RED BRIDGE ELEM.

RED BRIDGE ELEM. is an elementary-level community of cozy scale in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, one of the schools within CENTER 58, enrolling 201 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 36% smaller than the state mean of about 315.

Within CENTER 58, which oversees 7 schools and 2,339 students, RED BRIDGE ELEM. is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, RED BRIDGE ELEM. records that 40% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 33% White, 16% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting RED BRIDGE ELEM. tighter than the state norm the norm. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, RED BRIDGE ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.3%; this one delivers 50.3%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Jackson County) logs that median household income runs about $68,577, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 RED BRIDGE ELEM. is one.

The closest other public school is CENTER MIDDLE, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RED BRIDGE ELEM.. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RED BRIDGE ELEM. ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 52.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. RED BRIDGE ELEM.'s enrollment has declined 31% since 2018, when it stood at 291 (now 201). The Black share of enrollment rose from 35% to 40% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 8.9:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.