TOPPING ELEMENTARY

TOPPING ELEMENTARY operates as a medium-sized elementary-level community in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, one of the schools within NORTH KANSAS CITY 74. Current enrollment sits at 293 students spanning grades K through 5.

Within NORTH KANSAS CITY 74, which oversees 33 schools and 21,252 students, TOPPING ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, TOPPING ELEMENTARY records that the most-represented group is Black (34%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 31% White, 17% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 7% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, TOPPING ELEMENTARY reports 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 73% of students at TOPPING ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Clay County (around 35%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, TOPPING ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.9%; this one delivers 30.2%.

Across the wider county, Clay County reports that median household earnings sit near $88,468, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Clay County runs 80 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,553 students), of which TOPPING ELEMENTARY is one.

Nearest neighbor: WINNETONKA HIGH, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), TOPPING ELEMENTARY ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 48.5%.

TOPPING ELEMENTARY operates from a city-core location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at TOPPING ELEMENTARY has decreased 22%, going from 376 students in 2018 to 293 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 40% to 31% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.

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