Elementary · Missouri
M. L. King Elementary
Free meals for allM. L. King Elementary, a public elementary school in Kansas City, Missouri: grades pre-k–6, 768 students, 15.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Kansas City 33.
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
- 768
- Teachers (FTE)
- 51.1
- Students per teacher
- 15.0
- Grades
- Pre-K–6
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 89% of elementary schools in Missouri
Median 12.3 · 1,203 schools compared
More students per teacher than 55% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 99% of elementary schools in Missouri
Median 327 · 1,203 schools compared
Larger than 93% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Missouri's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Missouri: 42%8.0%proficient
+0.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 97% of elementary schools in Missouri
Median 42% · 952 elementary schools compared
301 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5, 6 · MAP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Missouri: 41%4.5%proficient
−0.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 99% of elementary schools in Missouri
Median 40% · 980 elementary schools compared
313 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5, 6 · MAP; 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 Pre-K–6
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large city
- Run by
- Kansas City 33
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Kansas City 33.
Location
- Address
- 4848 Woodland Avenue, Kansas City, MO 64110
- Phone
- (816)418-2475
- City or town
- Kansas City
- County
- Jackson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hogan Preparatory Academy ElemCharterFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 391 | 10.9 | 10% | 6.7% |
Genesis School Inc.CharterFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 180 | 9.5 | 16% | 16% |
Carver Dual Language SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 468 | 14.1 | 24% | 28% |
Lee A. Tolbert Com. AcademyCharterFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 401 | 12.2 | 12% | 12% |
Brookside Charter ElementaryCharterFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 575 | 10.2 | 26% | 21% |
Allen Village Elementary AcadeCharterFree meals for all | 3–5 | 87 | 11.1 | 18% | 11% |
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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