📍 9010a Old Santa Fe Rd, Kansas City, Jackson County, 64138
Smith-hale Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Kansas City, Jackson County. The school has 770 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Hickman Mills C-1 school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 45.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.8:1. 19% of students are proficient in reading. 7% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Smith-hale Middle enrolls 770 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 45.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 65% Black or African American, 18% Hispanic or Latino and 7.8% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 498 | 65% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 138 | 18% |
| White | 60 | 7.8% |
| Two or more races | 53 | 6.9% |
| Asian | 15 | 1.9% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 5 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
770 of the school's 770 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 770 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Smith-hale Middle is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). 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 MO-50, state senate district 9, state house district 27.
Smith-hale Middle is one of 13 schools in HICKMAN MILLS C-1, based in KANSAS CITY, Missouri. The district serves 5,067 students district-wide and employs 360 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 770 students, Smith-hale Middle is larger than the district average of about 390 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large