Public schools in Kansas City, KS

Kansas City has 58 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 11 high, 10 middle, 36 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 28,654 students. They are run by 5 districts and agencies; Kansas City runs 43 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 5 districts and agencies that run Kansas City's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in Kansas CityDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Kansas City4322,015$17,611
Turner USD 20283,891$13,315
Piper Unified School District 20342,780$12,062
School for Blind213not reported
Bonner Springs12,520$13,837

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

11 high schools in Kansas City, 8,482 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Wyandotte High1,90319.177.9%Kansas City
J C Harmon High1,28518.069.4%Kansas City
Washington High1,18018.058.6%Kansas City
Turner High1,14714.768.4%Turner USD 202
Sumner Academy of Arts & Science1,04517.051.7%Kansas City
Piper High91314.818.6%Piper Unified
F L Schlagle High84116.067.7%Kansas City
500 Reach76not reported6.1%Kansas City
Alfred Fairfax Academy527.576.9%Kansas City
School for Blind High275.40.0%School for Blind
One more high school
SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Beyond the Bell13not reportednot reportedTurner USD 202

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

10 middle schools in Kansas City, 5,875 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Carl B. Bruce Middle School82115.382.9%Kansas City
Gloria Willis Middle School73718.878.8%Kansas City
Central Middle68716.678.9%Kansas City
Piper Middle68013.922.4%Piper Unified
D D Eisenhower Middle63417.263.1%Kansas City
Turner Middle School58514.275.0%Turner USD 202
Argentine Middle51913.671.5%Kansas City
Rosedale Middle50114.180.8%Kansas City
Arrowhead Middle41214.064.3%Kansas City
Turner Sixth Grade Academy29915.569.6%Turner USD 202

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

36 elementary schools in Kansas City, 14,282 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Silver City Elementary1,49544.076.9%Kansas City
Piper Prairie Elementary64418.323.3%Piper Unified
M E Pearson Elementary60614.287.8%Kansas City
Piper Creek Elementary59815.325.4%Piper Unified
Turner Elementary56014.071.3%Turner USD 202
Chelsea Elementary55716.681.0%Kansas City
Hazel Grove Elementary53715.978.8%Kansas City
West Park Elementary School53415.474.0%Kansas City
Oak Grove Elementary53215.369.9%Turner USD 202
Welborn Elementary50414.675.6%Kansas City
The other 26 elementary schools
SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Whittier Elementary50213.789.6%Kansas City
Midland Trail49513.480.8%Turner USD 202
Frances Willard Elementary43412.977.6%Kansas City
Lowell Brune Elementary School43214.263.0%Kansas City
John F Kennedy Elementary41916.564.9%Kansas City
Delaware Ridge Elementary37813.446.3%Bonner Springs
Bertram Caruthers Elementary36415.686.8%Kansas City
Frank Rushton Elementary35915.073.0%Kansas City
Quindaro Elementary32514.085.8%Kansas City
Claude A Huyck Elementary30415.768.8%Kansas City
Stony Point North30010.871.7%Kansas City
Grant Elementary28913.593.4%Kansas City
John Fiske Elementary28714.188.5%Kansas City
Douglass Elementary28511.374.4%Kansas City
Banneker Elementary26813.282.8%Kansas City
New Stanley Elementary25112.380.9%Kansas City
Stony Point South24714.864.8%Kansas City
Thomas A Edison Elementary24411.078.3%Kansas City
McKinley Elementary School24311.483.5%Kansas City
Eugene Ware Elementary24212.482.2%Kansas City
Junction Elementary23412.468.8%Turner USD 202
Mark Twain Elementary22212.380.6%Kansas City
Lindbergh Elementary21612.183.3%Kansas City
Noble Prentis Elementary19311.783.9%Kansas City
Emerson Elementary17110.486.5%Kansas City
School for Blind Elementary111.718.2%School for Blind

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One other school in Kansas City, 15 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Bridges/Wyandot Academy154.553.3%Kansas City

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Kansas City's public schools compare with Kansas's

The median Kansas City school has 14.2 students per full-time teacher, more than the Kansas median of 12.7. 71% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 35% across the state. Its median school enrolls 426 students (state 294).

Kansas City against Kansas, schools open in 2024-25 with students
Kansas CityKansas
Median students per teacher14.212.7
Median school size (students)426294
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)71%35%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)72%11%
Charter schools0%0.5%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 58 Kansas City schools and the 1,328 Kansas schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Kansas City

  1. Kansas CityRuns 43 of Kansas City's 58 public schools and spent $17,611 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$17,611
  2. Wyandotte High, the largest high school in Kansas City1,903 students in 2024-25, 19.1 per teacher.1,903
  3. Compare Kansas City with Turner USD 202Kansas City's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in KansasKansas's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Kansas City addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Kansas

  1. Wichita92 schools
  2. Olathe53 schools
  3. Shawnee Mission44 schools
  4. Topeka42 schools
  5. Overland Park30 schools
  6. Garden City18 schools
  7. Lawrence18 schools
  8. Hutchinson14 schools

Questions about schools in Kansas City

  1. How many public schools are in Kansas City, KS?
    58 public schools with an address in Kansas City were open in 2024-25: 11 high, 10 middle, 36 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 28,654 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Kansas City?
    Wyandotte High, with 1,903 students in 2024-25 (Kansas City).
  3. Which districts run Kansas City's schools?
    Kansas City (43 schools), Turner USD 202 (8 schools), Piper Unified School District 203 (4 schools), School for Blind (2 schools), and 1 more. A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .