 7 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
355
+28 (+9%) vs 2020
+338% since 2010-11, when it was 81
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 355 | 33 | 10.8:1 | 79% (280) |
| 2023-24 | 354 | 33 | 10.7:1 | 99% (351) |
| 2022-23 | 344 | 32 | 10.8:1 | 95% (328) |
| 2020-21 | 327 | 30 | 10.9:1 | 92% (301) |
| 2017-18 | 202 | 21 | 9.6:1 | 94% (189) |
| 2015-16 | 195 | 20 | 9.8:1 | 98% (191) |
| 2010-11 | 81 | 8 | 10.1:1 | 96% (78) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GUADALUPE CENTERS MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students up 76% (202 to 355); teachers up 57% (21 to 33).
About GUADALUPE CENTERS MIDDLE
GUADALUPE CENTERS MIDDLE is one of the public schools in KANSAS CITY, Missouri. It is a small middle-grades school. There are 355 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8. The school is 23% below the average for middle schools in Missouri.
Federal data list 3 schools in GUADALUPE CENTERS SCHOOLS, with 1,614 students enrolled.
Of every 100 students at GUADALUPE CENTERS MIDDLE, about 97 are Hispanic. That is higher than the 11% Hispanic share among all Jackson County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 6%.
Staffing at GUADALUPE CENTERS MIDDLE comes to 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 10.8:1. The school's 10.8:1 compares with an average of 13.0:1 for middle schools in Missouri. On the income side, 79% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 19 points above the 60% average for public schools in Jackson County.
GUADALUPE CENTERS MIDDLE earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 8% of Missouri public middle schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, GUADALUPE CENTERS MIDDLE falls in the middle 80% of Missouri schools: 18.1% actual against 30.3% predicted.
The school is in Jackson County, where median household income comes to about $68,577, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Jackson County's 244 public schools enroll about 105,714 students and include GUADALUPE CENTERS MIDDLE.
ALTERNATIVE RESOURCE CTR., about 0.8 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. GUADALUPE CENTERS MIDDLE places 7th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
In the federal locale system, GUADALUPE CENTERS MIDDLE is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 9%.
The GUADALUPE CENTERS MIDDLE discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 ELEMENTARYElementary · 801 students
- GUADALUPE CENTERS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 458 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
- ALTERNATIVE RESOURCE CTR.0.8 mi · 2
- PRIMITIVO GARCIA ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 494
- Jackson County Juvenile Ctr.1.1 mi · 24
- MIDDLE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 144
- ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 244
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMY1.2 mi · 594
Frequently asked questions
About GUADALUPE CENTERS MIDDLEHow large is GUADALUPE CENTERS MIDDLE?
GUADALUPE CENTERS MIDDLE enrolls approximately 355 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does GUADALUPE CENTERS MIDDLE serve?
GUADALUPE CENTERS MIDDLE serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at GUADALUPE CENTERS MIDDLE?
Approximately 10.8:1 students per teacher at GUADALUPE CENTERS MIDDLE.
What is the racial breakdown of students at GUADALUPE CENTERS MIDDLE?
At GUADALUPE CENTERS MIDDLE, the student body is approximately 2% White, 97% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian.
Is GUADALUPE CENTERS MIDDLE public or private?
GUADALUPE CENTERS MIDDLE is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by GUADALUPE CENTERS SCHOOLS.
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