Summary:
Piper Creek Elementary is a public elementary school located in Kansas City, Kansas, serving grades 3-5 with a total enrollment of 608 students. The school is part of the Piper-Kansas City school district, which is ranked 62 out of 266 districts in Kansas and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Piper Creek Elementary has consistently performed well, ranking in the top 100-200 elementary schools in Kansas over the past decade. The school has maintained a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger for most of this period, with a brief 5-star rating in the 2015-2016 school year. Piper Creek Elementary consistently outperforms the Piper-Kansas City district and the state of Kansas in proficiency rates for English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics across all grade levels. In the 2023-2024 school year, Piper Creek's ELA proficiency rate for all grades was 46.87%, compared to 38.61% for the Piper-Kansas City district and 33.55% for the state. Similarly, Piper Creek's Mathematics proficiency rate for all grades was 46.48%, compared to 35.42% for the Piper-Kansas City district and 31.6% for the state. Piper Creek's 5th-grade Science proficiency rate was 60.39%, significantly higher than the Piper-Kansas City district (38.86%) and the state (32.28%).
Piper Creek Elementary has consistently strong performance across various student subgroups, including female, male, African American, Hispanic, and White students. The school's African American and Hispanic student subgroups rank among the top 5-16 elementary schools in Kansas, with 4- and 5-star ratings from SchoolDigger. The school's English Language Learner (ELL) and Special Education student subgroups have also performed well, ranking among the top 4-88 and 16-143 elementary schools in Kansas, respectively. Additionally, Piper Creek Elementary has relatively low free and reduced lunch rates, ranging from 17.18% to 28.95% over the past three school years, which is lower than the state average. The school's proximity to and outperformance of nearby schools, such as Claude A Huyck Elementary and Lowell Brune Elementary, which are part of the Kansas City school district, further highlights its success.
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Detail:
Public 3-5
District:
Piper-Kansas City
SchoolDigger Rank:
188th of 653 Kansas Elementary Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $10,822
Students who attend Piper Creek Elementary usually attend:
Student/teacher ratio: 15.9
Number of students: 610
Racial breakdown:
White:
51.3%
Hispanic:
15.6%
African American:
13.1%
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Asian:
10.0%
Two or more races:
9.7%
American Indian:
0.3%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 29.5%
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