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Enrollment
437
Elementary
DISTRICT 454 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PARK HILL·NCES 292355002025
PRAIRIE POINT ELEM.
8101 NW BELVIDERE PKWY, KANSAS CITY, MO 64152 · (816) 359-4380 · Platte County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL437 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
144 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 54%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 15% |
Student demographics
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
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
80.9%
MO avg 49.5% . +17.4pp since 2023
Math
67.0%
MO avg 48.7% . +3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are up about 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
MO DVT (Growth) results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.9% | 67.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.5% | 63.8% |
Growth Percentile vs Peers, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
73.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.6%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 51% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in Missouri's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where PRAIRIE POINT ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Platte County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.1% | #76 of 968 | #2 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #223 of 974 | #3 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.9% | #91 of 974 | #1 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 437 | #282 of 1,294 | #9 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #613 of 950 | #12 of 17 |
| Racial diversity ranked most diverse first | Largest group 66.8% | #309 of 953 | #10 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.6% | #501 of 684 | #11 of 13 |
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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
437
-36 (-8%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 15.4:1
% White
67%
was 71%
% Hispanic
13%
was 9%
% Black
11%
was 10%
% Asian
2%
was 6%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 437 | 32.1 | 13.6:1 | 33% (144) |
| 2023-24 | 437 | 33.1 | 13.2:1 | 32% (139) |
| 2022-23 | 422 | 31.5 | 13.4:1 | 29% (124) |
| 2017-18 | 473 | 30.7 | 15.4:1 | 28% (133) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PRAIRIE POINT ELEM..
About PRAIRIE POINT ELEM.
PRAIRIE POINT ELEM. is a mid-sized elementary school located in KANSAS CITY, Missouri. It reported 437 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 39% larger than the 315-student average for elementary schools in Missouri.
PRAIRIE POINT ELEM. is among 18 schools run by PARK HILL, which serves 11,937 students.
At PRAIRIE POINT ELEM., 67% of students are White. Other students are 13% Hispanic, 11% Black, 6% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That is lower than the 79% White share among all Platte County residents.
PRAIRIE POINT ELEM. has a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1, with 32.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Missouri average 12.4:1. The school has 33% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
PRAIRIE POINT ELEM. is in the top 10% of Missouri schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 50.6%. The school's actual rate is 73.1%, 22.5 points higher.
In the surrounding county, Platte County, median household income comes to about $96,227, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county has 37 public schools and about 17,612 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, GERNER FAMILY EARLY ED CTR., is about 0.6 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, PRAIRIE POINT ELEM. places 2nd out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
PRAIRIE POINT ELEM. has an NCES locale of City: Large.
In 2017-18, PRAIRIE POINT ELEM. enrolled 473 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 437. Asian students went from 6% of enrollment in 2017-18 to 2% in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 15.4:1 in 2017-18 to 13.6:1 in 2024-25.
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Platte County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
110,371
Census ACS
Median income
$96,227
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
17,612 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PARK HILL
- PARK HILL HIGHHigh · 1,947 students
- PARK HILL SOUTH HIGHHigh · 1,890 students
- WALDEN MIDDLEMiddle · 730 students
- PLAZA MIDDLEMiddle · 673 students
- LAKEVIEW MIDDLEMiddle · 653 students
- UNION CHAPEL ELEM.Elementary · 609 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
Nearby schools
- GERNER FAMILY EARLY ED CTR.0.6 mi · 392
- CONGRESS MIDDLE0.8 mi · 601
- ALFRED L. RENNER ELEM.0.9 mi · 403
- PARK HILL HIGH1.0 mi · 1,947
- PLAZA MIDDLE1.1 mi · 673
- ENGLISH LANDING ELEM.1.5 mi · 435
Frequently asked questions
About PRAIRIE POINT ELEM.What is the total enrollment at PRAIRIE POINT ELEM.?
PRAIRIE POINT ELEM. enrolls approximately 437 students in grades KG-05.
Is PRAIRIE POINT ELEM. an elementary, middle, or high school?
PRAIRIE POINT ELEM. is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does PRAIRIE POINT ELEM. have?
PRAIRIE POINT ELEM. employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PRAIRIE POINT ELEM.?
At PRAIRIE POINT ELEM., the student body is approximately 67% White, 13% Hispanic, 11% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is PRAIRIE POINT ELEM. public or private?
PRAIRIE POINT ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by PARK HILL.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.