HICKMAN MILLS 8TH GRADE CENTER

HICKMAN MILLS 8TH GRADE CENTER operates as a cozy 6-8 campus in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, overseen by HICKMAN MILLS C-1. Current enrollment sits at 361 students spanning grade 8. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 461 students each, so HICKMAN MILLS 8TH GRADE CENTER sits 22% leaner than that benchmark.

Within HICKMAN MILLS C-1, which oversees 11 schools and 4,833 students, HICKMAN MILLS 8TH GRADE CENTER is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, HICKMAN MILLS 8TH GRADE CENTER shows that 62% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school logs 20% Hispanic, 8% White, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, HICKMAN MILLS 8TH GRADE CENTER reports 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Jackson County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, HICKMAN MILLS 8TH GRADE CENTER performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.4%, the actual is 43.0%, a residual of -6.4 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Jackson County indicate median household income runs about $68,577, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. HICKMAN MILLS 8TH GRADE CENTER is one of 244 public schools in Jackson County (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students).

Nearest neighbor: HICKMAN MILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HICKMAN MILLS 8TH GRADE CENTER at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 52.3%.

HICKMAN MILLS 8TH GRADE CENTER operates from a high-density location.

Over the past 6-year window. HICKMAN MILLS 8TH GRADE CENTER's enrollment has fell 52% since 2018, when it stood at 753 (now 361). Black enrollment moved from 75% to 62% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.