TRAILWOODS ELEMENTARY

TRAILWOODS ELEMENTARY is a medium-sized primary school in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, one of the schools within KANSAS CITY 33. The school hosts 388 students in grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so TRAILWOODS ELEMENTARY sits 23% above that benchmark.

Across the 31 schools in KANSAS CITY 33 (15,079 students total), TRAILWOODS ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, TRAILWOODS ELEMENTARY lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 76% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 15% Black, 6% White. By comparison, Jackson County as a whole is about 11% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, TRAILWOODS ELEMENTARY has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at TRAILWOODS ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Jackson County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, TRAILWOODS ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.4%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Jackson County indicate 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. TRAILWOODS ELEMENTARY is one of 244 public schools in Jackson County (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students).

The closest other public school is ROGERS ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts TRAILWOODS ELEMENTARY at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 48.6%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at TRAILWOODS ELEMENTARY has increased 5%, going from 368 students in 2018 to 388 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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