Elementary Schools in Kansas City

Summary:

The 28 elementary schools located in Kansas City, Kansas serve students from kindergarten to 5th grade across various neighborhoods. While the majority of these schools have high percentages of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating economic disadvantage, a few stand out as high-performing, with proficiency rates well above the district and state averages.

Frank Rushton Elementary is the highest-performing school, with the best proficiency rates in both English Language Arts and Mathematics. Emerson Elementary is the only school in the district rated 3 out of 5 stars by SchoolDigger and has the second-highest proficiency rates. Whittier Elementary and Stony Point North also stand out with strong academic performance.

However, the data reveals significant disparities in student proficiency rates across the schools, with some struggling to achieve even 15% proficiency in both English Language Arts and Mathematics. The schools with the highest percentages of economically disadvantaged students tend to have the lowest proficiency rates, highlighting the need for targeted interventions and support to ensure equitable educational opportunities for all students in the Kansas City district.

District Detail

2010 N. 59th Street
Kansas City, KS 66104

(913) 551-3200

SchoolDigger Rank:
257^th of 266 Kansas districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students:

Primary Schools: 28
Middle Schools: 7
High Schools: 7
Alternative Schools: 1

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				KAP English Language Arts (2024)				KAP Mathematics (2024)				KAP Science (2024)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	KAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	KAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	KAP English Language Arts All Grades	KAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	KAP Mathematics 4th Grade	KAP Mathematics 5th Grade	KAP Mathematics All Grades	KAP Science 5th Grade	KAP Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Banneker Elementary	Public	K-5	2026 N 4th Street	Kansas City	66101	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 627-4700	256	24	10.6	91.8%	2 (0.8%)	99 (38.7%)	144 (56.3%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	8 (3.1%)	11.6	595^th of 653 public elementary schools	8.9%		13.8	589^th of 660 public elementary schools	10.8%	6	12.0	15.2	23.3	16.7	31.5	17.1	6.4	19.1	17.0	17.0	$11,959	$2,882	$9,078
Silver City Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2515 Lawrence Ave	Kansas City	66106	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 627-4550	307	25	12.4	86.0%	28 (9.1%)	131 (42.7%)	113 (36.8%)	5 (1.6%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	27 (8.8%)	6.4	639^th of 653 public elementary schools	2.1%		9.4	620^th of 660 public elementary schools	6.1%	19	4.5	18.6	12.1	11.7	13.9	16.7	0.0	10.9	11.8	11.8	$15,520	$5,271	$10,250
Chelsea Elementary	Public	K-5	2500 Wood	Kansas City	66104	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 627-5000	575	39	14.7	83.8%	27 (4.7%)	79 (13.7%)	432 (75.1%)	24 (4.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.1%)	10.9	598^th of 653 public elementary schools	8.4%		9.7	617^th of 660 public elementary schools	6.5%	19	14.1	11.0	26.0	16.8	19.1	3.6	12.5	11.9	25.6	25.6	$10,994	$3,082	$7,912
Douglass Elementary	Public	K-5	1310 N 9th Street	Kansas City	66101	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 627-5100	260	17	15.0	92.7%	6 (2.3%)	55 (21.2%)	168 (64.6%)	13 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (6.9%)	6.4	640^th of 653 public elementary schools	2.0%		13.8	590^th of 660 public elementary schools	10.6%	50	2.8	10.5	13.3	8.7	17.5	7.9	11.8	12.5	14.7	14.7	$12,912	$3,245	$9,667
Thomas A Edison Elementary	Public	K-5	1000 Locust Street	Kansas City	66103	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 627-4900	225	23	9.8	88.0%	33 (14.7%)	38 (16.9%)	132 (58.7%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	18 (8.0%)	21	539^th of 653 public elementary schools	17.5%		17.9	567^th of 660 public elementary schools	14.1%	28	26.8	33.3	16.7	26.5	45.6	26.5	0.0	28.6	12.0	12.0	$12,064	$3,436	$8,628
Emerson Elementary	Public	K-5	1429 S 29th	Kansas City	66106	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 627-5900	182	16	11.0	92.9%	10 (5.5%)	26 (14.3%)	128 (70.3%)	5 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (7.1%)	50.2	324^th of 653 public elementary schools	50.4%		40.1	410^th of 660 public elementary schools	37.9%	86	40.9	51.8	34.6	42.7	37.5	51.8	42.9	44.3	14.8	14.8	$14,471	$3,535	$10,936
John Fiske Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	625 S Valley	Kansas City	66105	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 627-4850	1,908	26	74.8	63.7%	208 (10.9%)	324 (17.0%)	1,079 (56.6%)	245 (12.8%)	1 (0.1%)	8 (0.4%)	43 (2.3%)	6	643^rd of 653 public elementary schools	1.5%		7.4	635^th of 660 public elementary schools	3.8%	8	2.2	17.1	11.3	10.1	10.4	9.5	9.3	9.7	14.8	14.8	$11,039	$2,935	$8,103
Grant Elementary	Public	K-5	1510 N 4th St	Kansas City	66101	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 627-4300	289	25	11.4	96.2%	19 (6.6%)	133 (46.0%)	112 (38.8%)	11 (3.8%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.4%)	9 (3.1%)	5.5	648^th of 653 public elementary schools	0.8%		4.8	653^rd of 660 public elementary schools	1.1%	5	10.0	4.0	15.5	10.1	13.6	1.9	8.3	7.6	13.3	13.3	$11,421	$2,983	$8,438
Bertram Caruthers Elementary	Public	K-5	1100 Waverly	Kansas City	66104	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 627-4750	352	25	13.9	96.3%	13 (3.7%)	113 (32.1%)	202 (57.4%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	19 (5.4%)	10.2	609^th of 653 public elementary schools	6.7%		12.8	602^nd of 660 public elementary schools	8.8%	7	18.0	11.1	11.5	13.6	38.3	6.1	7.7	17.4	13.5	13.5	$12,628	$3,893	$8,734
Mark Twain Elementary	Public	K-5	2300 Minnesota Avenue	Kansas City	66102	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 627-5200	217	20	10.7	88.9%	14 (6.5%)	35 (16.1%)	148 (68.2%)	14 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.8%)	13.9	583^rd of 653 public elementary schools	10.7%		16.7	572^nd of 660 public elementary schools	13.3%	11	15.0	25.0	18.9	19.3	21.9	18.7	13.5	18.2	27.0	27.0	$13,424	$3,041	$10,383
Noble Prentis Elementary	Public	K-5	2337 S 14th Street	Kansas City	66103	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 627-5250	216	20	10.8	91.2%	54 (25.0%)	26 (12.0%)	116 (53.7%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.3%)	13 (6.0%)	8.8	621^st of 653 public elementary schools	4.9%		6.1	641^st of 660 public elementary schools	2.9%	20	21.4	20.8	6.8	14.6	25.0	0.0	8.9	11.3	13.6	13.6	$11,611	$3,063	$8,548
Quindaro Elementary	Public	K-5	2800 Farrow	Kansas City	66104	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 627-4400	319	27	12.0	93.7%	9 (2.8%)	110 (34.5%)	179 (56.1%)	7 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (4.1%)	15.5	574^th of 653 public elementary schools	12.1%		14.9	582^nd of 660 public elementary schools	11.8%	8	6.7	23.6	26.1	19.2	12.5	26.3	14.0	18.1	28.0	28.0	$12,218	$3,494	$8,724
Frank Rushton Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2605 W 43rd Avenue	Kansas City	66103	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 627-3050	311	23	13.3	84.2%	41 (13.2%)	65 (20.9%)	183 (58.8%)	5 (1.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	15 (4.8%)	44.3	382^nd of 653 public elementary schools	41.5%		34.5	459^th of 660 public elementary schools	30.5%	77	49.0	33.3	28.3	36.6	56.9	46.3	25.9	42.8	20.4	20.4	$11,828	$4,003	$7,826
New Stanley Elementary	Public	K-5	3604 Metropolitan	Kansas City	66106	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 627-3950	214	20	10.9	90.7%	22 (10.3%)	32 (15.0%)	150 (70.1%)	4 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.8%)	7.7	628^th of 653 public elementary schools	3.8%		26.8	508^th of 660 public elementary schools	23.0%	120	2.7	15.9	8.3	9.4	5.3	11.4	21.1	12.5	7.9	7.9	$12,649	$3,180	$9,470
Eugene Ware Elementary	Public	K-5	4820 Oakland	Kansas City	66102	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 627-5950	246	23	10.7	92.3%	19 (7.7%)	52 (21.1%)	142 (57.7%)	18 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (6.1%)	13.9	584^th of 653 public elementary schools	10.6%		7	638^th of 660 public elementary schools	3.3%	54	12.1	0.0	20.9	11.4	15.8	7.7	23.9	16.3	34.8	34.8	$11,307	$2,997	$8,310
Frances Willard Elementary	Public	K-5	3400 Orville	Kansas City	66102	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 627-6100	405	32	12.5	91.9%	26 (6.4%)	27 (6.7%)	329 (81.2%)	8 (2.0%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.0%)	20.1	549^th of 653 public elementary schools	15.9%		15.5	578^th of 660 public elementary schools	12.4%	29	12.3	28.3	15.2	18.7	13.1	44.3	19.7	25.7	21.3	21.3	$12,218	$3,678	$8,540
Claude A Huyck Elementary	Public	K-5	1530 N 83rd Street	Kansas City	66112	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 627-4650	275	21	12.9	89.8%	18 (6.5%)	94 (34.2%)	40 (14.5%)	97 (35.3%)	1 (0.4%)	8 (2.9%)	17 (6.2%)	11.7	594^th of 653 public elementary schools	9.0%		15.1	581^st of 660 public elementary schools	12.0%	13	14.6	23.9	15.6	18.0	26.9	14.0	15.2	18.9	15.2	15.2	$10,996	$2,106	$8,889
Hazel Grove Elementary	Public	K-5	2401 N 67th St	Kansas City	66104	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 627-7000	551	35	15.6	81.7%	52 (9.4%)	155 (28.1%)	248 (45.0%)	76 (13.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	18 (3.3%)	22.2	534^th of 653 public elementary schools	18.2%		16.4	576^th of 660 public elementary schools	12.7%	42	27.2	28.9	22.5	26.2	34.9	19.6	23.3	25.5	25.3	25.3	$10,328	$3,248	$7,080
John F Kennedy Elementary	Public	K-5	2600 N 72nd St	Kansas City	66109	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 627-4950	401	33	12.0	84.3%	63 (15.7%)	126 (31.4%)	117 (29.2%)	74 (18.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	18 (4.5%)	14.1	581^st of 653 public elementary schools	11.0%		17.3	569^th of 660 public elementary schools	13.8%	12	10.1	24.3	29.3	21.8	17.1	13.5	13.2	14.5	26.5	26.5	$11,548	$3,159	$8,389
Lindbergh Elementary	Public	K-5	641 N 57th St	Kansas City	66102	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 627-5150	166	18	9.0	92.2%	22 (13.3%)	36 (21.7%)	75 (45.2%)	18 (10.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	13 (7.8%)	20.2	546^th of 653 public elementary schools	16.4%		13.1	599^th of 660 public elementary schools	9.2%	53	8.3	10.0	46.2	21.3	15.4	0.0	29.6	14.3	25.0	25.0	$13,723	$3,867	$9,856
Stony Point North	Public	K-5	8200 Elizabeth	Kansas City	66112	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 627-4500	307	27	11.2	79.2%	52 (16.9%)	75 (24.4%)	120 (39.1%)	35 (11.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.6%)	20 (6.5%)	25.4	510^th of 653 public elementary schools	21.9%		24.9	525^th of 660 public elementary schools	20.5%	15	22.2	29.4	26.8	25.9	38.3	29.4	22.8	29.7	26.8	26.8	$12,980	$4,102	$8,878
Welborn Elementary	Public	K-5	5200 Leavenworth Rd	Kansas City	66104	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 627-4450	468	41	11.3	91.0%	61 (13.0%)	153 (32.7%)	176 (37.6%)	50 (10.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.6%)	5.9	645^th of 653 public elementary schools	1.2%		7.7	634^th of 660 public elementary schools	3.9%	11	9.6	18.7	9.9	12.7	6.8	8.0	3.7	6.1	18.5	18.5	$11,254	$3,330	$7,924
M E Pearson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	310 N 11th St	Kansas City	66102	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 627-3150	582	47	12.2	93.3%	31 (5.3%)	38 (6.5%)	485 (83.3%)	17 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	8 (1.4%)	7.3	632^nd of 653 public elementary schools	3.2%		12.8	601^st of 660 public elementary schools	8.9%	31	8.1	11.1	12.9	10.8	18.4	7.4	12.5	12.6	19.8	19.8	$11,284	$3,128	$8,156
Whittier Elementary	Public	K-5	295 S 10th Street	Kansas City	66102	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 627-6400	480	42	11.3	93.8%	25 (5.2%)	58 (12.1%)	368 (76.7%)	10 (2.1%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	16 (3.3%)	25.4	511^th of 653 public elementary schools	21.7%		25.9	515^th of 660 public elementary schools	22.0%	4	28.6	21.5	22.1	23.9	43.8	26.3	22.8	30.7	29.1	29.1	$11,555	$3,041	$8,515
McKinley Elementary School	Public	K-5	1301 Armstrong	Kansas City	66102	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 627-7350	265	27	9.7	94.7%	6 (2.3%)	14 (5.3%)	201 (75.8%)	35 (13.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.0%)	11.3	597^th of 653 public elementary schools	8.6%		13.2	598^th of 660 public elementary schools	9.4%	1	6.5	16.7	11.4	11.8	18.2	25.6	15.4	19.8	20.5	20.5	$11,050	$2,944	$8,106
Lowell Brune Elementary School	Public	K-5	2200 N. 89th Terrace	Kansas City	66109	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 551-3200	491	31	15.7	76.8%	84 (17.1%)	133 (27.1%)	129 (26.3%)	99 (20.2%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.8%)	37 (7.5%)	11.4	596^th of 653 public elementary schools	8.7%		13.2	597^th of 660 public elementary schools	9.5%	1	12.9	22.8	23.5	19.7	20.9	9.9	9.4	13.5	23.5	23.5
West Park Elementary School	Public	K-5	2600 N. 44th Street	Kansas City	66104	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 627-6250	520	35	15.0	89.8%	25 (4.8%)	138 (26.5%)	306 (58.8%)	35 (6.7%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (2.5%)	10.4	603^rd of 653 public elementary schools	7.7%		21.5	544^th of 660 public elementary schools	17.6%	59	17.3	11.6	17.5	15.4	26.5	5.0	15.5	15.7	20.2	20.2
Stony Point South	Public	K-5	150 South 78th St	Kansas City	66111	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 627-4600	277	22	12.5	82.7%	111 (40.1%)	44 (15.9%)	94 (33.9%)	8 (2.9%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (6.9%)	17.7	564^th of 653 public elementary schools	13.6%		19.7	555^th of 660 public elementary schools	15.9%	9	21.4	16.7	25.7	20.8	38.1	14.6	20.0	24.0	20.0	20.0	$12,005	$3,335	$8,669

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
School for Blind	1.35 mi	2
Turner-Kansas City	5.68 mi	8	239^th
Shawnee Mission Pub School	6.19 mi	45	46^th
Piper-Kansas City	11.49 mi	4	62^nd
Bonner Springs	11.59 mi	5	213^th

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