PASEO ACAD. OF PERFORMING ARTS

PASEO ACAD. OF PERFORMING ARTS is a senior high of moderately sized scale in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, run under KANSAS CITY 33, serveing 669 students in grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 501 students each, so PASEO ACAD. OF PERFORMING ARTS sits 34% above that benchmark.

Across the 31 schools in KANSAS CITY 33 (15,079 students total), PASEO ACAD. OF PERFORMING ARTS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, PASEO ACAD. OF PERFORMING ARTS shows that 43% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 40% Hispanic, 12% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Jackson County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, PASEO ACAD. OF PERFORMING ARTS shows 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.5:1. The state averages about 12.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Jackson County's rate of about 60%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PASEO ACAD. OF PERFORMING ARTS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.9%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Jackson County indicate median household earnings sit near $68,577, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Jackson County runs 244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students), of which PASEO ACAD. OF PERFORMING ARTS is one.

M. L. KING ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PASEO ACAD. OF PERFORMING ARTS. On composite proficiency, PASEO ACAD. OF PERFORMING ARTS comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 61.2%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PASEO ACAD. OF PERFORMING ARTS has ticked up 45%, going from 462 students in 2018 to 669 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 77% to 43%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.

On the community side, members of the PASEO ACAD. OF PERFORMING ARTS community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.