Platte Purchase Middle School

Platte Purchase Middle School is an intimate middle school in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, one of the schools within PLATTE CO. R-III. The school enrolls 368 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 461 students per school, that is 20% below typical.

Within PLATTE CO. R-III, which oversees 7 schools and 4,374 students, Platte Purchase Middle School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Platte Purchase Middle School shows that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 24% Black, 12% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Platte County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Platte Purchase Middle School shows 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 36% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Platte County (around 27%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Platte County put the typical household earns roughly $96,227 per year, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Platte Purchase Middle School is one of 37 public schools in Platte County (combined enrollment of about 17,612 students).

Barry School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Platte Purchase Middle School operates from a city-core location.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.