📍 4848 Woodland Avenue, Kansas City, Jackson County, 64110
M. L. King Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Kansas City, Jackson County. The school has 665 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 38.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.4:1. 8% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
M. L. King Elementary enrolls 665 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 38.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 77% Black or African American, 12% Hispanic or Latino and 4.2% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 515 | 77% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 78 | 12% |
| White | 28 | 4.2% |
| Two or more races | 23 | 3.5% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 18 | 2.7% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
662 of the school's 665 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 662 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.
M. L. King 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 9, state house district 26.
M. L. King 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 665 students, M. L. King Elementary is larger than the district average of about 431 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large
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