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Douglass Elementary

Public Grades K-5
629th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 657 Kansas Elementary Schools
Better than 4% of Kansas elementary schools
Summary

Douglass Elementary serves 285 students in grades K–5 in Kansas City, Kansas, in the Kansas City district. In 2025–26, students’ proficiency was below the state average in ELA, math and science. The clearest concern is the fourth-grade dip, especially in ELA: just 10% of fourth graders were proficient, compared with 25% districtwide and 50% statewide.

Compared with nine nearby district elementary schools, Douglass’s strongest relative subject is science and its weakest is math. ELA proficiency was 20%, math 12% and science 20%, versus nearby-school averages of 27%, 22% and 21%; Douglass ranked third-lowest in ELA and second-lowest in math, while its science result was around the middle. Compared with the district, Douglass was 2 percentage points lower in ELA and 4 lower in math, but 6 higher in science. It remained below the state in all three subjects, by 26 points in ELA, 29 in math and 18 in science.

Recent results show mixed progress: from 2022–23 to 2025–26, ELA rose from 15% to 20%, while math fell from 14% to 12% and science from 29% to 20%; the gaps with the state widened in all three subjects. SchoolDigger ranked Douglass 629th of 657 Kansas schools, at the 4th percentile, with 0 stars. Chronic absenteeism improved from 42% to 31%, but remained above the state’s 18% and higher than the rates at the nine nearby schools. The school had the area’s lowest student–teacher ratio, 11.3, and lowest free/reduced-lunch rate, 84%; these are context, not explanations for results. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking for how well the school serves English Language Learner students was at the 52nd percentile in 2025–26, well above the school’s overall 4th percentile, though it had shifted from the 9th percentile the prior year.

285
Students ?
11.3
Student/teacher ratio ?
$22,800
Per pupil spending ?
83.5%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
 1310 N 9th Street
       Kansas City, KS  66101-2014

(913) 627-5100

District: Kansas City


Students who attend Douglass Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Carl B. Bruce Middle School
High:    Wyandotte High
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
63.5%
African American:
23.9%
Two or more races:
6.0%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — <1st percentile in 2016 → 4th in 2026
Strengths
✓Small classes — about 11 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Kansas average (18% vs 42% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (4th percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (31% vs 18% Kansas)
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school18%
District avg18%
Kansas avg42%
629th of 657
Kansas public elementary schools ?
Bottom 4%▲ up 4 pts since 2016
From bottom 1% (2016) to bottom 4% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
19th of 28Elementary Schools in the Kansas City
264th of 268Kansas City among Kansas districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
20266.6629 of 6574.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20255.3641 of 6562.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20246.4640 of 6532.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202313.8590 of 66010.6%★☆☆☆☆
20228.5633 of 6685.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20214.1668 of 6700.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20192.3667 of 6670.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20183.1654 of 6560.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20172.5657 of 6590.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20163.2655 of 6560.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20153.4672 of 6780.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20130.1668 of 6680.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20120.2657 of 6600.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20111.8626 of 6310.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20100.2628 of 6300.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20098.0594 of 6214.3%☆☆☆☆☆
200825.0525 of 61414.5%★☆☆☆☆
200725.3503 of 60016.2%★☆☆☆☆
20064.2573 of 5852.1%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202633.744 of 7238.9%★★☆☆☆
202525.462 of 7011.4%★☆☆☆☆
202422.070 of 722.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202343.433 of 7455.4%★★★☆☆
202217.167 of 681.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202123.368 of 736.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201916.670 of 734.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201821.560 of 657.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
201912.0192 of 1930.5%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202644.361 of 12651.6%★★★☆☆
202524.7118 of 1298.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202441.380 of 12435.5%★★☆☆☆
202357.631 of 11773.5%★★★★☆
202247.855 of 11753.0%★★★☆☆
202130.481 of 10825.0%★☆☆☆☆
201917.1119 of 1222.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201820.3122 of 1295.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
20267.4567 of 5853.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20215.3586 of 5910.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20193.6591 of 5910.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20185.6561 of 5742.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202619.6253 of 2695.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202520.6245 of 2626.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202430.3203 of 26021.9%★☆☆☆☆
202339.7153 of 24537.6%★★☆☆☆
202228.9206 of 25418.9%★☆☆☆☆
202118.6214 of 2296.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20199.7235 of 2350.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201811.8204 of 2071.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202616.6507 of 5467.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202511.8515 of 5333.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202415.3512 of 5466.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202329.1424 of 54121.6%★☆☆☆☆
202218.8467 of 5128.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20218.8491 of 4940.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20195.2509 of 5090.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20186.4510 of 5120.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
20269.5560 of 5945.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20216.3597 of 6051.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20192.9586 of 5860.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20183.5575 of 5750.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202257.6104 of 30565.9%★★★☆☆
201912.0192 of 1930.5%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Special Education (2022)66th percentile+61 vs school
English Language Learner (2026)52nd percentile+47 vs school
African American (2026)39th percentile+35 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)7th percentile+3 vs school
Hispanic (2026)6th percentile~ school
Male (2026)6th percentile~ school
Female (2026)3rd percentile~ school
Disabled (2019)1st percentile~ school
By subject vs Kansas (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts20%-26 vs state
Science20%-18 vs state
Mathematics12%-29 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 285 students attended Douglass Elementary.

Students at Douglass Elementary are 64% Hispanic, 24% African American, 6% Two or more races, 4% Asian, 3% White.

Douglass Elementary ranks in the bottom 4.3% of Kansas elementary schools.

Students who attend Douglass Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Carl B. Bruce Middle School
High : Wyandotte High

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Latest Kansas data All new data »
2025–26 attendance dataNewOct 13, 2026
2025–26 KAP test scoresNewOct 13, 2026
2023–24 school spending dataJan 8, 2026
2024–25 dropout ratesDec 4, 2025


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Kansas State Department of Education.

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