MAPLEWOOD ELEMENTARY

Located at 6400 NE 52ND ST, in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, MAPLEWOOD ELEMENTARY is a mid-sized K-5 school that caters to 330 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of NORTH KANSAS CITY 74.

MAPLEWOOD ELEMENTARY is one of 33 schools operated by NORTH KANSAS CITY 74, a district that serves 21,252 students overall.

On the student-mix side, MAPLEWOOD ELEMENTARY reports that the largest single group is White at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 18% Black, 17% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, MAPLEWOOD ELEMENTARY logs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.8:1. The state averages about 12.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Clay County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MAPLEWOOD ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.1%; this one delivers 61.6%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Clay County) records that median household income runs about $88,468, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Clay County's 80 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,553 students), MAPLEWOOD ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MAPLE PARK MIDDLE, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, MAPLEWOOD ELEMENTARY comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 45.5%.

MAPLEWOOD ELEMENTARY operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MAPLEWOOD ELEMENTARY has expanded 9%, going from 302 students in 2018 to 330 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 67% to 48% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

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