UNION CHAPEL ELEM.

UNION CHAPEL ELEM. is one of the sizable elementary campuss in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, run under PARK HILL, with 609 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 93% larger than the state mean of about 315.

PARK HILL runs 18 schools in total, collectively educating 11,937 students. UNION CHAPEL ELEM. is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, UNION CHAPEL ELEM. lists that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 9% Hispanic, 8% Black, 6% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 15% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Platte County runs at roughly 27%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), UNION CHAPEL ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.1%.

Around the school, census data for Platte County shows median household income runs about $96,227, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Platte County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,612 students), UNION CHAPEL ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is HAWTHORN ELEM., roughly 2.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), UNION CHAPEL ELEM. ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 57.3%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 16%: 527 students in 2018 compared to 609 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 82% to 75%.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.