MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY

Located at 6301 N MICHIGAN DR, in GLADSTONE, Missouri, MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY is a roomy primary school that caters to 529 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within NORTH KANSAS CITY 74. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY sits 68% bigger than that benchmark.

NORTH KANSAS CITY 74 comprises 33 schools with combined enrollment of 21,252 students; MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY is among them.

On demographics, MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY shows that the largest single group is White at 47%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 22% Hispanic, 15% Black, 10% multiracial, 5% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

On the resource side, On paper, MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Clay County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.3%; this one delivers 64.3%.

In the area at large, census data for Clay County shows median household earnings sit near $88,468, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY is one of 80 public schools in Clay County (combined enrollment of about 41,553 students).

The closest other public school is ANTIOCH MIDDLE, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 47.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY's enrollment has edged down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 553 (now 529). White enrollment moved from 53% to 47% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.