THOMAS B. CHINN ELEM.

THOMAS B. CHINN ELEM. operates as a mid-tier K-5 school in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, operated by PARK HILL. Current enrollment sits at 466 students spanning grades K through 5. That puts it 48% bigger than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

THOMAS B. CHINN ELEM. is one of 18 schools operated by PARK HILL, a district that teaches 11,937 students overall.

Looking at the student body, THOMAS B. CHINN ELEM. records that 42% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 22% Black, 17% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 6% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Platte County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.9:1. The state averages about 12.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 46% of students at THOMAS B. CHINN ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Platte County's rate of about 27%.

After controlling for student poverty, THOMAS B. CHINN ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.4%; this one delivers 43.7%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Platte County) records that median household earnings sit near $96,227, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Platte County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,612 students), THOMAS B. CHINN ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is PLAZA MIDDLE, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, THOMAS B. CHINN ELEM. comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 47.0%.

THOMAS B. CHINN ELEM. operates from a high-density location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 3%: 481 students in 2018 compared to 466 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 58% to 42% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

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