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Alumni: what's one memory from OAK PARK HIGH that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
1,755
High
DISTRICT 1,701 · STATE 501
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH KANSAS CITY 74·NCES 292280001286
OAK PARK HIGH
825 NE 79TH TERR, KANSAS CITY, MO 64118 · (816) 321-5320 · Clay County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,755 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of Missouri public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public high schools
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
99 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 12.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
714 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 54%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 433 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 416 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 439 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 467 | 27% |
Student demographics
67%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
50.2%
MO avg 44.9% . +6.6pp since 2021
Math
51.0%
MO avg 43.8% . +21.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 21 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.2% | 44.0% | 32.6% | 16.9% |
| Math | 27.5% | 23.5% | 26.1% | 22.6% |
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 | 50.2% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.5% | 36.5% |
| 2022-23 | 48.3% | 27.8% |
| 2021-22 | 43.6% | 29.9% |
% 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
39.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.6%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 OAK PARK HIGH
OAK PARK HIGH's state test result (39.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| OAK PARK HIGH this school | 1,755 | 40.7% | 39.3% |
| WAYNESVILLE SR. HIGH WAYNESVILLE | 1,719 | 40.1% | 43.4% |
| CENTRAL HIGH ST JOSEPH | 1,733 | 37.6% | 38.8% |
| BLUE SPRINGS HIGH BLUE SPRINGS | 2,429 | 31.9% | 48.0% |
| CAPITAL CITY HIGH SCHOOL JEFFERSON CITY | 1,314 | 42.5% | 43.8% |
| LEE'S SUMMIT SR. HIGH LEE'S SUMMIT | 1,989 | 30.2% | 55.2% |
Matched among Missouri high 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 OAK PARK HIGH ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Clay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #193 of 443 | #7 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #108 of 453 ▲ 105 | #5 of 10 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.2% | #176 of 382 ▲ 49 | #9 of 10 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.9pp | #16 of 231 | #1 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,755 | #27 of 561 | #4 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #316 of 343 | #9 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.9% | #11 of 343 | #3 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.7% | #268 of 455 | #4 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.3% | #33 of 151 | #3 of 6 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,755
+98 (+6%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 1,850
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 18.2:1
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 | 1,755 | 98.6 | 17.8:1 | 41% (714) |
| 2023-24 | 1,744 | 99.1 | 17.6:1 | 45% (793) |
| 2022-23 | 1,756 | 97.3 | 18.1:1 | 42% (733) |
| 2020-21 | 1,657 | 91 | 18.2:1 | 43% (712) |
| 2017-18 | 1,509 | 90.2 | 16.7:1 | 46% (701) |
| 2015-16 | 1,439 | 89 | 16.2:1 | 38% (545) |
| 2010-11 | 1,351 | 81 | 16.7:1 | 38% (516) |
| 2000-01 | 1,978 | 119 | 16.6:1 | 6% (128) |
| 1990-91 | 1,850 | 102 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for OAK PARK HIGH.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (1,509 to 1,755); teachers up 9% (90.2 to 98.6).
About OAK PARK HIGH
Among the schools in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, is OAK PARK HIGH, a large high school. The school enrolls 1,755 students, from grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in Missouri) has about 501 students.
The NORTH KANSAS CITY 74 system has 33 schools and 21,252 students.
White students account for 52% of enrollment at OAK PARK HIGH. Smaller groups are 17% Hispanic, 14% Black, 12% multiracial, and 3% Asian. For comparison, the population of Clay County is roughly 79% White. The chance that two students picked at random at OAK PARK HIGH belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 67%.
The school reports 98.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 17.8 students per teacher. For comparison, high schools in Missouri average 12.2:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 41% of students.
Measured against Missouri public high schools, OAK PARK HIGH receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 44.6% for OAK PARK HIGH. The school posts 39.3%, 5.3 points below the prediction.
Across Clay County, median household income is about $88,468, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The public schools of Clay County number 80 and enroll about 41,553.
The nearest public school is CLARDY ELEMENTARY, at about 0.4 miles. OAK PARK HIGH has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. OAK PARK HIGH comes in 6th of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
OAK PARK HIGH had 1,657 students in 2020-21 and 1,755 in 2024-25, a 6% increase.
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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
- NORTH KANSAS CITY HIGHHigh · 1,719 students
- WINNETONKA HIGHHigh · 1,238 students
- NEW MARK MIDDLEMiddle · 965 students
- ANTIOCH MIDDLEMiddle · 886 students
- GATEWAY 6TH GRADE CENTERMiddle · 882 students
Other schools in KANSAS CITY
- STALEY HIGHHigh · 2,091 students
- PARK HILL HIGHHigh · 1,947 students
- NORTH KANSAS CITY HIGHHigh · 1,719 students
- RUSKIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,299 students
- WINNETONKA HIGHHigh · 1,238 students
- EAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,155 students
Other Oak Park High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Oak Park High. OAK PARK HIGH is the largest of the 3.
- Oak Park HighOak Park, CA · 1,483 students
- Oak Park High SchoolOAK PARK, MI · 798 students
Nearby schools
- CLARDY ELEMENTARY0.4 mi · 477
- GASHLAND ELEMENTARY0.6 mi · 218
- LINDEN WEST ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 501
- MAPLE VALLEY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 35
- ANTIOCH MIDDLE1.9 mi · 886
- MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY2.1 mi · 529
Frequently asked questions
About OAK PARK HIGHWhat is the total enrollment at OAK PARK HIGH?
OAK PARK HIGH enrolls approximately 1,755 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does OAK PARK HIGH serve?
OAK PARK HIGH serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at OAK PARK HIGH?
Approximately 17.8:1 students per teacher at OAK PARK HIGH.
What is the student diversity at OAK PARK HIGH?
Student demographics at OAK PARK HIGH are roughly 52% White, 17% Hispanic, 14% Black, 3% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is OAK PARK HIGH in?
OAK PARK HIGH is part of NORTH KANSAS CITY 74.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.