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Douglass Elementary

Public Grades K-5

641^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 656 Kansas Elementary Schools

Better than 2% of Kansas elementary schools

Summary

Douglass Elementary is a public elementary school in Kansas City, Kansas, serving 232 students in grades K-5. The school has consistently ranked among the lowest-performing elementary schools in the state, with a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger indicating very poor academic performance.

Douglass Elementary significantly underperforms compared to the Kansas City school district and the state of Kansas as a whole on standardized tests. In the 2024-2025 school year, only 13.37% of Douglass students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 21.63% for the district and 44.47% for the state. In math, only 11.71% of Douglass students were proficient or better, compared to 14.56% for the district and 38.73% for the state. The school also struggles with extremely high rates of chronic absenteeism, ranging from 34.8% to 41.2% in recent years.

Interestingly, the schools closest to Douglass Elementary, such as Whittier Elementary, Frances Willard Elementary, and McKinley Elementary, also perform poorly compared to the state, but generally outperform Douglass on academic measures. This suggests that the challenges facing Douglass Elementary may be unique to that specific school, rather than being a broader issue in the local area. Addressing the underlying socioeconomic and attendance challenges at Douglass could be key to improving outcomes for its students.

285

Students ?

11.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$22,800

Per pupil spending ?

83.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1310 N 9th Street
Kansas City, KS 66101

(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 2015 → 2nd in 2025

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 11 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Kansas average (12% vs 42% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (2nd percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (35% vs 20% Kansas)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school12%

District avg17%

Kansas avg42%

641^st of 656

Kansas public elementary schools ?

Bottom 2%▲ up 1 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

24^th of 28Elementary Schools in the Kansas City

257^th of 264Kansas 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

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kansas percentile	Rating
2025	5.3	641 of 656	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	6.4	640 of 653	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.8	590 of 660	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	8.5	633 of 668	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	4.1	668 of 670	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	2.3	667 of 667	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	3.1	654 of 656	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	2.5	657 of 659	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	3.2	655 of 656	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	3.4	672 of 678	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	0.1	668 of 668	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	0.2	657 of 660	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	1.8	626 of 631	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	0.2	628 of 630	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	8.0	594 of 621	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	25.0	525 of 614	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	25.3	503 of 600	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	4.2	573 of 585	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kansas percentile	Rating
2025	25.4	62 of 70	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.0	70 of 72	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	43.4	33 of 74	55.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	17.1	67 of 68	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	23.3	68 of 73	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	16.6	70 of 73	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	21.5	60 of 65	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kansas percentile	Rating
2019	12.0	192 of 193	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kansas percentile	Rating
2025	24.7	118 of 129	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	41.3	80 of 124	35.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	57.6	31 of 117	73.5%	★★★★☆
2022	47.8	55 of 117	53.0%	★★★☆☆
2021	30.4	81 of 108	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.1	119 of 122	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	20.3	122 of 129	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kansas percentile	Rating
2021	5.3	586 of 591	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	3.6	591 of 591	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	5.6	561 of 574	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kansas percentile	Rating
2025	20.6	245 of 262	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	30.3	203 of 260	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	39.7	153 of 245	37.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	28.9	206 of 254	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	18.6	214 of 229	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	9.7	235 of 235	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	11.8	204 of 207	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kansas percentile	Rating
2025	11.8	515 of 533	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	15.3	512 of 546	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	29.1	424 of 541	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.8	467 of 512	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	8.8	491 of 494	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	5.2	509 of 509	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	6.4	510 of 512	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kansas percentile	Rating
2021	6.3	597 of 605	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	2.9	586 of 586	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	3.5	575 of 575	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kansas percentile	Rating
2022	57.6	104 of 305	65.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	12.0	192 of 193	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

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

African American (2025)11th percentile+9 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)9th percentile+6 vs school

Hispanic (2025)6th percentile+4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)3rd percentile~ school

Male (2021)1st percentile~ school

Female (2021)1st percentile~ school

Disabled (2019)1st percentile~ school

By subject vs Kansas (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts13%-31 vs state

Mathematics12%-27 vs state

Science11%-31 vs state

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Schools Near Douglass Elementary

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				KAP English Language Arts (2025)				KAP Mathematics (2025)				KAP Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	KAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	KAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	KAP English Language Arts All Grades	KAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	KAP Mathematics 4th Grade	KAP Mathematics 5th Grade	KAP Mathematics All Grades	KAP Science 5th Grade	KAP Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Douglass Elementary	Public	K-5	1310 N 9th Street	Kansas City	66101	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 627-5100	285	25	11.3	83.5%	8 (2.8%)	68 (23.9%)	181 (63.5%)	11 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.0%)	5.3	641^st of 656 public elementary schools	2.3%		6.4	640^th of 653 public elementary schools	2.0%	1	8.8	10.3	21.7	13.4	3.4	15.0	19.1	11.7	10.6	10.6	$22,800	$7,390	$15,409
School for Blind Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1100 State Avenue	Kansas City	66102	Wyandotte County	School for Blind	No	No	No	No	(913) 305-3000	11	6	1.7	36.4%	6 (54.5%)	1 (9.1%)	3 (27.3%)	1 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
McKinley Elementary School	Public	K-5	1301 Armstrong	Kansas City	66102	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 627-7350	243	21	11.4	92.6%	7 (2.9%)	28 (11.5%)	185 (76.1%)	14 (5.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.3%)	16.5	572^nd of 656 public elementary schools	12.8%		11.3	597^th of 653 public elementary schools	8.6%	25	16.3	35.7	30.4	26.5	25.0	20.0	31.3	26.2	22.9	22.9	$21,787	$6,922	$14,865
Grant Elementary	Public	K-5	1510 N 4th St	Kansas City	66101	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 627-4300	289	21	13.5	95.8%	16 (5.5%)	122 (42.2%)	126 (43.6%)	8 (2.8%)	2 (0.7%)	9 (3.1%)	6 (2.1%)	3.8	653^rd of 656 public elementary schools	0.5%		5.5	648^th of 653 public elementary schools	0.8%	5	20.9	17.8	16.3	18.3	7.1	2.1	13.6	7.5	4.5	4.5	$18,694	$6,576	$12,117
M E Pearson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	310 N 11th St	Kansas City	66102	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 627-3150	606	43	14.1	94.7%	30 (5.0%)	46 (7.6%)	492 (81.2%)	23 (3.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (2.1%)	7.4	627^th of 656 public elementary schools	4.4%		7.3	632^nd of 653 public elementary schools	3.2%	5	13.6	25.3	22.7	20.7	4.8	16.7	22.6	15.0	9.6	9.6	$19,497	$6,499	$12,998
Bertram Caruthers Elementary	Public	K-5	1100 Waverly	Kansas City	66104	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 627-4750	364	23	15.5	92.6%	8 (2.2%)	102 (28.0%)	236 (64.8%)	5 (1.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.3%)	11.7	600^th of 656 public elementary schools	8.5%		10.2	609^th of 653 public elementary schools	6.7%	9	33.9	13.3	17.2	21.3	34.4	12.7	21.2	22.6	11.5	11.5	$18,265	$6,303	$11,962
Banneker Elementary	Public	K-5	2026 N 4th Street	Kansas City	66101	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 627-4700	268	20	13.1	88.4%	10 (3.7%)	72 (26.9%)	171 (63.8%)	3 (1.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.1%)	10.3	610^th of 656 public elementary schools	7.0%		11.6	595^th of 653 public elementary schools	8.9%	15	16.2	26.4	17.1	20.8	11.4	29.3	18.4	20.7	21.1	21.1	$24,110	$6,586	$17,524
Mark Twain Elementary	Public	K-5	2300 Minnesota Avenue	Kansas City	66102	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 627-5200	222	18	12.3	92.3%	14 (6.3%)	38 (17.1%)	151 (68.0%)	14 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.3%)	20.1	549^th of 656 public elementary schools	16.3%		13.9	583^rd of 653 public elementary schools	10.7%	34	28.9	17.1	44.1	29.2	8.7	26.2	33.3	21.8	34.3	34.3	$20,840	$5,980	$14,860
Chelsea Elementary	Public	K-5	2500 Wood	Kansas City	66104	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 627-5000	557	34	16.5	86.7%	15 (2.7%)	79 (14.2%)	440 (79.0%)	11 (2.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.8%)	5.9	639^th of 656 public elementary schools	2.6%		10.9	598^th of 653 public elementary schools	8.4%	41	22.8	14.4	20.7	19.7	12.8	10.7	13.8	12.5	18.0	18.0	$17,842	$5,925	$11,917
Whittier Elementary	Public	K-5	295 S 10th Street	Kansas City	66102	Wyandotte County	Kansas City	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 627-6400	502	37	13.6	96.2%	22 (4.4%)	86 (17.1%)	363 (72.3%)	9 (1.8%)	4 (0.8%)	8 (1.6%)	10 (2.0%)	24.3	519^th of 656 public elementary schools	20.9%		25.4	511^th of 653 public elementary schools	21.7%	8	42.0	30.6	29.5	33.6	36.6	33.3	24.7	31.0	29.2	29.2	$19,529	$6,022	$13,507

Frequently Asked Questions about Douglass Elementary

What district is Douglass Elementary in?

Kansas City

How many students attend Douglass Elementary?

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

What is the racial makeup of Douglass Elementary?

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

Is Douglass Elementary a good school?

Douglass Elementary ranks in the bottom 2.3% of Kansas elementary schools.

What schools do graduates of Douglass Elementary attend?

Students who attend Douglass Elementary usually go on to attend:

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

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