NORTHGATE MIDDLE

As a mid-sized junior high in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, NORTHGATE MIDDLE instructs 689 students from grades 7 through 8, overseen by NORTH KANSAS CITY 74. Enrollment runs roughly 49% larger than the state mean of about 461.

Across the 33 schools in NORTH KANSAS CITY 74 (21,252 students total), NORTHGATE MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, NORTHGATE MIDDLE shows that 33% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 25% Black, 18% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 7% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. The state averages about 13.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 67% of students are eligible 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 meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, NORTHGATE MIDDLE is in the bottom 10% of Missouri public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 50.0%; NORTHGATE MIDDLE posts 26.9%, -23.1 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Clay County indicate median household earnings sit near $88,468, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. NORTHGATE MIDDLE is one of 80 public schools in Clay County (combined enrollment of about 41,553 students).

DAVIDSON ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NORTHGATE MIDDLE ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 48.1%.

NORTHGATE MIDDLE operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 13%: 789 students in 2018 compared to 689 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 44% to 33% across the same window.

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