Bertram Caruthers Elementary

Bertram Caruthers Elementary is a public elementary school in Kansas City, KS, part of Kansas City, Kansas (USD 500), serving grades K–5 with 364 students.

• Metro grade F: 10th percentile among rated KC-metro elementary schools on Kansas assessment proficiency (our A–F, metro-relative, not a state rating).
• Ranked #627 of 668 Kansas elementary schools by 2024-25 state-test proficiency.
• ELA proficiency 21.3% (district 21.6%, state 44.5%).
• Math proficiency 22.6% (district 14.6%, state 38.7%).
• Science proficiency 11.5% (district 14.7%, state 41.4%).
• Student–teacher ratio about ~15.8:1.
• Open-enrollment seats posted for 2026-27: 24.
• Building opened 1909.
• Title I school.

Feeder pattern

K–5 Bertram Caruthers Elementary → 6–8 Carl B. Bruce Middle School → 9–12 Wyandotte High

Contact

1100 Waverly, Kansas City, KS 66104-5650 · (913) 627-4750 · School website

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Other elementary schools in Kansas City, Kansas

• Banneker Elementary
• Claude A Huyck Elementary
• Douglass Elementary
• Emerson Elementary
• Eugene Ware Elementary
• Frances Willard Elementary
• Frank Rushton Elementary
• Grant Elementary

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