KIPP KC Legacy High School
Public high school (charter) in Kansas City, Missouri · Kipp: Endeavor Academy · Grades 9–12
KIPP KC Legacy High School serves 382 students in grades 9–12 in Kansas City (Jackson County). It is one of 2 schools in Kipp: Endeavor Academy. By enrollment it is the 218th largest of 558 public high schools in Missouri (median 268 students). With 12.2 students per full-time teacher, it has about the same as 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 ÷ 31.4 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School, charter |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | Kipp: Endeavor Academy |
| County | Jackson County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 290003103395 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Missouri
| This school | Kipp: Endeavor Academy | Missouri high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 382 | 1,047 | 268 |
| Students per teacher | 12.2 | 10.5 | 12.2 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 100% | 100% | 46.2% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 50% 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.
KIPP KC Legacy High School in context
Size
KIPP KC Legacy High School is the only high school in Kipp: Endeavor Academy. Its 382 students are 36.5% of the district's 1,047. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 2.7 miles away with a median enrollment of 626; KIPP KC Legacy 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 108 students, and its smallest is grade 11 with 75, against an average of 96 per grade. This year grade 12 has 15% fewer students than grade 9 (92 against 108). 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 Black students: 73.8% here and 78.1% across Kipp: Endeavor Academy. Hispanic students are next, at 19.9%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
100% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 100% across Kipp: Endeavor Academy and a median of 46.2% for Missouri high schools. 41.9% 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 31.4 full-time-equivalent teachers for 382 students, KIPP KC Legacy High School has 12.2 students per teacher. At the median Missouri high school ratio of 12.2, a school with 382 students would have about 31.3 teachers, so KIPP KC Legacy High School has about as many as that.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Missouri high schools (12.2).
Location
KIPP KC Legacy High School is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, which NCES calls city, large. The nearest other high school is East High School, 1.1 miles away in Kansas City 33 School District. Within 10 miles there are 26 other high schools, 12 of them within 5 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Black | 73.8% |
| Hispanic | 19.9% |
| Two or more races | 4.2% |
| White | 1.8% |
| Asian | 0.3% |
47.1% of students are girls and 52.9% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 108 |
| Grade 10 | 107 |
| Grade 11 | 75 |
| Grade 12 | 92 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
1522 Winchester Ave, Kansas City, MO 64126
Phone: (816)241-3994
Website: kippendeavor.org
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: KIPP KC Legacy High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East High School | Kansas City 33 | 1.1 mi | 1,155 | 15.7 | 100% |
| Northeast High School | Kansas City 33 | 1.7 mi | 732 | 14.8 | 100% |
| Van Horn High School | Independence 30 | 2.1 mi | 1,067 | 16.8 | 77.9% |
| Frontier STEM High School | Frontier Schools | 2.7 mi | 401 | 10.3 | 77.6% |
| Central High School | Kansas City 33 | 2.8 mi | 519 | 14.6 | 100% |
| Lincoln College Prep. | Kansas City 33 | 3.2 mi | 997 | 20 | 100% |
| Guadalupe Centers High School | Guadalupe Centers Schools | 3.4 mi | 458 | 11.2 | 83.6% |
| Jackson County Juvenile Center | Delasalle Charter School | 4.1 mi | 24 | 24 | 12.5% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Kipp: Endeavor Academy
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIPP Endeavor Academy | Elementary | Pre-K–8 | 665 |