Elementary · Kansas
Banneker Elem
Free meals for allBanneker Elem, a public elementary school in Kansas City, Kansas: grades k–5, 268 students, 13.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Kansas City.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 268
- Teachers (FTE)
- 20.3
- Students per teacher
- 13.2
- Grades
- K–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 52% of elementary schools in Kansas
Median 13.1 · 707 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 66% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 60% of elementary schools in Kansas
Median 311 · 708 schools compared
Smaller than 78% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Kansas's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Kansas: 46%21%proficient
New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.
A lower share proficient than 97% of elementary schools in Kansas
Median 50% · 676 elementary schools compared
130 students tested, grades 3–8 · KAP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Kansas: 40%21%proficient
New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.
A lower share proficient than 87% of elementary schools in Kansas
Median 42% · 676 elementary schools compared
130 students tested, grades 3–8 · KAP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Midsize city
- Run by
- Kansas City
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Kansas City.
Location
- Address
- 2026 N 4th Street, Kansas City, KS 66101
- Phone
- (913)627-4700
- City or town
- Kansas City
- County
- Wyandotte County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Grant ElemFree meals for all | K–5 | 289 | 13.5 | 18% | 7.5% |
Douglass ElemFree meals for all | K–5 | 285 | 11.3 | 13% | 12% |
Bertram Caruthers ElemFree meals for all | K–5 | 364 | 15.6 | 21% | 23% |
School for Blind ElementarySpecial education | Pre-K–5 | 11 | 1.7 | — | — |
McKinley Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 243 | 11.4 | 26% | 26% |
M E Pearson ElemFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 606 | 14.2 | 21% | 15% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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