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Kansas City, Missouri - 2 schools
960
Total Enrollment
2
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Ewing Marion Kauffman School operates 2 public schools serving 960 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 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.
The funding mix is 35.8% local, 46.9% state, and 17.3% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (11 AP courses district-wide), and 24.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 82.2% African American, 10.2% Hispanic or Latino, 2.0% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Ewing Marion Kauffman Middle, enrolling 559 students (58% of the district's total enrollment).
Ewing Marion Kauffman Middle accounts for 58.2% of all Ewing Marion Kauffman School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Ewing Marion Kauffman School a distant remainder — means Ewing Marion Kauffman School-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.
Ewing Marion Kauffman School has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 58.5% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants 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.
Ewing Marion Kauffman School chronic absenteeism rate is 24.6% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Ewing Marion Kauffman School is typically wider than the Ewing Marion Kauffman School-aggregate figure suggests.
How many schools are in Ewing Marion Kauffman School?
Ewing Marion Kauffman School has 2 schools, including 1 elementary, 1 high. Total enrollment is 960 students.
What is the demographic composition of Ewing Marion Kauffman School?
Ewing Marion Kauffman School students are 82.2% African American, 10.2% Hispanic or Latino, 2.0% White, 0.9% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.