SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL

SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL operates as a middle-of-the-pack senior high in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, part of KANSAS CITY 33. Current enrollment sits at 498 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

KANSAS CITY 33 runs 31 schools in total, collectively educating 15,079 students. SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL shows that nearly all students (81%) are Black. Beyond that, the school records 8% Hispanic, 5% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Jackson County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL shows 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Jackson County (around 60%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.1%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Jackson County put median household earnings sit near $68,577, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL is one of 244 public schools in Jackson County (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students).

The closest other public school is AC PREP ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 55.0%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL has declined 15%, going from 588 students in 2018 to 498 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 93% to 81%. Class-load math has grew: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

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