SHOAL CREEK ELEM.

SHOAL CREEK ELEM. operates as a large K-5 school in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, one of the schools within LIBERTY 53. Current enrollment sits at 795 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so SHOAL CREEK ELEM. sits 152% above that benchmark.

SHOAL CREEK ELEM. is one of 18 schools operated by LIBERTY 53, a district that teaches 11,826 students overall.

In terms of who attends, SHOAL CREEK ELEM. logs that 77% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 9% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian. Compared to Clay County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, SHOAL CREEK ELEM. has 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.7:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 8% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Clay County's rate of about 35%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SHOAL CREEK ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.1%; this one delivers 51.3%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Clay County put median household earnings sit near $88,468, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Clay County runs 80 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,553 students), of which SHOAL CREEK ELEM. is one.

LIBERTY OAKS ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SHOAL CREEK ELEM.. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SHOAL CREEK ELEM. at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 52.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SHOAL CREEK ELEM. has decreased 12%, going from 907 students in 2018 to 795 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 85% to 77%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

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