📍 6425 Riverview, Kansas City, Wyandotte County, 66106
Turner Sixth Grade Academy is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Kansas City, Wyandotte County. The school has 293 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Turner-Kansas City school district. It serves grades 6 in an urban setting. The school employs 20.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1. 23% of students are proficient in reading. 13% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Turner Sixth Grade Academy enrolls 293 students across grades 6. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 20.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 51% Hispanic or Latino, 31% White and 12% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 149 | 51% |
| White | 90 | 31% |
| Black or African American | 34 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 13 | 4.4% |
| Asian | 6 | 2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
210 of the school's 293 students (72%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 198 qualify for free lunch and 12 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 Sixth Grade Academy 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 6, state house district 37.
Turner Sixth Grade Academy 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 293 students, Turner Sixth Grade Academy is smaller than the district average of about 491 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize
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