📍 1310 N 9th Street, Kansas City, Wyandotte County, 66101
Douglass Elem is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Kansas City, Wyandotte County. The school has 260 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Kansas City school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 17.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1. 8% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Douglass Elem enrolls 260 students across grades K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 17.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 65% Hispanic or Latino, 21% Black or African American and 6.9% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 168 | 65% |
| Black or African American | 55 | 21% |
| Two or more races | 18 | 6.9% |
| Asian | 13 | 5% |
| White | 6 | 2.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
241 of the school's 260 students (93%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 228 qualify for free lunch and 13 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Douglass 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.
Douglass 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 260 students, Douglass Elem is smaller than the district average of about 501 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize