📍 4820 Oakland, Kansas City, Wyandotte County, 66102
Eugene Ware Elem is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Kansas City, Wyandotte County. The school has 246 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Kansas City school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 22.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.8:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Eugene Ware Elem enrolls 246 students across grades K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 22.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 58% Hispanic or Latino, 21% Black or African American and 7.7% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 142 | 58% |
| Black or African American | 52 | 21% |
| White | 19 | 7.7% |
| Asian | 18 | 7.3% |
| Two or more races | 15 | 6.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
227 of the school's 246 students (92%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 195 qualify for free lunch and 32 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.
Eugene Ware 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.
Eugene Ware 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 246 students, Eugene Ware 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