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Trailwoods Elementary School

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

Trailwoods Elementary School serves 388 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 426th largest of 1,202 public elementary schools in Missouri (median 327 students). With 13.3 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.

388
students
13.3
students per teacher
100%
free/reduced lunch eligible
Pre-K–6
grades

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 29.13 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 ID291640002603

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)
Students38815,079327
Students per teacher13.313.512.3
Free or reduced-price lunch eligible100%100%53.6%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 65% 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.

Trailwoods Elementary School in context

Size

Of the 21 elementary schools in Kansas City 33 School District, Trailwoods Elementary School is the 10th largest, with 2.6% of the district's students. Its 8 closest elementary schools sit a median 1.9 miles away with a median enrollment of 571; Trailwoods 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 3 with 62 students, and its smallest is grade 1 with 38, against an average of 49 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 45 in kindergarten and 41 in grade 6. It also enrolls 39 children in pre-K.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

The largest group is Hispanic students: 75.8% here and 34.2% across Kansas City 33. Black students are next, at 15.5%. Students from 6 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 Kansas City 33 and a median of 53.6% for Missouri elementary schools. 30.4% 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 29.13 full-time-equivalent teachers for 388 students, Trailwoods Elementary School has 13.3 students per teacher. At the median Missouri elementary school ratio of 12.3, a school with 388 students would have about 31.5 teachers, so Trailwoods Elementary School has 2.4 fewer.

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

Location

Trailwoods Elementary School is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, which NCES calls city, large. The nearest other elementary school is Rogers Elementary School, 0.4 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 95 other elementary schools, 39 of them within 5 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
75.8%
Black
15.5%
White
5.9%
Asian
1.5%
Two or more races
1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
0.3%

47.2% of students are girls and 52.8% are boys.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Students by grade

Students by grade
Pre-K
39
Kindergarten
45
Grade 1
38
Grade 2
60
Grade 3
62
Grade 4
54
Grade 5
49
Grade 6
41

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Location and contact

6201 E 17th St, Kansas City, MO 64126
Phone: (816)418-3250

Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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

Nearby elementary schools

SchoolDistrictDistanceStudentsPer teacherFree/reduced lunch
Rogers Elementary SchoolKansas City 330.4 mi59213.6100%
Guadalupe Centers Elementary SchoolGuadalupe Centers Schools0.7 mi80110.866.2%
James Elementary SchoolKansas City 331.8 mi32814.6100%
Whittier Elementary SchoolKansas City 331.9 mi55011.4100%
KC International-WallaceKC International Academy2.0 mi6628.2100%
Phillis Wheatley Elementary SchoolKansas City 332.1 mi38611.5100%
Gladstone Elementary SchoolKansas City 332.1 mi40612.1100%
KIPP Endeavor AcademyKipp: Endeavor Academy2.2 mi6659.8100%

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
Carver Dual Language SchoolElementaryPre-K–6468
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
Wendell Phillips Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–6324
Whittier Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–6550