MAPLE PARK MIDDLE

MAPLE PARK MIDDLE operates as a medium-sized 6-8 campus in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, run under NORTH KANSAS CITY 74. Current enrollment sits at 585 students spanning grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 27% bigger than the state mean of about 461.

Within NORTH KANSAS CITY 74, which oversees 33 schools and 21,252 students, MAPLE PARK MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, MAPLE PARK MIDDLE logs that the largest single group is White at 46%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 22% Black, 18% Hispanic, 12% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. Roughly 63% of students at MAPLE PARK MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Clay County's rate of about 35%.

After controlling for student poverty, MAPLE PARK MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.3%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Clay County indicate the typical household earns roughly $88,468 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Clay County's 80 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,553 students), MAPLE PARK MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MAPLEWOOD ELEMENTARY, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MAPLE PARK MIDDLE at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 48.0%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 28%: 813 students in 2018 compared to 585 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 today.

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