HOGAN PREPARATORY ACAD MIDDLE

HOGAN PREPARATORY ACAD MIDDLE, a very small junior high in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, overseen by HOGAN PREPARATORY ACADEMY, teaches 134 students, covering grades 7 through 8. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 461 students each, so HOGAN PREPARATORY ACAD MIDDLE sits 71% smaller than that benchmark.

HOGAN PREPARATORY ACADEMY comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 843 students; HOGAN PREPARATORY ACAD MIDDLE is among them.

In terms of who attends, HOGAN PREPARATORY ACAD MIDDLE records that nearly all students (90%) are Black. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, HOGAN PREPARATORY ACAD MIDDLE records 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 6.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting HOGAN PREPARATORY ACAD MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Jackson County's rate of about 60%.

After controlling for student poverty, HOGAN PREPARATORY ACAD MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.4%; this one delivers 55.9%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Jackson County indicate the typical household earns roughly $68,577 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Jackson County's 244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students), HOGAN PREPARATORY ACAD MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HOGAN PREPARATORY ACAD MIDDLE at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 55.7%.

The school occupies a city-core site. HOGAN PREPARATORY ACAD MIDDLE is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HOGAN PREPARATORY ACAD MIDDLE has edged down 61%, going from 347 students in 2018 to 134 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 98% to 90%. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 6.7:1 in 2025.

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