MIDDLE SCHOOL

MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school of minimally staffed scale in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, overseen by CITIZENS OF THE WORLD CHARTER, caters to 144 students in grades 5 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 461 students per school, that is 69% smaller than typical.

Within CITIZENS OF THE WORLD CHARTER, which oversees 2 schools and 388 students, MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that 47% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 24% White, 22% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, MIDDLE SCHOOL reports 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting MIDDLE SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 46% of students at MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Jackson County (around 60%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.4%, the actual is 67.0%, a residual of +16.6 points.

Around the school, Jackson County reports that median household income runs about $68,577, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 244 public schools in Jackson County (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students).

The closest other public school is ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 55.4%.

MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from an inner-city location. As a public charter, MIDDLE SCHOOL runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.