PARK HILL HIGH

PARK HILL HIGH, a sprawling 9-12 campus in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, overseen by PARK HILL, teaches 1,947 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 289% larger than the state mean of about 501.

PARK HILL HIGH is one of 18 schools operated by PARK HILL, a district that works with 11,937 students overall.

Looking at the student body, PARK HILL HIGH records that White students make up the majority at 59%. Beyond that, the school logs 16% Black, 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Platte County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, PARK HILL HIGH shows 111 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.2:1 average. About 28% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PARK HILL HIGH sits in the top 10% of Missouri schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 50.8%; actual is 92.4%, +41.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, census data for Platte County shows median household earnings sit near $96,227, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. PARK HILL HIGH is one of 37 public schools in Platte County (combined enrollment of about 17,612 students).

Nearest neighbor: ALFRED L. RENNER ELEM., around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PARK HILL HIGH comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 47.6%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. PARK HILL HIGH's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 1,969 (now 1,947). White enrollment moved from 65% to 59% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 in 2025.

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