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Grant Elementary

Q: Is Grant Elementary a good school?

Grant Elementary ranks in the bottom 0.5% of Kansas elementary schools.

Q: How many students attend Grant Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 289 students attended Grant Elementary.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Grant Elementary?

Students at Grant Elementary are 44% Hispanic, 42% African American, 6% White, 3% Pacific Islander, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more races.

Q: What schools do graduates of Grant Elementary attend?

Students who attend Grant Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Rosedale Middle High : J C Harmon High

Public Grades K-5

653^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 656 Kansas Elementary Schools

Better than 0% of Kansas elementary schools

Summary

Grant Elementary is a public elementary school in Kansas City, Kansas, serving 313 students from kindergarten to 5th grade. The school is part of the Kansas City school district, which is ranked 257 out of 264 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Grant Elementary has consistently ranked among the lowest-performing elementary schools in Kansas, with a statewide ranking between 641 and 675 out of 656-678 schools over the past 10 years. The school has received a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger for the entire period, indicating it is one of the lowest-performing schools in the state. Academically, only 18.31% of students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, and just 7.45% were proficient or better in mathematics, significantly below the state and district averages. The school's performance has been consistently low, with little to no improvement observed.

While the nearby schools, such as John Fiske Elementary, Whittier Elementary, and Banneker Elementary, also perform poorly compared to the state and district averages, they generally outperform Grant Elementary across various metrics. The high rates of poverty and English Language Learners at Grant Elementary, as well as the chronic absenteeism issue, may be contributing to the school's low academic performance, and targeted interventions and support are needed to address these underlying challenges and improve student outcomes.

289

Students ?

13.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$18,694

Per pupil spending ?

95.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1510 N 4th St
Kansas City, KS 66101

(913) 627-4300

District: Kansas City

Students who attend Grant Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Rosedale Middle
High:	J C Harmon High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

43.6%

African American:

42.2%

White:

5.5%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — <1st percentile in 2015 → <1st in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Kansas average (10% vs 42% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (<1st percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (30% vs 20% Kansas)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school10%

District avg17%

Kansas avg42%

653^rd of 656

Kansas public elementary schools ?

Bottom 1%▬ steady since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

28^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	3.8	653 of 656	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	5.5	648 of 653	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	4.8	653 of 660	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	6.4	654 of 668	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	6.7	648 of 670	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	5.0	658 of 667	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	3.0	655 of 656	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	6.2	641 of 659	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	4.2	647 of 656	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	3.0	675 of 678	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	3.2	651 of 668	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	0.9	654 of 660	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	1.0	629 of 631	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	0.2	627 of 630	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	2.3	608 of 621	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	6.3	588 of 614	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	0.2	598 of 600	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	4.2	571 of 585	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kansas percentile	Rating
2025	23.7	63 of 70	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	35.0	46 of 72	36.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	26.8	64 of 74	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	38.0	40 of 68	41.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	31.7	53 of 73	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	37.6	47 of 73	35.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	16.5	65 of 65	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kansas percentile	Rating
2025	17.2	127 of 129	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	32.5	100 of 124	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	34.0	79 of 117	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	27.4	97 of 117	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	42.0	55 of 108	49.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	33.8	94 of 122	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.9	121 of 129	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kansas percentile	Rating
2021	7.3	574 of 591	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.0	574 of 591	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	2.9	574 of 574	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kansas percentile	Rating
2025	10.3	260 of 262	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.5	259 of 260	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	19.2	230 of 245	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	11.0	254 of 254	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	21.6	204 of 229	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.0	223 of 235	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.1	207 of 207	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kansas percentile	Rating
2025	8.1	531 of 533	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.4	530 of 546	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.9	532 of 541	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	11.5	502 of 512	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	12.4	477 of 494	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	10.5	499 of 509	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	5.6	512 of 512	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kansas percentile	Rating
2021	9.6	569 of 605	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	5.6	578 of 586	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	6.5	564 of 575	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Kansas percentile	Rating
2022	59.7	100 of 305	67.2%	★★★☆☆

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)67th percentile+65 vs school

African American (2025)10th percentile+10 vs school

Male (2021)6th percentile+3 vs school

Female (2021)3rd percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2025)2nd percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)1st percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)<1st percentile~ school

By subject vs Kansas (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts18%-26 vs state

Mathematics7%-31 vs state

Science5%-37 vs state

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Schools Near Grant 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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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

Frequently Asked Questions about Grant Elementary

What schools do graduates of Grant Elementary attend?

Students who attend Grant Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Rosedale Middle
High : J C Harmon High

What is the racial makeup of Grant Elementary?

Students at Grant Elementary are 44% Hispanic, 42% African American, 6% White, 3% Pacific Islander, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more races.

How many students attend Grant Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 289 students attended Grant Elementary.

What district is Grant Elementary in?

Kansas City

Is Grant Elementary a good school?

Grant Elementary ranks in the bottom 0.5% of Kansas elementary schools.

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