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Carver Dual Language School

Public elementary school in Kansas City, Missouri · Kansas City 33 School District · Grades Pre-K–6

Carver Dual Language School serves 468 students in grades Pre-K–6 in Kansas City (Jackson County). It is one of 31 schools in Kansas City 33 School District. By enrollment it is the 210th largest of 1,202 public elementary schools in Missouri (median 327 students). With 14.1 students per full-time teacher, it has more students per teacher than the typical Missouri elementary school (12.3).

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 1,202 Missouri elementary schools with enrollment listed on this site.

468
students
14.1
students per teacher
100%
free/reduced lunch eligible
Pre-K–6
grades

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 33.25 full-time-equivalent teachers.

School facts

School typeRegular School
LevelElementary
GradesPre-K–6
DistrictKansas City 33 School District
CountyJackson County
Area typeCity, large
School mealsFree meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision)
NCES school ID291640000818

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.

Compared with the district and Missouri

This schoolKansas City 33Missouri elementary schools (median)
Students46815,079327
Students per teacher14.113.512.3
Free or reduced-price lunch eligible100%100%53.6%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 79% of Missouri elementary schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.

Carver Dual Language School in context

Size

Of the 21 elementary schools in Kansas City 33 School District, Carver Dual Language School is the 8th largest, with 3.1% of the district's students. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 1.9 miles away and have a median of 354 students, so Carver Dual Language School is larger than most of them.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is kindergarten with 77 students, and its smallest is grade 6 with 40, against an average of 59 per grade. This year grade 6 has 48% fewer students than kindergarten (40 against 77). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 60 children in pre-K.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

Hispanic students are the largest group, at 73.5% of enrollment, a higher share than across Kansas City 33 (34.2%). Black students are next, at 20.1%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 100% across Kansas City 33 and a median of 53.6% for Missouri elementary schools. 31.6% are directly certified for free meals, meaning their families take part in programs such as SNAP or TANF, so no application was needed. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

Carver Dual Language School has 33.25 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.1 students per teacher. At the median Missouri elementary school ratio of 12.3, a school with 468 students would have about 38 teachers, so Carver Dual Language School has 4.7 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Missouri elementary schools (12.3).

Location

NCES classifies its location as city, large, which means it is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more. The nearest other elementary school is Genesis School Inc., 0.5 miles away in Genesis School Inc.. There are 40 elementary schools within 5 miles and 88 within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.

Students by race and ethnicity

Students by race and ethnicity
Hispanic
73.5%
Black
20.1%
Two or more races
2.8%
White
2.4%
Asian
0.9%
American Indian or Alaska Native
0.4%

50.6% of students are girls and 49.4% are boys.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Students by grade

Students by grade
Pre-K
60
Kindergarten
77
Grade 1
73
Grade 2
66
Grade 3
53
Grade 4
46
Grade 5
53
Grade 6
40

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Location and contact

4600 Elmwood Ave, Kansas City, MO 64130
Phone: (816)418-4925

Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Red: Carver Dual Language School. Blue: the nearest elementary schools.

Nearby elementary schools

SchoolDistrictDistanceStudentsPer teacherFree/reduced lunch
Genesis School Inc.Genesis School Inc.0.5 mi1809.5100%
George Melcher Elementary SchoolKansas City 330.8 mi34114.1100%
Hogan Preparatory Academy Elementary SchoolHogan Preparatory Academy1.2 mi39110.9100%
M. L King Elementary SchoolKansas City 331.8 mi76815100%
Hope Leadership AcademyHope Leadership Academy2.1 mi1088.1100%
Ac Prep Elementary SchoolKansas City 332.3 mi36612.6100%
Eastwood Hills Elementary SchoolRaytown C-22.3 mi33013.886.7%
Lee A. Tolbert Com. AcademyLee A. Tolbert Com. Academy2.5 mi40112.2100%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.

Other schools in Kansas City 33

SchoolLevelGradesStudents
Ac Prep Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–8366
B. Banneker Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–6487
Border Star MontessoriElementaryPre-K–6251
Central High SchoolHigh9–12519
Central Middle SchoolMiddle7–8375
ContractOtherPre-K–1232
East High SchoolHigh9–121,155
Faxon Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–6322
Foreign Language AcademyElementaryPre-K–8594
Garfield Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–6531
George Melcher Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–6341
Gladstone Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–6406
Hale Cook Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–6344
Holliday MontessoriElementaryPre-K–6360
James Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–6328
John T. Hartman Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–6360
Lincoln College Academy Middle SchoolMiddle6–8583
Lincoln College Prep.High9–12997
M. L King Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–6768
Northeast High SchoolHigh9–12732
Northeast Middle SchoolMiddle7–8607
Paseo Academy of Performing ArtsHigh7–12669
Phillis Wheatley Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–6386
Pitcher Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–6252
Primitivo Garcia Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–6494
Rogers Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–6592
Southeast High SchoolHigh9–12498
Trailwoods Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–6388
Wendell Phillips Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–6324
Whittier Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–6550