📍 1800 South 55th, Kansas City, Wyandotte County, 66106
Turner Elem is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Kansas City, Wyandotte County. The school has 565 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Turner-Kansas City school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 39.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 19% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Turner Elem enrolls 565 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 39.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 45% Hispanic or Latino, 29% White and 16% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 252 | 45% |
| White | 163 | 29% |
| Black or African American | 89 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 36 | 6.4% |
| Asian | 19 | 3.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 6 | 1.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
445 of the school's 565 students (79%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 401 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.
Turner Elem is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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-30, state senate district 6, state house district 37.
Turner Elem is one of 8 schools in Turner-Kansas City, based in Kansas City, Kansas. The district serves 3,926 students district-wide and employs 285 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 565 students, Turner Elem is larger than the district average of about 491 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe