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.