Frontier STEM High School
Public high school (charter) in Kansas City, Missouri · Frontier Schools · Grades 9–12
Frontier STEM High School serves 401 students in grades 9–12 in Kansas City (Jackson County). It is one of 5 schools in Frontier Schools. By enrollment it is the 203rd largest of 558 public high schools in Missouri (median 268 students). With 10.3 students per full-time teacher, it has fewer students per teacher than the typical Missouri high school (12.2).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 558 Missouri high schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 39.1 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School, charter |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | Frontier Schools |
| County | Jackson County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 290059003232 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Missouri
| This school | Frontier Schools | Missouri high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 401 | 1,587 | 268 |
| Students per teacher | 10.3 | 9.6 | 12.2 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 77.6% | 85.2% | 46.2% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 31% of Missouri high schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Frontier STEM High School in context
Size
Frontier STEM High School is the largest of Frontier Schools' 2 high schools; its 401 students are 25.3% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 3.3 miles away with a median enrollment of 1,032; Frontier STEM High School is smaller than most of them.
As a charter school it is publicly funded and charges no tuition, but it is run under a charter rather than directly by a local school board.
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 grade 9 with 136 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 75, against an average of 100 per grade. This year grade 12 has 45% fewer students than grade 9 (75 against 136). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
The largest group is Hispanic students: 72.1% here and 67.9% across Frontier Schools. Black students are next, at 19%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
77.6% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 85.2% across Frontier Schools and a median of 46.2% for Missouri high schools. 19.2% 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
With 39.1 full-time-equivalent teachers for 401 students, Frontier STEM High School has 10.3 students per teacher. At the median Missouri high school ratio of 12.2, a school with 401 students would have about 32.9 teachers, so Frontier STEM High School has 6.2 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Missouri high schools (12.2).
Location
Frontier STEM High School is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, which NCES calls city, large. The nearest other high school is Northeast High School, 1.8 miles away in Kansas City 33 School District. Within 10 miles there are 27 other high schools, 10 of them within 5 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 72.1% |
| Black | 19% |
| White | 5.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |
| Asian | 1.5% |
48.1% of students are girls and 51.9% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 136 |
| Grade 10 | 110 |
| Grade 11 | 80 |
| Grade 12 | 75 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
6455 E Commerce Ave., Kansas City, MO 64120
Phone: (816)241-6202
Website: frontierstem.org
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Frontier STEM High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northeast High School | Kansas City 33 | 1.8 mi | 732 | 14.8 | 100% |
| KIPP KC Legacy High School | Kipp: Endeavor Academy | 2.7 mi | 382 | 12.2 | 100% |
| East High School | Kansas City 33 | 3.1 mi | 1,155 | 15.7 | 100% |
| Winnetonka High School | North Kansas City 74 | 3.3 mi | 1,238 | 14 | 57.6% |
| Van Horn High School | Independence 30 | 3.4 mi | 1,067 | 16.8 | 77.9% |
| North Kansas City High School | North Kansas City 74 | 3.7 mi | 1,719 | 16.3 | 52.6% |
| Guadalupe Centers High School | Guadalupe Centers Schools | 4.0 mi | 458 | 11.2 | 83.6% |
| Lincoln College Prep. | Kansas City 33 | 4.2 mi | 997 | 20 | 100% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Frontier Schools
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontier School of Excellence-M | Middle | 6–8 | 74 |
| Frontier School of Excellence-U | High | 9–12 | 160 |
| Frontier School of Innovation | Elementary | Pre-K–5 | 645 |
| Frontier School of Innovation-M | Middle | 6–8 | 307 |