YELLOW JACKET EARLY LEARNING

Located at 8817 WORNALL RD, in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, YELLOW JACKET EARLY LEARNING is a micro-enrollment primary school that works with 120 students (grade pre-K), one of the schools within CENTER 58. Enrollment runs roughly 62% smaller than the state mean of about 315.

Across the 7 schools in CENTER 58 (2,339 students total), YELLOW JACKET EARLY LEARNING accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, YELLOW JACKET EARLY LEARNING reports that the largest single group is Black, at 62% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 18% White, 13% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

Looking at school resources, YELLOW JACKET EARLY LEARNING logs 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Jackson County's rate of about 60%.

Zooming out to the county, Jackson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $68,577 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Jackson County's 244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students), YELLOW JACKET EARLY LEARNING is one campus in the mix.

BOONE ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 7 years. YELLOW JACKET EARLY LEARNING's enrollment has ticked down 26% since 2018, when it stood at 162 (now 120). The Black share of enrollment grew from 51% to 62% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

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