MARTIN CITY ELEM.

MARTIN CITY ELEM. is an elementary school of substantial scale in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, overseen by GRANDVIEW C-4, serveing 638 students in grades K through 8. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so MARTIN CITY ELEM. sits 103% above that benchmark.

Within GRANDVIEW C-4, which oversees 8 schools and 3,665 students, MARTIN CITY ELEM. is one campus in the system.

On demographics, MARTIN CITY ELEM. reports that 40% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 36% Black, 16% White, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Jackson County as a whole is about 11% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MARTIN CITY ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.0%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Jackson County put median household earnings sit near $68,577, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Jackson County's 244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students), MARTIN CITY ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Leawood Elementary, roughly 1.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MARTIN CITY ELEM.. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MARTIN CITY ELEM. at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 60.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 15%: 751 students in 2018 compared to 638 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 31% to 40% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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