📍 2500 Wood, Kansas City, Wyandotte County, 66104
Chelsea Elem is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Kansas City, Wyandotte County. The school has 575 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Kansas City school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 38.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Chelsea Elem enrolls 575 students across grades K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 38.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 75% Hispanic or Latino, 14% Black or African American and 4.7% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 432 | 75% |
| Black or African American | 79 | 14% |
| White | 27 | 4.7% |
| Asian | 24 | 4.2% |
| Two or more races | 12 | 2.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
482 of the school's 575 students (84%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 438 qualify for free lunch and 44 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Chelsea Elem is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district KS-20, state senate district 4, state house district 34.
Chelsea Elem is one of 43 schools in Kansas City, based in Kansas City, Kansas. The district serves 21,538 students district-wide and employs 1,578 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 575 students, Chelsea Elem is close to the district average of about 501 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize