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.
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