KCMO School District facts that you should know:

• The KCMSD spends $14,253 per stu­dent vs. the State aver­age of $10, 019 (1)
• As of June 30, 2010, the KCMSD has a total oper­at­ing bud­get of $319.7 mil­lion for a 2008-09 K-12 enroll­ment of 17,677. (1)
• The aver­age ACT score from stu­dents in the KCMSD is 16.8. (The min­i­mum score required to get into the University of Missouri, Columbia is 24; unless stu­dent is in the top 6% class; then score of 17 is allowed)  (1)
• Only 31% of dis­trict stu­dents are pro­fi­cient in math; 72% of dis­trict stu­dents can­not read at grade level. (Based upon scores from the 2009 MAP test, Missouri’s stan­dard­ized assess­ment test) (1)
• KCMSD spends 55% more on admin­is­tra­tion than any of the other 9 sur­round­ing metro school dis­tricts. (3)
• 87% of KCMSD grad­u­ates enrolling in area com­mu­nity col­leges require reme­dial math courses. (Based upon enroll­ment data from Metropolitan Community Colleges  of Kansas City in 2007)
• The KCMSD meets only four of the State’s 14 Accreditation Standards, none of which are aca­d­e­m­i­cally related. (The District was stripped of its accred­i­ta­tion in 2001 and is cur­rently only pro­vi­sion­ally accredited) (1)
• The District has had 26 super­in­ten­dents dur­ing the last 40 years. (3)

(1) Web site — Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

(2) The Kansas City Star, Joe Robertson 07/20/2008


(3) The Kansas City Star, Joe Robertson 07/05/2009

Schools:

KCMSD has seven High Schools, one Career and Technical Education School and 27 Elementary/Middle Schools. View a com­plete list on our site or a list­ing with grades, addresses and phone num­bers on the KSMSD web­site.