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Kansas City, Missouri - 2 schools
An equity score of 74/100 ranks Kipp: Endeavor Academy #43 of 432 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,484 per pupil, Kipp: Endeavor Academy ranks #68 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
801
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$16,484
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Kipp: Endeavor Academy operates 2 public schools serving 801 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 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 $16,484 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 25.3% local, 52.1% state, and 22.6% 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 74/100, ranked #43 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.
a 523.5:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 25.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 77.2% African American, 16.4% Hispanic or Latino, 1.3% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Kipp Endeavor Academy, enrolling 665 students (64% of the district's total enrollment).
Kipp Endeavor Academy accounts for 63.5% of all Kipp: Endeavor Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Kipp: Endeavor Academy a distant remainder — means Kipp: Endeavor Academy-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.
Kipp: Endeavor Academy has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 99.0% 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.
Kipp: Endeavor Academy student-counselor ratio is 524:1 — 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.
Kipp: Endeavor Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 25.9% — 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 Kipp: Endeavor Academy is typically wider than the Kipp: Endeavor Academy-aggregate figure suggests.
Kipp: Endeavor Academy has 2 schools, including 1 combined, 1 high. Total enrollment is 801 students.
How much does Kipp: Endeavor Academy spend per student?
Kipp: Endeavor Academy spends $16,484 per student. The district has an equity score of 74/100, ranking #43 in Missouri.
What is the demographic composition of Kipp: Endeavor Academy?
Kipp: Endeavor Academy students are 77.2% African American, 16.4% Hispanic or Latino, 1.3% White, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Kipp: Endeavor Academy?
Kipp: Endeavor Academy has an equity score of 74/100, ranking #43 out of 432 districts in Missouri.