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Kansas City, Missouri - 4 schools
An equity score of 47/100 ranks Academie Lafayette #243 of 432 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,970 per pupil, Academie Lafayette ranks #272 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,291
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$11,970
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Academie Lafayette operates 4 public schools serving 1,291 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 1 combined, 1 middle, 1 high schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Jackson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,970 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending. See how Missouri compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 22.9% local, 67.8% state, and 9.3% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 47/100, ranked #243 of 432 in Missouri against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 492.7:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 11.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 53.1% White, 21.2% African American, 11.6% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Academie Lafayette Armour Ihs, with a diversity index of 72.8/100.
Its largest campus is Academie Lafayette Oak Elem, enrolling 520 students (36% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Academie Lafayette Armour Ihs, at 118 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Academie Lafayette Oak Elem accounts for 36.5% of all Academie Lafayette student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Academie Lafayette-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Academie Lafayette school enrollment varies 4.4× across entities
Academie Lafayette school enrollment ranges from 118 students (lowest) to 520 students (highest), a spread of 402 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Academie Lafayette student-counselor ratio is 493:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Academie Lafayette chronic absenteeism rate is 11.0% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.