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TIFFANY RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHL
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersWhat this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 22 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 24 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 43% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About TIFFANY RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHL
TIFFANY RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHL operates as a substantial elementary campus in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, run under PARK HILL. Current enrollment sits at 484 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so TIFFANY RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHL sits 54% bigger than that benchmark.
PARK HILL runs 18 schools in total, collectively educating 11,937 students. TIFFANY RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHL is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, TIFFANY RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHL logs that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 22% Black, 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Platte County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting TIFFANY RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 30% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
With demographic context factored in, TIFFANY RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.2%.
In the broader community, Platte County reports that median household earnings sit near $96,227, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. TIFFANY RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHL is one of 37 public schools in Platte County (combined enrollment of about 17,612 students).
Nearest neighbor: ALFRED L. RENNER ELEM., around 1.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, TIFFANY RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHL comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 51.5%.
TIFFANY RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHL operates from an inner-city location.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at TIFFANY RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHL has decreased 26%, going from 655 students in 2018 to 484 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged up from 18% to 22% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.
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Platte County at a glance
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