OAK PARK HIGH

OAK PARK HIGH is a high school of expansive scale in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, run under NORTH KANSAS CITY 74, educateing 1,755 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 250% above the state mean of about 501.

NORTH KANSAS CITY 74 comprises 33 schools with combined enrollment of 21,252 students; OAK PARK HIGH is among them.

On demographics, OAK PARK HIGH reports that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 17% Hispanic, 14% Black, 12% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 99 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting OAK PARK HIGH higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 41% of students at OAK PARK HIGH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, OAK PARK HIGH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.5%; this one delivers 39.6%.

Across the wider county, census data for Clay County shows median household earnings sit near $88,468, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Clay County's 80 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,553 students), OAK PARK HIGH is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is CLARDY ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, OAK PARK HIGH comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 53.0%.

OAK PARK HIGH operates from a metropolitan location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 16%: 1,509 students in 2018 compared to 1,755 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 60% to 52% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.