📍 5810 Scarritt, Kansas City, Jackson County, 64123
James Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Kansas City, Jackson County. The school has 207 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Kansas City 33 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 22.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.2:1. 8% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
James Elementary enrolls 207 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 22.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 65% Hispanic or Latino, 13% Asian and 12% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 134 | 65% |
| Asian | 26 | 13% |
| Black or African American | 25 | 12% |
| White | 17 | 8.2% |
| Two or more races | 3 | 1.4% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
204 of the school's 207 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 204 qualify for free lunch and 0 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.
James Elementary 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 11, state house district 19.
James Elementary is one of 35 schools in KANSAS CITY 33, based in KANSAS CITY, Missouri. The district serves 15,079 students district-wide and employs 1,164 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 207 students, James Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 431 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large