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Southeast Elementary School

Public elementary school in Kansas City, Missouri · Park Hill School District · Grades K–5

Southeast Elementary School serves 548 students in grades K–5 in Kansas City (Platte County). It is one of 18 schools in Park Hill School District. By enrollment it is the 106th largest of 1,202 public elementary schools in Missouri (median 327 students). With 13.4 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.

548
students
13.4
students per teacher
31.8%
free/reduced lunch eligible
K–5
grades

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 40.85 full-time-equivalent teachers.

School facts

School typeRegular School
LevelElementary
GradesK–5
DistrictPark Hill School District
CountyPlatte County
Area typeCity, large
School mealsNational School Lunch Program, free or reduced price for eligible students
NCES school ID292355001372

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

Compared with the district and Missouri

This schoolPark HillMissouri elementary schools (median)
Students54811,937327
Students per teacher13.413.412.3
Free or reduced-price lunch eligible31.8%29%53.6%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 67% 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.

Southeast Elementary School in context

Size

Southeast Elementary School is the 2nd largest of Park Hill School District's 11 elementary schools; its 548 students are 4.6% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 1.8 miles away and have a median of 435 students, so Southeast Elementary 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 grade 1 with 107 students, and its smallest is kindergarten with 78, against an average of 91 per grade. This year grade 5 has 18% more students than kindergarten (92 against 78). 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

White students are the largest group, at 56.6% of enrollment, a lower share than across Park Hill (61.5%). Black students are next, at 19.5%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

31.8% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 29% across Park Hill and a median of 53.6% for Missouri elementary schools. 11.5% 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

Southeast Elementary School has 40.85 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.4 students per teacher. At the median Missouri elementary school ratio of 12.3, a school with 548 students would have about 44.6 teachers, so Southeast Elementary School has 3.7 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 Line Creek Elementary School, 1.4 miles away in the same district. There are 19 elementary schools within 5 miles and 57 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
White
56.6%
Black
19.5%
Hispanic
11.5%
Two or more races
6.2%
Asian
3.5%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
2.7%

44.3% of students are girls and 55.7% are boys.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Students by grade

Students by grade
Kindergarten
78
Grade 1
107
Grade 2
82
Grade 3
88
Grade 4
101
Grade 5
92

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Location and contact

5704 N Northwood Rd, Kansas City, MO 64151
Phone: (816)359-4360
Website: parkhill.k12.mo.us

Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Red: Southeast Elementary School. Blue: the nearest elementary schools.

Nearby elementary schools

SchoolDistrictDistanceStudentsPer teacherFree/reduced lunch
Line Creek Elementary SchoolPark Hill1.4 mi32111.443.6%
English Landing Elementary SchoolPark Hill1.7 mi43513.427.4%
Hopewell Elementary SchoolPark Hill1.8 mi48312.629.6%
Thomas B. Chinn Elementary SchoolPark Hill1.8 mi46611.946.4%
West Englewood Elementary SchoolNorth Kansas City 741.9 mi43513.765.1%
Graden Elementary SchoolPark Hill2.8 mi41515.324.8%
Prairie Point Elementary SchoolPark Hill3.1 mi43713.633%
Briarcliff Elementary SchoolNorth Kansas City 743.3 mi35215.348%

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

Other schools in Park Hill

SchoolLevelGradesStudents
Alfred L Renner Elementary SchoolElementaryK–5403
Congress Middle SchoolMiddle6–8601
English Landing Elementary SchoolElementaryK–5435
Gerner Family Early Education CenterPre-KPre-K392
Graden Elementary SchoolElementaryK–5415
Hawthorn Elementary SchoolElementaryK–5450
Hopewell Elementary SchoolElementaryK–5483
Lakeview Middle SchoolMiddle6–8653
Line Creek Elementary SchoolElementaryK–5321
Park Hill High SchoolHigh9–121,947
Park Hill South High SchoolHigh9–121,890
Plaza Middle SchoolMiddle6–8673
Prairie Point Elementary SchoolElementaryK–5437
Thomas B. Chinn Elementary SchoolElementaryK–5466
Tiffany Ridge Elementary SchoolElementaryK–5484
Union Chapel Elementary SchoolElementaryK–5609
Walden Middle SchoolMiddle6–8730