KC INTERNATIONAL-WALLACE

Located at 414 Wallace Ave, in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, KC INTERNATIONAL-WALLACE is a well-populated K-5 school that instructs 662 students (grades pre-K through 8), one of the schools within KC INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 110% larger than typical.

KC INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY is the operating authority for KC INTERNATIONAL-WALLACE, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Demographically, KC INTERNATIONAL-WALLACE records that the most-represented group is Black (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 27% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 5% multiracial, 3% White. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 81 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Jackson County (around 60%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, KC INTERNATIONAL-WALLACE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.4%; this one delivers 64.8%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Jackson County) records 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%. KC INTERNATIONAL-WALLACE is one of 244 public schools in Jackson County (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students).

FAIRMOUNT ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around KC INTERNATIONAL-WALLACE. On composite proficiency, KC INTERNATIONAL-WALLACE comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 47.8%.

KC INTERNATIONAL-WALLACE operates from a city-core location. As a public charter, KC INTERNATIONAL-WALLACE runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 10%: 602 students in 2018 compared to 662 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment contracted from 64% to 50% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 10.6:1 in 2018 to 8.2:1 in 2025.

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