Rising Hill Elementary School

Size

Of the 22 elementary schools in North Kansas City 74 School District, Rising Hill Elementary School is the 13th largest, with 1.9% of the district's students. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 2.9 miles away and have a median of 602 students, so Rising Hill Elementary School is smaller 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 grade 1 with 72 students, and its smallest is pre-K with 36, against an average of 58 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 67 in kindergarten and 65 in grade 5. It also enrolls 36 children in pre-K.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

White students are the largest group, at 62.4% of enrollment, a higher share than across North Kansas City 74 (49%). Two or more races students are next, at 13.5%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

29.2% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 45.5% across North Kansas City 74 and a median of 53.6% for Missouri elementary schools. 11.8% are directly certified for free meals, meaning their families take part in programs such as SNAP or TANF, so no application was needed. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

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

Teachers

Rising Hill Elementary School has 28.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.2 students per teacher. At the median Missouri elementary school ratio of 12.3, a school with 407 students would have about 33.1 teachers, so Rising Hill Elementary School has 4.4 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 rural, fringe, which means it is in rural territory within 5 miles of an urbanized area or 2.5 miles of a town. The nearest other elementary school is Kellybrook Elementary School, 0.1 miles away in Liberty 53 School District. There are 13 elementary schools within 5 miles and 47 within 10 miles.

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