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How has SHOAL CREEK ELEM. changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
795
Elementary
DISTRICT 406 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIBERTY 53·NCES 291854002804
SHOAL CREEK ELEM.
9000 NE FLINTLOCK RD, KANSAS CITY, MO 64157 · (816) 736-7150 · Clay County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL795 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of Missouri public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
14.7:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
63 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 | 100 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 124 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 123 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 123 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 163 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 162 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is 38% smaller than its 5th grade class (162).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
68.2%
MO avg 44.9% . +1.2pp since 2021
Math
71.3%
MO avg 43.8% . +6.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 36.0% | 32.2% | 28.1% | 3.6% |
| Math | 36.9% | 34.4% | 23.4% | 5.1% |
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 | 68.2% | 71.3% |
| 2023-24 | 67.6% | 72.5% |
| 2022-23 | 68.6% | 72.6% |
| 2021-22 | 67.0% | 64.8% |
% 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
68.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.9%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 SHOAL CREEK ELEM.
SHOAL CREEK ELEM.'s state test result (68.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHOAL CREEK ELEM. this school | 795 | 7.9% | 68.6% |
| INDEPENDENCE ELEM. ST CHARLES | 762 | 11.5% | 72.0% |
| WABASH ELEMENTARY WENTZVILLE | 745 | 9.8% | 47.6% |
| GEGGIE ELEM. EUREKA | 622 | 7.4% | 53.2% |
| NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARY KANSAS CITY | 656 | 12.8% | 59.7% |
| JOURNEY ELEMENTARY WENTZVILLE | 595 | 13.3% | 52.9% |
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 SHOAL CREEK ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Clay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.6% | #52 of 1,002 | #2 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.3% | #49 of 1,019 ▼ 17 | #3 of 41 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.2% | #57 of 1,018 ▲ 9 | #4 of 41 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.8pp | #343 of 943 | #12 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 795 | #14 of 1,294 | #1 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #794 of 950 | #28 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.2% | #460 of 953 | #29 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.9% | #1,135 of 1,165 | #43 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.3% | #376 of 684 | #17 of 34 |
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
795
-100 (-11%) vs 2020
+100% since 2000-01, when it was 398
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 795 | 53.9 | 14.7:1 | 8% (63) |
| 2023-24 | 865 | 58.1 | 14.9:1 | 7% (63) |
| 2022-23 | 883 | 54.7 | 16.1:1 | 8% (73) |
| 2020-21 | 895 | 55 | 16.3:1 | 9% (79) |
| 2017-18 | 907 | 52.1 | 17.4:1 | 6% (52) |
| 2015-16 | 829 | 45 | 18.4:1 | 4% (33) |
| 2010-11 | 703 | 41 | 17.1:1 | 4% (26) |
| 2000-01 | 398 | 25 | 15.9:1 | 9% (34) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SHOAL CREEK ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (907 to 795); teachers up 4% (52.1 to 53.9).
About SHOAL CREEK ELEM.
SHOAL CREEK ELEM. is an elementary school in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, according to federal school records. In all, 795 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5. That is 152% larger than the average of about 315 students for elementary schools in Missouri.
The 18 schools in LIBERTY 53 enroll 11,826 students altogether, SHOAL CREEK ELEM. among them.
At SHOAL CREEK ELEM., 77% of students are White. The remaining students are 9% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 2% Asian. Census estimates put Clay County at about 79% White, close to the school's figure. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 39%.
SHOAL CREEK ELEM. lists 53.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 14.7 students per teacher. The school's 14.7:1 compares with an average of 12.4:1 for elementary schools in Missouri. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 8% of the student body. That is lower than the 35% average for public schools in Clay County.
Among Missouri public elementary schools, SHOAL CREEK ELEM. outscored 92%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, SHOAL CREEK ELEM. falls in the middle 80% of Missouri schools: 68.6% actual against 56.9% predicted.
Looking at the county, Clay County, the median household earns about $88,468 a year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Clay County has 80 public schools with about 41,553 students, including SHOAL CREEK ELEM..
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, LIBERTY OAKS ELEM., is about 1.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, SHOAL CREEK ELEM. places 2nd out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 895 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 795 by 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 16.3:1 to 14.7:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Clay County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
258,122
Census ACS
Median income
$88,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
80
41,553 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LIBERTY 53
- LIBERTY NORTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,262 students
- LIBERTY HIGHHigh · 1,842 students
- SOUTH VALLEY MIDDLEMiddle · 809 students
- HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 757 students
- DISCOVERY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 678 students
- LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 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
Other SHOAL CREEK Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named SHOAL CREEK Elementary. SHOAL CREEK ELEM. is the largest of the 3.
- Shoal Creek Elementary SchoolConyers, GA · 666 students
- Shoal Creek ElementarySan Diego, CA · 500 students
Nearby schools
- LIBERTY OAKS ELEM.1.2 mi · 496
- LEWIS AND CLARK ELEM.1.3 mi · 517
- EARLY CHILD. EDUCATION CTR.1.4 mi · 45
- LIBERTY HIGH1.5 mi · 1,842
- EPIC ELEMENTARY1.5 mi · 293
- WARREN HILLS ELEM.1.8 mi · 597
Frequently asked questions
About SHOAL CREEK ELEM.What is the total enrollment at SHOAL CREEK ELEM.?
SHOAL CREEK ELEM. enrolls approximately 795 students in grades KG-05.
Is SHOAL CREEK ELEM. an elementary, middle, or high school?
SHOAL CREEK ELEM. is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does SHOAL CREEK ELEM. have?
SHOAL CREEK ELEM. employs 54 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SHOAL CREEK ELEM.?
At SHOAL CREEK ELEM., the student body is approximately 77% White, 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is SHOAL CREEK ELEM. in?
SHOAL CREEK ELEM. is part of LIBERTY 53.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.