Enrollment
386
Elementary
DISTRICT 424 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KANSAS CITY 33·NCES 291640000863
PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY
2415 AGNES AVE, KANSAS CITY, MO 64127 · (816) 418-4825 · Jackson County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL386 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% of Missouri public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
386 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 54%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 19 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 48 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 8% larger than its 6th grade class (48).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
19.3%
MO avg 44.9% . +8.9pp since 2021
Math
19.9%
MO avg 43.8% . +9.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 9 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 4.8% | 14.5% | 36.3% | 44.2% |
| Math | 7.2% | 12.7% | 24.8% | 55.1% |
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 | 19.3% | 19.9% |
| 2023-24 | 16.9% | 14.3% |
| 2022-23 | 13.4% | 11.6% |
| 2021-22 | 10.4% | 10.1% |
% 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
15.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY
PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY's state test result (15.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY this school | 386 | 100.0% | 15.2% |
| MARION ELEM. ST LOUIS | 496 | 100.0% | 26.3% |
| SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTER KANSAS CITY | 363 | 100.0% | 29.8% |
| PITCHER ELEMENTARY KANSAS CITY | 252 | 100.0% | 13.0% |
| FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMY KANSAS CITY | 594 | 100.0% | 33.5% |
| SOUTH CITY ST. LOUIS | 838 | 99.8% | 17.0% |
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 PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.2% | #921 of 1,002 | #109 of 126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.9% | #873 of 1,019 ▲ 54 | #95 of 126 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.3% | #913 of 1,018 ▲ 15 | #101 of 126 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.4pp | #120 of 943 | #13 of 124 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 386 | #440 of 1,294 | #59 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #208 of 950 | #22 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.2% | #201 of 953 | #67 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #106 of 1,165 | #29 of 136 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.1% | #489 of 684 | #71 of 92 |
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
386
+22 (+6%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 390
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 386 | 33.7 | 11.5:1 | 100% (386) |
| 2023-24 | 360 | 33.1 | 10.9:1 | 100% (360) |
| 2022-23 | 391 | 31.7 | 12.3:1 | 99% (388) |
| 2020-21 | 364 | 37 | 9.8:1 | 99% (361) |
| 2017-18 | 420 | 35.7 | 11.8:1 | 100% (420) |
| 2015-16 | 354 | 28 | 12.6:1 | 99% (351) |
| 2010-11 | 442 | 24 | 18.4:1 | 85% (375) |
| 2000-01 | 277 | 21 | 13.2:1 | 96% (267) |
| 1990-91 | 390 | 33 | 11.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (420 to 386); teachers down 6% (35.7 to 33.7).
About PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY
PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY is a mid-sized elementary school in KANSAS CITY 33, located in KANSAS CITY, Missouri. The school covers pre-K through 6 and reported 386 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 23% above the 315-student average for elementary schools in Missouri.
Enrollment across the 31 schools in KANSAS CITY 33 totals 15,079 students.
The share of Hispanic students at PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY is 50%, a majority. The school is also 39% Black, 5% multiracial, and 4% White. That is higher than the 11% Hispanic share among all Jackson County residents. A diversity index of 59% means there is a 59% chance two randomly chosen students at PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY are from different groups.
PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY has a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1, with 33.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Missouri, 12.4:1, is higher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 100% at PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY. Compared with the 60% average for public schools in Jackson County, the school's rate is higher.
PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 20% of Missouri public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY is 7.2 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 15.2% actual, 22.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Missouri.
In Jackson County, home to about 719,976 people, the median household earns about $68,577 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Public schools in Jackson County number 244, with about 105,714 students.
WENDELL PHILLIPS ELEMENTARY is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY's average proficiency of 15.2% compares with 45.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Under the NCES locale system, PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY is City: Large.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 6% rise, from 364 to 386. Its ratio of students to teachers was 9.8:1 in 2020-21, and 11.5:1 in 2024-25.
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Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
719,976
Census ACS
Median income
$68,577
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
244
105,714 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in KANSAS CITY 33
- EAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,155 students
- LINCOLN COLLEGE PREP.High · 997 students
- M. L. KING ELEMENTARYElementary · 768 students
- NORTHEAST HIGHHigh · 732 students
- PASEO ACAD. OF PERFORMING ARTSHigh · 669 students
- NORTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 607 students
Other schools in KANSAS CITY
- STALEY HIGHHigh · 2,091 students
- PARK HILL HIGHHigh · 1,947 students
- OAK PARK HIGHHigh · 1,755 students
- NORTH KANSAS CITY HIGHHigh · 1,719 students
- RUSKIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,299 students
- WINNETONKA HIGHHigh · 1,238 students
Other Phillis Wheatley Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Phillis Wheatley Elementary. PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Phillis Wheatley Elementary SchoolBridgeville, DE · 644 students
- PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARYAPOPKA, FL · 407 students
Nearby schools
- WENDELL PHILLIPS ELEMENTARY0.3 mi · 324
- LINCOLN COLLEGE ACADEMY MIDDLE0.7 mi · 583
- KIPP ENDEAVOR ACADEMY0.7 mi · 665
- LINCOLN COLLEGE PREP.0.8 mi · 997
- HOPE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY1.0 mi · 108
- CONTRACT1.1 mi · 32
Frequently asked questions
About PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY?
PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 386 students in grades PK-06.
Is PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY is approximately 11.5:1 (34 FTE teachers).
How diverse is PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY?
PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 4% White, 50% Hispanic, 39% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY?
PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY is overseen by KANSAS CITY 33 in Jackson County.
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