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Kansas City, Missouri - 1 schools
An equity score of 96/100 ranks Academy for Integrated Arts #4 of 432 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,332 per pupil, Academy for Integrated Arts ranks #72 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Academy for Integrated Arts operates 1 public schools serving 270 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined 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 $16,332 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 23.5% local, 51.6% state, and 24.9% 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 96/100, ranked #4 of 432 in Missouri against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
and 43.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 75.4% African American, 11.9% White, 6.6% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Academy for Integrated Arts, enrolling 244 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Academy for Integrated Arts accounts for 90.4% of all Academy for Integrated Arts student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Academy for Integrated Arts a distant remainder — means Academy for Integrated Arts-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Academy for Integrated Arts has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 98.9% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Academy for Integrated Arts chronic absenteeism rate is 43.4% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
How many schools are in Academy for Integrated Arts?
Academy for Integrated Arts has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 270 students.
How much does Academy for Integrated Arts spend per student?
Academy for Integrated Arts spends $16,332 per student. The district has an equity score of 96/100, ranking #4 in Missouri.
What is the demographic composition of Academy for Integrated Arts?
Academy for Integrated Arts students are 75.4% African American, 11.9% White, 6.6% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Academy for Integrated Arts?
Academy for Integrated Arts has an equity score of 96/100, ranking #4 out of 432 districts in Missouri.