1
What do you wish you knew before starting at SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTER?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
363
Elementary
STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCUOLA VITA NUOVA·NCES 290001902754
SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTER
535 GARFIELD AVE, KANSAS CITY, MO 64124 · (816) 231-5788 · Jackson County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL363 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% of Missouri public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
24 FTE teachers
STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
363 students
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 | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 34 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 34 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 18% larger than its 8th grade class (34).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 52% · US 70%
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
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
33.8%
MO avg 44.9% . +0.2pp since 2021
Math
35.2%
MO avg 43.8% . +1.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 16.7% | 17.1% | 46.1% | 19.9% |
| Math | 12.6% | 22.6% | 33.4% | 31.2% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.8% | 35.2% |
| 2023-24 | 33.7% | 31.6% |
| 2022-23 | 29.5% | 27.9% |
| 2021-22 | 33.6% | 34.1% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
29.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Missouri's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTER
SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTER's state test result (29.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTER this school | 363 | 100.0% | 29.8% |
| PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY KANSAS CITY | 386 | 100.0% | 15.2% |
| MARION ELEM. ST LOUIS | 496 | 100.0% | 26.3% |
| PITCHER ELEMENTARY KANSAS CITY | 252 | 100.0% | 13.0% |
| MARVIN ELEM. ST LOUIS | 561 | 100.0% | 22.9% |
| OAK HILL ELEM. ST LOUIS | 256 | 100.0% | 11.3% |
Matched among Missouri elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTER ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #743 of 1,002 | #67 of 126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.2% | #672 of 1,019 ▲ 46 | #58 of 126 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #734 of 1,018 ▲ 4 | #66 of 126 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.6pp | #512 of 943 | #58 of 124 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 363 | #498 of 1,294 | #65 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #835 of 950 | #107 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.7% | #157 of 953 | #51 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #9 of 1,165 | #5 of 136 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +43.5% | #15 of 251 | #2 of 37 |
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. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
363
+28 (+8%) vs 2020
+80% since 2010-11, when it was 202
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 12.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 363 | 24 | 15.1:1 | 100% (363) |
| 2023-24 | 391 | 27.2 | 14.4:1 | 80% (314) |
| 2022-23 | 405 | 29 | 14.0:1 | 74% (298) |
| 2020-21 | 335 | 26 | 12.9:1 | 70% (235) |
| 2017-18 | 253 | 24 | 10.5:1 | 82% (207) |
| 2015-16 | 202 | 19 | 10.6:1 | 95% (191) |
| 2010-11 | 202 | 18 | 11.2:1 | 80% (162) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTER.
Since 2017-18: students up 43% (253 to 363); teachers unchanged (24 to 24).
About SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTER
SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTER is a medium-sized elementary school in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, under SCUOLA VITA NUOVA. Its 363 students are spread across kindergarten through 8.
SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTER is run by SCUOLA VITA NUOVA.
SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTER's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 44%. The school is also 43% Black, 9% White, and 4% Asian. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 11%. The chance that two students picked at random at SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTER belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 62%.
The school employs the equivalent of 24 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 15.1:1. Among elementary schools in Missouri, the typical ratio is 12.4:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 100%. That is higher than the 60% average for public schools in Jackson County.
Measured against Missouri public elementary schools, SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTER receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 22.4% for SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTER. The school posts 29.8%, 7.4 points above the prediction.
Within Jackson County, median household income is about $68,577, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Federal data list 244 public schools in Jackson County, with a combined enrollment of about 105,714.
GARFIELD ELEMENTARY is the public school closest to SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTER, about 0.3 miles away. SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTER has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTER ranks 9th of 9 nearby schools, at 29.8% versus a 54.5% average.
In the federal locale system, SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTER is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. As a charter school, SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTER is publicly funded and operates under a charter.
The student count in 2024-25 was 363, 8% above the 335 of 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 12.9:1 to 15.1:1.
The SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTER community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
719,976
Census ACS
Median income
$68,577
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
244
105,714 students
Quick facts
Related schools
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
- GARFIELD ELEMENTARY0.3 mi · 531
- WHITTIER ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 550
- GUADALUPE CENTERS HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 458
- KIPP ENDEAVOR ACADEMY1.1 mi · 665
- LINCOLN COLLEGE PREP.1.4 mi · 997
- LINCOLN COLLEGE ACADEMY MIDDLE1.5 mi · 583
Frequently asked questions
About SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTERHow large is SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTER?
SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTER enrolls approximately 363 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTER serve?
SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTER serves grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTER?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTER.
What is the student diversity at SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTER?
Student demographics at SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTER are roughly 9% White, 44% Hispanic, 43% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTER in?
SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTER is part of SCUOLA VITA NUOVA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.