ROGERS ELEMENTARY

ROGERS ELEMENTARY is one of the expansive elementary-level communitys in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, one of the schools within KANSAS CITY 33, with 592 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 88% larger than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

Within KANSAS CITY 33, which oversees 31 schools and 15,079 students, ROGERS ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, ROGERS ELEMENTARY shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 66%. Other groups include 25% Black, 5% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Jackson County as a whole is about 11% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, ROGERS ELEMENTARY has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Jackson County's rate of about 60%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ROGERS ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.2%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Jackson County shows median household earnings sit near $68,577, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Jackson County's 244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students), ROGERS ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

TRAILWOODS ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ROGERS ELEMENTARY at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 48.1%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. ROGERS ELEMENTARY's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 600 (now 592). Hispanic enrollment moved from 44% to 66% across the same window.

On the community side, the feed for ROGERS ELEMENTARY typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.