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SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTER
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SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTER is an average-sized primary school in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, one of the schools within SCUOLA VITA NUOVA. The school works with 363 students in grades K through 8.
SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTER sits inside SCUOLA VITA NUOVA, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.
In terms of who attends, SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTER logs that 44% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder reads as 43% Black, 9% White, 4% Asian. By comparison, Jackson County as a whole is about 11% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the resource side, The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Jackson County (around 60%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTER tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.8%.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Jackson County) records that median household earnings sit near $68,577, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jackson County runs 244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students), of which SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTER is one.
Nearest neighbor: GARFIELD ELEMENTARY, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTER at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 54.5%.
Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTER operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 43%: 253 students in 2018 compared to 363 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 62% to 44% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 10.5:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.
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