PLAZA MIDDLE

Set in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, PLAZA MIDDLE is a reasonably sized intermediate school, operated by PARK HILL. It instructs 673 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 461 students each, so PLAZA MIDDLE sits 46% larger than that benchmark.

PARK HILL runs 18 schools in total, collectively educating 11,937 students. PLAZA MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, PLAZA MIDDLE logs that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 18% Black, 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, PLAZA MIDDLE has 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, PLAZA MIDDLE is in the bottom 10% of Missouri public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 50.6%; PLAZA MIDDLE posts 29.6%, -21.0 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Platte County) reports that median household income runs about $96,227, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Platte County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,612 students), PLAZA MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: THOMAS B. CHINN ELEM., around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PLAZA MIDDLE ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 52.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 23%: 872 students in 2018 compared to 673 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 69% to 56%. Class-load math has fell: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

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