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Enrollment
609
Elementary
DISTRICT 454 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PARK HILL·NCES 292355001374
UNION CHAPEL ELEM.
7100 NW HAMPTON ROAD, KANSAS CITY, MO 64152 · (816) 359-4310 · Platte County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL609 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% of Missouri public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
89 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 54%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 110 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (109).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 52% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
66.1%
MO avg 44.9% . +7.6pp since 2021
Math
63.1%
MO avg 43.8% . +1.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 37.4% | 28.7% | 18.3% | 15.3% |
| Math | 39.7% | 23.4% | 20.7% | 16.0% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.1% | 63.1% |
| 2023-24 | 63.2% | 64.9% |
| 2022-23 | 63.9% | 66.4% |
| 2021-22 | 58.5% | 61.2% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
62.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like UNION CHAPEL ELEM.
UNION CHAPEL ELEM.'s state test result (62.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNION CHAPEL ELEM. this school | 609 | 14.6% | 62.0% |
| PRAIRIE BRANCH ELEM. GRAIN VALLEY | 567 | 15.3% | 52.8% |
| LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY WENTZVILLE | 599 | 16.4% | 54.1% |
| MASON ELEM. LEE'S SUMMIT | 512 | 15.4% | 57.6% |
| VOY SPEARS JR. ELEM. LEE'S SUMMIT | 546 | 13.7% | 78.4% |
| LUCY FRANKLIN ELEM. BLUE SPRINGS | 536 | 19.6% | 64.8% |
Matched among Missouri elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where UNION CHAPEL ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Platte County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #112 of 1,002 | #2 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.1% | #125 of 1,019 ▼ 33 | #2 of 17 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.1% | #83 of 1,018 ▲ 18 | #3 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.7pp | #293 of 943 | #2 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 609 | #61 of 1,294 | #2 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #917 of 950 | #16 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.3% | #421 of 953 | #14 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.6% | #1,077 of 1,165 | #19 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.6% | #66 of 251 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
609
+41 (+7%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 516
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 15.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 609 | 36.1 | 16.9:1 | 15% (89) |
| 2023-24 | 601 | 38 | 15.8:1 | 14% (82) |
| 2022-23 | 606 | 37.8 | 16.0:1 | 14% (82) |
| 2020-21 | 568 | 36 | 15.8:1 | 16% (93) |
| 2017-18 | 527 | 32.2 | 16.4:1 | 16% (82) |
| 2015-16 | 458 | 31 | 14.8:1 | 16% (73) |
| 2010-11 | 530 | 30 | 17.7:1 | 14% (76) |
| 2000-01 | 593 | 34 | 17.4:1 | 11% (67) |
| 1990-91 | 516 | 29 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for UNION CHAPEL ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (527 to 609); teachers up 12% (32.2 to 36.1).
About UNION CHAPEL ELEM.
UNION CHAPEL ELEM. is a large elementary school based in KANSAS CITY, Missouri. Its 609 students are spread across kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Missouri is about 315 students.
Besides UNION CHAPEL ELEM., PARK HILL runs 17 other schools. The district enrolls 11,937 students.
White students account for 75% of enrollment at UNION CHAPEL ELEM.. The remaining students are 9% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 6% multiracial. For comparison, Platte County is about 79% White. The chance that two students picked at random at UNION CHAPEL ELEM. belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 42%.
Federal staffing data show 36.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at UNION CHAPEL ELEM. and a ratio of 16.9:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Missouri is 12.4:1, lower than at this school. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 15% of enrollment. That is lower than the 27% average for public schools in Platte County.
allk12 grades UNION CHAPEL ELEM. an A. The grade compares the school only with Missouri public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 54.4% for UNION CHAPEL ELEM.. The school posts 62.0%, 7.6 points above the prediction.
In Platte County (population about 110,371), median household income is about $96,227, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 37 public schools operate in Platte County, serving about 17,612 students.
HAWTHORN ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.0 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, UNION CHAPEL ELEM. ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 609 was 7% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 568. Federal data show the ratio rising from 15.8:1 to 16.9:1.
Discussions about UNION CHAPEL ELEM. may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Platte County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
110,371
Census ACS
Median income
$96,227
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
17,612 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PARK HILL
- PARK HILL HIGHHigh · 1,947 students
- PARK HILL SOUTH HIGHHigh · 1,890 students
- WALDEN MIDDLEMiddle · 730 students
- PLAZA MIDDLEMiddle · 673 students
- LAKEVIEW MIDDLEMiddle · 653 students
- CONGRESS MIDDLEMiddle · 601 students
Other schools in KANSAS CITY
- STALEY HIGHHigh · 2,091 students
- PARK HILL HIGHHigh · 1,947 students
- OAK PARK HIGHHigh · 1,755 students
- NORTH KANSAS CITY HIGHHigh · 1,719 students
- RUSKIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,299 students
- WINNETONKA HIGHHigh · 1,238 students
Other UNION CHAPEL Elementary schools
One other US public school is named UNION CHAPEL Elementary. UNION CHAPEL ELEM. is the largest of the 2.
- Union Chapel ElementaryPembroke, NC · 442 students
Nearby schools
- HAWTHORN ELEM.2.0 mi · 450
- GRADEN ELEM.2.9 mi · 415
- PRAIRIE POINT ELEM.3.4 mi · 437
- GERNER FAMILY EARLY ED CTR.3.5 mi · 392
- CONGRESS MIDDLE3.6 mi · 601
- PARK HILL HIGH3.8 mi · 1,947
Frequently asked questions
About UNION CHAPEL ELEM.What is the total enrollment at UNION CHAPEL ELEM.?
UNION CHAPEL ELEM. enrolls approximately 609 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does UNION CHAPEL ELEM. serve?
UNION CHAPEL ELEM. serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at UNION CHAPEL ELEM.?
Approximately 16.9:1 students per teacher at UNION CHAPEL ELEM..
What is the racial breakdown of students at UNION CHAPEL ELEM.?
At UNION CHAPEL ELEM., the student body is approximately 75% White, 9% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees UNION CHAPEL ELEM.?
UNION CHAPEL ELEM. is overseen by PARK HILL in Platte County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.