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What's one thing SOUTHEAST ELEM. gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
548
Elementary
DISTRICT 454 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PARK HILL·NCES 292355001372
SOUTHEAST ELEM.
5704 N NORTHWOOD RD, KANSAS CITY, MO 64151 · (816) 359-4360 · Platte County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL548 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
174 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
29.5%
MO avg 49.5% . -26.8pp since 2023
Math
23.5%
MO avg 48.7% . -28.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are down about 27 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 28 points.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). 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
31.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.7%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
548
+46 (+9%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 14.9:1
% White
57%
was 63%
% Hispanic
12%
was 9%
% Black
20%
was 16%
% Asian
3%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About SOUTHEAST ELEM.
SOUTHEAST ELEM., a big elementary-level community in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, run under PARK HILL, enrolls 548 students, covering grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 74% bigger than typical.
Within PARK HILL, which oversees 18 schools and 11,937 students, SOUTHEAST ELEM. is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, SOUTHEAST ELEM. reports that 57% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 20% Black, 12% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.
Looking at school resources, The school lists 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Around 32% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, SOUTHEAST ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.7%, the actual is 31.2%, a residual of -19.4 points.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Platte County put median household earnings sit near $96,227, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Platte County runs 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,612 students), of which SOUTHEAST ELEM. is one.
WALDEN MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SOUTHEAST ELEM. ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 47.5%.
SOUTHEAST ELEM. operates from a downtown location.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SOUTHEAST ELEM. has ticked up 9%, going from 502 students in 2018 to 548 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 63% to 57% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.
On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Platte County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
110,371
Census ACS
Median income
$96,227
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
17,612 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PARK HILL
- PARK HILL HIGHHigh · 1,947 students
- PARK HILL SOUTH HIGHHigh · 1,890 students
- WALDEN MIDDLEMiddle · 730 students
- PLAZA MIDDLEMiddle · 673 students
- LAKEVIEW MIDDLEMiddle · 653 students
- UNION CHAPEL ELEM.Elementary · 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
Nearby schools
- WALDEN MIDDLE0.2 mi · 730
- LINE CREEK ELEM.1.4 mi · 321
- PARK HILL SOUTH HIGH1.6 mi · 1,890
- LAKEVIEW MIDDLE1.7 mi · 653
- ENGLISH LANDING ELEM.1.7 mi · 435
- HOPEWELL ELEMENTARY1.8 mi · 483
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTHEAST ELEM.How large is SOUTHEAST ELEM.?
SOUTHEAST ELEM. enrolls approximately 548 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does SOUTHEAST ELEM. serve?
SOUTHEAST ELEM. serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at SOUTHEAST ELEM.?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at SOUTHEAST ELEM..
How diverse is SOUTHEAST ELEM.?
SOUTHEAST ELEM. reports a student body of 57% White, 12% Hispanic, 20% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees SOUTHEAST ELEM.?
SOUTHEAST ELEM. is overseen by PARK HILL in Platte County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.