Kansas City, Kansas

Kansas City, Kansas (USD 500) is a public school district in Wyandotte County, Kansas with 50 schools in the Kansas City metro (28 elementary, 7 middle, 7 high).

• 1 of 41 rated schools carry a metro grade of A or B on Kansas assessment proficiency.
• Per-pupil spend $18,252.
• District enrollment 21,126 (-7.3% over five years).
• Five-year graduation rate 70.9% (2019-23).
• Average teacher salary $65,291 (2025-26; Kansas $63,253).
• Open-enrollment seats posted for 2026-27: 721 across 38 schools.
• Phone policy (HB 2299): Phones collected upon arrival and stored securely, returned at day's end. High school/middle school: phones stored in sealed containers; elementary: phones remain in backpacks. Students may alternatively leave devices at home or locked in a vehicle. District-issued devices (Chromebooks, etc.) are exempt from the ban.

Schools

• Sumner Academy of Arts & Science: high school, grades 8–12, metro grade B
• Emerson Elementary: elementary school, grades K–5, metro grade C
• Frank Rushton Elementary: elementary school, grades K–5, metro grade C
• Whittier Elementary: elementary school, grades K–5, metro grade D
• Claude A Huyck Elementary: elementary school, grades K–5, metro grade D
• Thomas A Edison Elementary: elementary school, grades K–5, metro grade D
• Stony Point South: elementary school, grades K–5, metro grade D
• Hazel Grove Elementary: elementary school, grades K–5, metro grade D
• McKinley Elementary School: elementary school, grades K–5, metro grade D
• Arrowhead Middle: middle school, grades 6–8, metro grade F
• Mark Twain Elementary: elementary school, grades K–5, metro grade F
• Stony Point North: elementary school, grades K–5, metro grade F
• Carl B. Bruce Middle School: middle school, grades 6–8, metro grade F
• John F Kennedy Elementary: elementary school, grades K–5, metro grade F
• Washington High: high school, grades 9–12, metro grade F
• Lowell Brune Elementary School: elementary school, grades K–5, metro grade F
• F L Schlagle High: high school, grades 9–12, metro grade F
• Bertram Caruthers Elementary: elementary school, grades K–5, metro grade F
• Gloria Willis Middle School: middle school, grades 6–8, metro grade F
• New Stanley Elementary: elementary school, grades K–5, metro grade F
• Banneker Elementary: elementary school, grades K–5, metro grade F
• Frances Willard Elementary: elementary school, grades K–5, metro grade F
• Rosedale Middle: middle school, grades 6–8, metro grade F
• Wyandotte High: high school, grades 9–12, metro grade F
• J C Harmon High: high school, grades 9–12, metro grade F
• Quindaro Elementary: elementary school, grades K–5, metro grade F
• Silver City Elementary: elementary school, grades K–5, metro grade F
• M E Pearson Elementary: elementary school, grades K–5, metro grade F
• Argentine Middle: middle school, grades 6–8, metro grade F
• West Park Elementary School: elementary school, grades K–5, metro grade F
• New Chelsea: elementary school, grades K–5, metro grade F
• Welborn Elementary: elementary school, grades K–5, metro grade F
• D D Eisenhower Middle: middle school, grades 6–8, metro grade F
• Noble Prentis Elementary: elementary school, grades K–5, metro grade F
• Eugene Ware Elementary: elementary school, grades K–5, metro grade F
• John Fiske Elementary: elementary school, grades K–5, metro grade F
• Alfred Fairfax Academy: high school, grades 9–12, metro grade F
• Central Middle: middle school, grades 6–8, metro grade F
• Douglass Elementary: elementary school, grades K–5, metro grade F
• Grant Elementary: elementary school, grades K–5, metro grade F
• Lindbergh Elementary: elementary school, grades K–5, metro grade F
• 500 Reach: high school, grades Ungraded
• Bethel Early Childhood Center: school, grades Ungraded
• Bridges/Wyandot Academy: school, grades K–12
• Camber Academy: school, grades K–12
• Earl Watson Jr. Early Childhood Center: school, grades Ungraded
• Kansas City Kitchen Unit: school, grades K–12
• Kansas City, Kansas Early Childhood Center: school, grades Ungraded
• Morse Early Childhood Center: school, grades Ungraded
• Project Eagle Kans City: school, grades Ungraded

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