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Enrollment
529
Elementary
DISTRICT 427 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH KANSAS CITY 74·NCES 292280001280
MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY
6301 N MICHIGAN DR, GLADSTONE, MO 64118 · (816) 321-5150 · Clay County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL529 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
291 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
52.8%
MO avg 44.9% . -2.5pp since 2021
Math
52.0%
MO avg 43.8% . +8.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 26.2% | 26.6% | 34.5% | 12.5% |
| Math | 24.5% | 27.5% | 30.8% | 17.0% |
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 | 52.8% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.6% | 46.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.9% | 45.8% |
| 2021-22 | 55.3% | 43.6% |
% 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
51.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.3%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY
MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY's state test result (51.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY this school | 529 | 55.0% | 51.8% |
| MEADOW LANE ELEM. LEE'S SUMMIT | 435 | 60.2% | 29.6% |
| THOMAS B. CHINN ELEM. KANSAS CITY | 466 | 46.4% | 39.9% |
| DARDENNE ELEM. O'FALLON | 445 | 46.1% | 38.5% |
| RAVENWOOD ELEMENTARY KANSAS CITY | 317 | 56.5% | 39.6% |
| PARTRIDGE ELEM. FT LEONARD WOOD | 375 | 48.3% | 55.0% |
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 MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Clay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #270 of 1,002 | #15 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #291 of 1,019 ▲ 120 | #15 of 41 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #284 of 1,018 ▼ 113 | #20 of 41 ▼ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #379 of 943 | #14 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 529 | #128 of 1,294 | #9 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #738 of 950 | #26 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.7% | #40 of 953 | #8 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.0% | #548 of 1,165 | #14 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.3% | #588 of 684 | #30 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
529
+34 (+7%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 606
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 529 | 36.9 | 14.3:1 | 55% (291) |
| 2023-24 | 506 | 37 | 13.7:1 | 58% (296) |
| 2022-23 | 504 | 37.4 | 13.5:1 | 56% (284) |
| 2020-21 | 495 | 38 | 13.0:1 | 56% (275) |
| 2017-18 | 553 | 40.5 | 13.7:1 | 60% (331) |
| 2015-16 | 578 | 33 | 17.5:1 | 56% (322) |
| 2010-11 | 550 | 35 | 15.7:1 | 50% (277) |
| 2000-01 | 543 | 31 | 17.5:1 | 4% (22) |
| 1990-91 | 606 | 32 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (553 to 529); teachers down 9% (40.5 to 36.9).
About MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY
Students in GLADSTONE, Missouri, attend MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY, a large elementary school. In all, 529 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5. The school is 68% larger than the average for elementary schools in Missouri.
NORTH KANSAS CITY 74 enrolls 21,252 students, and its 33 schools include MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY.
White students account for 47% of enrollment at MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY, more than any other group. The remaining students are 22% Hispanic, 15% Black, 10% multiracial, and 5% Asian. Among people living in Clay County, the White share is about 79%. The diversity index for MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY is 70%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 36.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 14.3:1. Across elementary schools in Missouri, the average ratio is 12.4:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 55%. The average for public schools in Clay County is 35%.
The model predicts 39.3% for a school in Missouri with MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY's free or reduced-price lunch share. MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY posts 51.8%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Clay County show that the median household earns about $88,468 a year, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Clay County has 80 public schools with about 41,553 students, including MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY.
ANTIOCH MIDDLE sits about 0.2 miles from MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 34 students, from 495 to 529. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 13.0:1 to 14.3:1.
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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 NORTH KANSAS CITY 74
- STALEY HIGHHigh · 2,091 students
- OAK PARK HIGHHigh · 1,755 students
- NORTH KANSAS CITY HIGHHigh · 1,719 students
- WINNETONKA HIGHHigh · 1,238 students
- NEW MARK MIDDLEMiddle · 965 students
- ANTIOCH MIDDLEMiddle · 886 students
Other schools in GLADSTONE
- ANTIOCH MIDDLEMiddle · 886 students
- CHAPEL HILL ELEMENTARYElementary · 644 students
- LINDEN WEST ELEMENTARYElementary · 501 students
- OAKWOOD MANOR ELEMENTARYElementary · 277 students
- EARLY EDUCATION CENTERElementary · 112 students
- STAR SchoolHigh
Other Meadowbrook Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 11 states are named Meadowbrook Elementary. MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY is the 4th largest of the 13.
- MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARYGOLDEN VALLEY, MN · 792 students
- MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLGAINESVILLE, FL · 791 students
- MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLFORT LAUDERDALE, FL · 693 students
- Meadowbrook Elementary SchoolNOVI, MI · 518 students
- Meadowbrook Elementary SchoolNorthbrook, IL · 497 students
Nearby schools
- ANTIOCH MIDDLE0.2 mi · 886
- EARLY EDUCATION CENTER0.6 mi · 112
- OAKWOOD MANOR ELEMENTARY0.6 mi · 277
- CHAPEL HILL ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 644
- DAVIDSON ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 566
- LINDEN WEST ELEMENTARY1.9 mi · 501
Frequently asked questions
About MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARYHow large is MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY?
MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 529 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY serve?
MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY is approximately 14.3:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY?
At MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 47% White, 22% Hispanic, 15% Black, 5% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY public or private?
MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by NORTH KANSAS CITY 74.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.