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If you could change one rule at KELLYBROOK ELEM SCHOOL, what would it be?
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Enrollment
528
Elementary
DISTRICT 406 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIBERTY 53·NCES 291854003113
KELLYBROOK ELEM SCHOOL
10701 N EASTERN AVENUE, KANSAS CITY, MO 64157 · (816) 736-5700 · Clay County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL528 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of Missouri public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
159 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 54%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 52% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
44.6%
MO avg 44.9% . -2.8pp since 2021
Math
44.7%
MO avg 43.8% . +9.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 16.1% | 28.5% | 35.5% | 19.7% |
| Math | 16.9% | 27.8% | 25.7% | 29.5% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.6% | 44.7% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 45.7% |
| 2022-23 | 46.2% | 38.4% |
| 2021-22 | 47.4% | 35.1% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Missouri's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like KELLYBROOK ELEM SCHOOL
KELLYBROOK ELEM SCHOOL's state test result (43.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KELLYBROOK ELEM SCHOOL this school | 528 | 30.1% | 43.6% |
| WILLIAM BRYANT ELEM. BLUE SPRINGS | 529 | 30.8% | 53.4% |
| PRAIRIE POINT ELEM. KANSAS CITY | 437 | 33.0% | 42.2% |
| JAMES LEWIS ELEM. BLUE SPRINGS | 473 | 29.8% | 58.3% |
| SNI-A-BAR ELEM. GRAIN VALLEY | 475 | 31.6% | 44.4% |
| LEWIS CLARK ELEM. ST PETERS | 426 | 33.3% | 38.9% |
Matched among Missouri elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where KELLYBROOK ELEM SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Clay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #451 of 1,002 | #26 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #447 of 1,019 ▼ 26 | #23 of 41 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #481 of 1,018 ▼ 19 | #30 of 41 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.4pp | #360 of 943 | #13 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 528 | #129 of 1,294 | #10 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #752 of 950 | #27 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.8% | #389 of 953 | #26 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.1% | #937 of 1,165 | #28 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.9% | #351 of 684 | #16 of 34 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
528
-27 (-5%) vs 2020
-11% since 2010-11, when it was 595
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 15.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 528 | 36.5 | 14.5:1 | 30% (159) |
| 2023-24 | 554 | 32.7 | 16.9:1 | 31% (171) |
| 2022-23 | 522 | 33.7 | 15.5:1 | 28% (146) |
| 2020-21 | 555 | 35 | 15.9:1 | 23% (125) |
| 2017-18 | 606 | 34.6 | 17.5:1 | 14% (83) |
| 2015-16 | 614 | 34 | 18.1:1 | 14% (89) |
| 2010-11 | 595 | 33 | 18.0:1 | 15% (92) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KELLYBROOK ELEM SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (606 to 528); teachers up 5% (34.6 to 36.5).
About KELLYBROOK ELEM SCHOOL
KELLYBROOK ELEM SCHOOL is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in KANSAS CITY, Missouri. Its enrollment is 528 students, spread over kindergarten through 5. Across elementary schools in Missouri, the average enrollment is about 315.
The district, LIBERTY 53, has 11,826 students enrolled across 18 schools.
More than half of enrollment at KELLYBROOK ELEM SCHOOL is White: 73%. Next come 12% Hispanic, 8% Black, 6% multiracial, and 2% Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, KELLYBROOK ELEM SCHOOL scores 45%.
KELLYBROOK ELEM SCHOOL has 36.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1. The gap from the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri is 2.0 students per teacher. At KELLYBROOK ELEM SCHOOL, 30% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
KELLYBROOK ELEM SCHOOL holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 45% of Missouri public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 48.6% for KELLYBROOK ELEM SCHOOL. The school posts 43.6%, 5.0 points below the prediction.
The school's county is Clay County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $88,468, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Clay County's 80 public schools enroll about 41,553 students and include KELLYBROOK ELEM SCHOOL.
The closest school to KELLYBROOK ELEM SCHOOL is RISING HILL ELEMENTARY, located about 0.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, KELLYBROOK ELEM SCHOOL ranks 8th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment was 528 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 555. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 15.9:1 to 14.5:1.
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Clay County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
258,122
Census ACS
Median income
$88,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
80
41,553 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LIBERTY 53
- LIBERTY NORTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,262 students
- LIBERTY HIGHHigh · 1,842 students
- SOUTH VALLEY MIDDLEMiddle · 809 students
- SHOAL CREEK ELEM.Elementary · 795 students
- HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 757 students
- DISCOVERY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 678 students
Other schools in KANSAS CITY
- STALEY HIGHHigh · 2,091 students
- PARK HILL HIGHHigh · 1,947 students
- OAK PARK HIGHHigh · 1,755 students
- NORTH KANSAS CITY HIGHHigh · 1,719 students
- RUSKIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,299 students
- WINNETONKA HIGHHigh · 1,238 students
Nearby schools
- RISING HILL ELEMENTARY0.1 mi · 407
- SHOAL CREEK ELEM.2.5 mi · 795
- BELL PRAIRIE ELEMENTARY2.6 mi · 642
- NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARY2.8 mi · 656
- STALEY HIGH2.8 mi · 2,091
- WARREN HILLS ELEM.3.0 mi · 597
Frequently asked questions
About KELLYBROOK ELEM SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at KELLYBROOK ELEM SCHOOL?
KELLYBROOK ELEM SCHOOL enrolls approximately 528 students in grades KG-05.
Is KELLYBROOK ELEM SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
KELLYBROOK ELEM SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at KELLYBROOK ELEM SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.5:1 students per teacher at KELLYBROOK ELEM SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at KELLYBROOK ELEM SCHOOL?
At KELLYBROOK ELEM SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 73% White, 12% Hispanic, 8% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is KELLYBROOK ELEM SCHOOL in?
KELLYBROOK ELEM SCHOOL is part of LIBERTY 53.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.