Kansas City Unified School District 500
District Overview
Kansas City Unified School District 500 is a public school district serving Kansas City area, Kansas. For academic year 2020-2021, 43 schools served 22,489 students through PK to 12th grade in its 43 schools. A total of 1,700 teachers are teaching their students and the average students to teacher ratio is 13 to 1.
According to the Kansas state assessment result, 18% of students are proficient in Math learning and 19% of students are proficient in English/language arts learning.
District Contacts
Schools in Kansas City Unified School District 500
In Kansas City Unified School District 500, 46 schools are serving students in its area. The next lists are showing schools by offering level.
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Student Population
A total of 22,489 students are attending Kansas City Unified School District 500. By gender, there are 10,592 (47.1%) and 9,948 (44.2%) female students at Kansas City Unified School District 500.
By race/ethnicity, 2,700 White (12.0%), 6,269 Black (27.9%), and1,562 Asian (6.9%) students are attending schools.
Academic Achievement
Achievement
Teachers & Staffs
Total 1,867 full-time (or equivalent) teachers work for schools in Kansas City Unified School District 500 and the students to teacher ratio is 13 to 1. 86.8% of teachers are certified. 84.2% of teachers have 3 or more years teaching experiences.
| Headcount | Note | |
|---|---|---|
| Total FTE of Teachers | 1,867 | Students per teacher: 13 to 1 |
| Teachers who are certified | 1,620 | 86.8% |
| Teachers who are not certified | 247 | 13.2% |
| Teachers in their first year of teaching | 241 | 12.9% |
| Teachers in their second year of teaching | 54 | 2.9% |
| School counselors | 62 | Students per counselor: 363 to 1 |
| Law Enforcement Officer | 20 | - |
| Security guards | 2 | - |
| Nurses | 47 | - |
| Psychologists | 17 | - |
| Social workers | 12 | - |