Silver City Elementary

Silver City Elementary is a public elementary school in Kansas City, KS, part of Kansas City, Kansas (USD 500), serving grades PK, K–5 with 1,128 students.

• Metro grade F: 7th percentile among rated KC-metro elementary schools on Kansas assessment proficiency (our A–F, metro-relative, not a state rating).
• Ranked #636 of 668 Kansas elementary schools by 2024-25 state-test proficiency.
• ELA proficiency 21.4% (district 21.6%, state 44.5%).
• Math proficiency 14.5% (district 14.6%, state 38.7%).
• Science proficiency 15% (district 14.7%, state 41.4%).
• Student–teacher ratio about ~45.3:1.
• Open-enrollment seats posted for 2026-27: 12.
• Building opened 1970.
• Title I school.

Feeder pattern

K–5 Silver City Elementary → 6–8 Argentine Middle → 9–12 J C Harmon High

Contact

2515 Lawrence Ave, Kansas City, KS 66106-2951 · (913) 627-4550 · School website

Compare Silver City Elementary with other schools · Find the schools an address is zoned for · Kansas City, Kansas (USD 500)

Other elementary schools in Kansas City, Kansas

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

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