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Martin City Elementary

Public Grades K-8

703^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 900 Missouri Elementary Schools

Better than 22% of Missouri elementary schools

Summary

Martin City Elementary is a public K-8 school in the Grandview C-4 School District in Kansas City, Missouri, serving 640 students. Despite spending significantly more per student than the state and district averages, the school has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Missouri elementary schools over the past decade, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Key challenges facing Martin City Elementary include extremely high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 38.2% to 43.9% in recent years, as well as low proficiency rates on state assessments across all grade levels and subjects. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 16.4% of 3rd graders were proficient or better in Math, compared to 29.7% in the Grandview C-4 district and 41.4% statewide. The school's performance is particularly low for White students, English Language Learners, students with disabilities, and economically disadvantaged students.

Interestingly, the other Grandview C-4 elementary schools in the area generally outperform Martin City Elementary, suggesting the school may face unique challenges. The broader geographic region, including schools in the Hickman Mills C-1 and Center 58 districts, also struggles academically, indicating systemic issues may be at play in this part of the Kansas City metro area.

638

Students ?

12.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$18,991

Per pupil spending ?

51.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

201 E 133rd St
Kansas City, MO 64145-1408

(816) 316-5700

District: Grandview C-4

Students who attend Martin City Elementary usually attend:

High:

Grandview Senior High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

40.0%

African American:

36.4%

White:

16.1%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 26th percentile in 2015 → 22nd in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Missouri average (28% vs 42% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (22nd percentile)

!Mathematics scores 17 pts below the Missouri average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school28%

District avg28%

Missouri avg42%

Elementary school

703^rd of 900

Missouri public elementary schools ?

Bottom 22%▼ down 4 pts since 2015

From bottom 26% (2015) to bottom 22% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

334^th of 438

Missouri public middle schools ?

Bottom 24%▲ up 12 pts since 2015

From bottom 12% (2015) to bottom 24% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

4^th of 5Elementary Schools in the Grandview C-4

279^th of 367Grandview C-4 among Missouri districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Missouri percentile	Rating
2025	24.6	703 of 900	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.0	722 of 906	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.8	660 of 898	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.2	709 of 908	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	16.4	751 of 901	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	15.7	927 of 1052	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.7	867 of 1045	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	23.2	860 of 1032	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	32.7	642 of 865	25.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	33.4	780 of 1058	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	36.8	775 of 1089	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	48.2	631 of 1108	43.1%	★★☆☆☆
2012	42.6	707 of 1085	34.8%	★★☆☆☆
2011	42.6	713 of 1088	34.5%	★★☆☆☆
2010	45.0	659 of 1066	38.2%	★★☆☆☆
2009	47.4	608 of 1053	42.3%	★★☆☆☆
2008	43.3	694 of 1084	36.0%	★★☆☆☆
2007	37.0	780 of 1080	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	37.1	767 of 1074	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Missouri percentile	Rating
2025	58.5	54 of 190	71.6%	★★★★☆
2024	47.3	84 of 191	56.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	68.6	32 of 185	82.7%	★★★★☆
2022	69.8	22 of 184	88.0%	★★★★☆
2021	58.5	49 of 163	69.9%	★★★★☆
2019	44.9	135 of 250	46.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	51.3	104 of 243	57.2%	★★★☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Missouri percentile	Rating
2019	15.2	261 of 302	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	11.8	230 of 251	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Missouri percentile	Rating
2025	47.8	23 of 65	64.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	57.0	13 of 54	75.9%	★★★★☆
2022	36.5	38 of 52	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Missouri percentile	Rating
2025	49.3	24 of 63	61.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	49.8	17 of 45	62.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	40.1	22 of 40	45.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	41.4	22 of 45	51.1%	★★★☆☆
2021	44.4	22 of 42	47.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	31.6	91 of 120	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	35.9	70 of 105	33.3%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Missouri percentile	Rating
2025	28.2	499 of 638	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	38.1	395 of 625	36.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	41.6	350 of 611	42.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	36.4	345 of 532	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	29.1	441 of 574	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.3	755 of 907	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	31.6	691 of 887	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Missouri percentile	Rating
2019	11.9	881 of 917	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	19.8	795 of 898	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Missouri percentile	Rating
2025	26.6	334 of 438	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	29.3	327 of 451	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.7	347 of 459	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.5	368 of 459	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	21.0	367 of 454	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	15.0	532 of 587	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	13.8	510 of 552	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	17.3	510 of 568	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	23.2	367 of 435	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	21.9	517 of 585	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	33.2	493 of 633	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	39.5	475 of 649	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	20.1	568 of 623	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	31.1	507 of 625	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	38.4	461 of 614	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	30.6	495 of 601	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	35.1	505 of 624	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	28.3	530 of 624	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	30.0	526 of 619	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Missouri percentile	Rating
2025	61.1	44 of 143	69.2%	★★★★☆
2024	65.7	37 of 144	74.3%	★★★★☆
2023	63.6	46 of 153	69.9%	★★★★☆
2022	51.6	63 of 148	57.4%	★★★☆☆
2021	51.9	54 of 135	60.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	42.9	84 of 149	43.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	39.3	82 of 129	36.4%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Missouri percentile	Rating
2022	27.8	148 of 187	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	38.1	116 of 195	40.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	23.3	161 of 204	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	13.5	159 of 162	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Missouri percentile	Rating
2025	47.8	40 of 81	50.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	63.8	16 of 72	77.8%	★★★★☆
2023	48.6	27 of 68	60.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	30.3	51 of 68	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Missouri percentile	Rating
2025	51.5	38 of 90	57.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	49.0	35 of 74	52.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	47.8	35 of 74	52.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	46.3	34 of 78	56.4%	★★★☆☆
2021	42.7	38 of 67	43.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	54.1	54 of 130	58.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	33.1	65 of 96	32.3%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Missouri percentile	Rating
2025	43.1	212 of 369	42.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	55.7	148 of 378	60.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	46.1	202 of 382	47.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	39.7	226 of 365	38.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	31.4	285 of 371	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.3	424 of 482	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.7	391 of 422	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Missouri percentile	Rating
2024	26.5	160 of 194	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Missouri percentile	Rating
2021	15.5	342 of 376	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	7.9	519 of 527	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	14.3	454 of 479	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

Elementary school

African American (2025)72nd percentile+50 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)65th percentile+43 vs school

Hispanic (2025)62nd percentile+40 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)22nd percentile~ school

Disabled (2019)14th percentile~ school

White (2019)4th percentile-8 vs school

Middle school

African American (2025)69th percentile+45 vs school

Hispanic (2025)58th percentile+34 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)51st percentile+27 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)43rd percentile+19 vs school

Disabled (2022)21st percentile~ school

Special Education (2024)18th percentile-10 vs school

White (2021)9th percentile-10 vs school

By subject vs Missouri (2024-2025) ?

Algebra I86%+41 vs state

English Language Arts29%-13 vs state

Science25%-15 vs state

Mathematics24%-17 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MAP Mathematics (2025)						MAP Science (2025)		MAP English Language Arts (2025)						MAP Algebra I (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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	MAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	MAP Mathematics 4th Grade	MAP Mathematics 5th Grade	MAP Mathematics 6th Grade	MAP Mathematics 7th Grade	MAP Mathematics 8th Grade	MAP Science 5th Grade	MAP Science 8th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 6th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 7th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 8th Grade	MAP Algebra I End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Martin City Elementary	Public	K-8	201 E 133rd St	Kansas City	64145	Jackson County	Grandview C-4	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 316-5700	638	52	12.2	51.6%	103 (16.1%)	232 (36.4%)	255 (40.0%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (6.9%)	24.6	703^rd of 900 public elementary schools	21.9%		21	722^nd of 906 public elementary schools	20.3%	19	16.4	30.4	34.0	24.9	28.0	13.5	20.1	28.1	26.7	25.0	34.5	24.9	28.5	32.0	86.1	$18,991	$1,118	$17,873
Conn-West Elementary	Public	K-5	1100 High Grove Rd	Grandview	64030	Jackson County	Grandview C-4	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 316-5225	338	23	14.6	55.9%	23 (6.8%)	144 (42.6%)	128 (37.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.5%)	37 (10.9%)	12.7	797^th of 900 public elementary schools	11.4%		11.2	820^th of 906 public elementary schools	9.5%	23	12.2	12.6	17.4				19.3		22.9	20.9						$15,829	$541	$15,288
Red Bridge Elementary	Public	K-5	10781 Oak St	Kansas City	64114	Jackson County	Center 58	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 612-4200	201	23	8.8	53.2%	66 (32.8%)	81 (40.3%)	33 (16.4%)	4 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (8.5%)	47.7	489^th of 900 public elementary schools	45.7%		49.5	457^th of 906 public elementary schools	49.6%	32	32.3		29.8				40.5		32.2	49.9	45.9					$18,457	$1,282	$17,175
Butcher-Greene Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5302 E 140th	Grandview	64030	Jackson County	Grandview C-4	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 316-5400	253	19	13.3	60.9%	33 (13.0%)	98 (38.7%)	98 (38.7%)	2 (0.8%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (7.9%)	26	690^th of 900 public elementary schools	23.3%		11	825^th of 906 public elementary schools	8.9%	135	37.8	10.3	24.9						42.0	10.6	24.9					$18,974	$762	$18,212
Warford Elementary	Public	K-5	11400 Cleveland	Kansas City	64137	Jackson County	Hickman Mills C-1	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 316-8150	407	26	15.6	100.0%	48 (11.8%)	234 (57.5%)	83 (20.4%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	35 (8.6%)	12	804^th of 900 public elementary schools	10.7%		15	782^nd of 906 public elementary schools	13.7%	22	10.4	18.7	21.9				20.4		10.5	15.8	23.6					$17,808	$1,918	$15,890
Meadowmere Elementary	Public	K-5	7010 E 136th St	Grandview	64030	Jackson County	Grandview C-4	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 316-5525	336	20	16.8	55.1%	66 (19.6%)	129 (38.4%)	102 (30.4%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (10.7%)	48.4	483^rd of 900 public elementary schools	46.3%		56.9	381^st of 906 public elementary schools	57.9%	102	47.2	44.6	34.3				25.1		39.9	44.5	40.5					$16,327	$863	$15,465
Indian Creek Elementary	Public	K-5	9801 Grand Ave	Kansas City	64114	Jackson County	Center 58	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 612-4250	285	22	13.2	100.0%	27 (9.5%)	202 (70.9%)	40 (14.0%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.6%)	17.9	754^th of 900 public elementary schools	16.2%		13.8	791^st of 906 public elementary schools	12.7%	37	25.1		9.9				17.1		24.9	35.2	15.5					$16,147	$975	$15,172
Belvidere Elementary	Public	K-5	15200 White Ave	Grandview	64030	Jackson County	Grandview C-4	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 316-5300	294	22	13.3	59.5%	63 (21.4%)	130 (44.2%)	71 (24.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (10.2%)	39.4	573^rd of 900 public elementary schools	36.3%		48.4	470^th of 906 public elementary schools	48.1%	103	42.8	38.2	26.4				32.8		32.6		37.2					$18,028	$884	$17,144
Ervin Elementary School	Public	K-5	11115 Bennington Ave	Kansas City	64134	Jackson County	Hickman Mills C-1	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 316-7100	427	28	15.4	100.0%	41 (9.6%)	245 (57.4%)	93 (21.8%)	3 (0.7%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (10.1%)	15.9	767^th of 900 public elementary schools	14.8%		10.2	830^th of 906 public elementary schools	8.4%	63	25.4	32.7	9.6				5.4		22.5	24.5	21.4					$17,696	$2,072	$15,623
Ingels Elementary	Public	K-5	11600 Food Ln	Kansas City	64134	Jackson County	Hickman Mills C-1	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 316-7850	261	25	10.3	100.0%	25 (9.6%)	152 (58.2%)	57 (21.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (9.6%)	14.3	782^nd of 900 public elementary schools	13.1%		17.4	754^th of 906 public elementary schools	16.8%	28	21.0	17.9	14.7				12.3			20.1	27.5					$24,363	$4,732	$19,631

Frequently Asked Questions about Martin City Elementary

What district is Martin City Elementary in?

Grandview C-4

What schools do graduates of Martin City Elementary attend?

Students who attend Martin City Elementary usually go on to attend:

High : Grandview Senior High

How many students attend Martin City Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 638 students attended Martin City Elementary.

Is Martin City Elementary a good school?

Martin City Elementary ranks in the bottom 21.9% of Missouri elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of Martin City Elementary?

Students at Martin City Elementary are 40% Hispanic, 36% African American, 16% White, 7% Two or more races.

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