HALE COOK ELEMENTARY

Located at 7302 PENNSYLVANIA, in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, HALE COOK ELEMENTARY is an average-sized primary school that serves 344 students (grades pre-K through 6), operated by KANSAS CITY 33.

KANSAS CITY 33 comprises 31 schools with combined enrollment of 15,079 students; HALE COOK ELEMENTARY is among them.

Looking at the student body, HALE COOK ELEMENTARY reports that White students make up the majority at 57%. Other groups include 20% Black, 9% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 2% Pacific Islander.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at HALE COOK ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Jackson County's rate of about 60%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HALE COOK 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 60.7%, a residual of +11.3 points.

In the broader community, Jackson County reports that median household income runs about $68,577, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Jackson County runs 244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students), of which HALE COOK ELEMENTARY is one.

Academie Lafayette Oak Elem is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HALE COOK ELEMENTARY at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 59.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Five-year trend. HALE COOK ELEMENTARY's enrollment has rose 15% since 2018, when it stood at 299 (now 344). The Black share of enrollment decreased from 33% to 20% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

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