HOPEWELL ELEMENTARY

As a high-enrollment K-5 school in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, HOPEWELL ELEMENTARY teaches 483 students from grades K through 5, part of PARK HILL. Enrollment runs roughly 53% larger than the state mean of about 315.

HOPEWELL ELEMENTARY is one of 18 schools operated by PARK HILL, a district that serves 11,937 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HOPEWELL ELEMENTARY shows that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 23% Black, 12% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, HOPEWELL ELEMENTARY shows 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.6:1. The state averages about 12.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 30% of students at HOPEWELL ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HOPEWELL ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.7%; this one delivers 61.7%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Platte County indicate the typical household earns roughly $96,227 per year, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. HOPEWELL ELEMENTARY is one of 37 public schools in Platte County (combined enrollment of about 17,612 students).

Nearest neighbor: LINE CREEK ELEM., around 1.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, HOPEWELL ELEMENTARY comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 38.5%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

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