Enrollment
324
Elementary
DISTRICT 424 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KANSAS CITY 33·NCES 291640000882
WENDELL PHILLIPS ELEMENTARY
2400 Prospect, KANSAS CITY, MO 64127 · (816) 418-3755 · Jackson County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL324 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of Missouri public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
14.3:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
324 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 54%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 39 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 39 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 32 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 33 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 18% larger than its 6th grade class (33).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
21.4%
MO avg 44.9% . -0.5pp since 2021
Math
16.4%
MO avg 43.8% . -4.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.1% | 13.3% | 32.5% | 45.9% |
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 | 21.4% | 16.4% |
| 2023-24 | 24.3% | 16.8% |
| 2022-23 | 19.1% | 13.8% |
| 2021-22 | 21.9% | 21.1% |
% 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
16.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 WENDELL PHILLIPS ELEMENTARY
WENDELL PHILLIPS ELEMENTARY's state test result (16.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WENDELL PHILLIPS ELEMENTARY this school | 324 | 100.0% | 16.7% |
| SANTA FE ELEMENTARY KANSAS CITY | 356 | 100.0% | 17.2% |
| BARBARA JORDAN ELEM. UNIVERSITY CITY | 386 | 100.0% | 27.7% |
| FAXON ELEMENTARY KANSAS CITY | 322 | 100.0% | 11.7% |
| INDIAN CREEK ELEM. KANSAS CITY | 285 | 100.0% | 21.3% |
| CENTER ELEM. KANSAS CITY | 314 | 100.0% | 9.3% |
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 WENDELL PHILLIPS ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.7% | #911 of 1,002 | #104 of 126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.4% | #910 of 1,019 ▼ 1 | #105 of 126 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #898 of 1,018 ▼ 19 | #99 of 126 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.6pp | #285 of 943 | #41 of 124 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 324 | #624 of 1,294 | #93 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #734 of 950 | #88 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.7% | #347 of 953 | #91 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #108 of 1,165 | #31 of 136 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.9% | #212 of 251 | #34 of 37 |
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
324
+47 (+17%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 366
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 324 | 22.6 | 14.3:1 | 100% (324) |
| 2023-24 | 307 | 27 | 11.4:1 | 100% (307) |
| 2022-23 | 295 | 25.4 | 11.6:1 | 99% (292) |
| 2020-21 | 277 | 25 | 11.1:1 | 99% (274) |
| 2017-18 | 318 | 22.9 | 13.9:1 | 100% (318) |
| 2015-16 | 282 | 19 | 14.8:1 | 99% (279) |
| 2010-11 | 280 | 17 | 16.5:1 | 81% (227) |
| 2000-01 | 158 | 17 | 9.3:1 | 98% (155) |
| 1990-91 | 366 | 26 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WENDELL PHILLIPS ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (318 to 324); teachers down 1% (22.9 to 22.6).
About WENDELL PHILLIPS ELEMENTARY
WENDELL PHILLIPS ELEMENTARY is a medium-sized elementary school in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, (ZIP code 64127). The school reports 324 students in pre-K through 6.
WENDELL PHILLIPS ELEMENTARY falls under KANSAS CITY 33, which has 31 schools enrolling 15,079 students.
Black students make up a majority at WENDELL PHILLIPS ELEMENTARY, at 69%. Smaller groups are 19% Hispanic, 5% White, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. For comparison, the population of Jackson County is roughly 22% Black. The school's diversity index is 49%, meaning two students picked at random have a 49% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The count of teachers at WENDELL PHILLIPS ELEMENTARY is 22.6 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 14.3:1. That is higher than the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri. The school counts 324 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 100%. Public schools in Jackson County average 60%.
WENDELL PHILLIPS ELEMENTARY is graded D by allk12, scoring above 13% of Missouri public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school with WENDELL PHILLIPS ELEMENTARY's lunch-eligibility share in Missouri is predicted to score 22.4%. WENDELL PHILLIPS ELEMENTARY scores 16.7%, 5.7 points below that line.
Jackson County has about 719,976 residents, and the median household income is $68,577, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. In all, Jackson County has 244 public schools and roughly 105,714 students.
The nearest other public school, PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY, is about 0.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. WENDELL PHILLIPS ELEMENTARY is 8th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
WENDELL PHILLIPS ELEMENTARY has an NCES locale of City: Large.
WENDELL PHILLIPS ELEMENTARY's enrollment climbed from 277 in 2020-21 to 324 in 2024-25. Students per teacher rose from 11.1 in 2020-21 to 14.3 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
719,976
Census ACS
Median income
$68,577
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
244
105,714 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in KANSAS CITY 33
- EAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,155 students
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- NORTHEAST HIGHHigh · 732 students
- PASEO ACAD. OF PERFORMING ARTSHigh · 669 students
- NORTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 607 students
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- 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
Nearby schools
- PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY0.3 mi · 386
- LINCOLN COLLEGE ACADEMY MIDDLE0.4 mi · 583
- LINCOLN COLLEGE PREP.0.5 mi · 997
- KIPP ENDEAVOR ACADEMY0.6 mi · 665
- HOPE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY1.0 mi · 108
- GUADALUPE CENTERS HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 458
Frequently asked questions
About WENDELL PHILLIPS ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at WENDELL PHILLIPS ELEMENTARY?
WENDELL PHILLIPS ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 324 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does WENDELL PHILLIPS ELEMENTARY serve?
WENDELL PHILLIPS ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does WENDELL PHILLIPS ELEMENTARY have?
WENDELL PHILLIPS ELEMENTARY employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the student diversity at WENDELL PHILLIPS ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at WENDELL PHILLIPS ELEMENTARY are roughly 5% White, 19% Hispanic, 69% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is WENDELL PHILLIPS ELEMENTARY public or private?
WENDELL PHILLIPS ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by KANSAS CITY 33.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.