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Center Sr. High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
8715 Holmes Rd
Kansas City, MO 64131
Phone
(816) 349-3330
District
CENTER 58
County
JACKSON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
695
Classroom Teachers
57

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Missouri

1

(10 is best)

Better than 5.7% of all MO schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

1

(10 is best)

Center Sr. High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
20%
45%
27%
53%
12%
37%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
12
12
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 209 30.1%
Grade 10 174 25.0%
Grade 11 158 22.7%
Grade 12 154 22.2%
Total 695 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 17.3% 19.1% 72.4%
Black 69.1% 66.5% 16.0%
Hispanic 12.3% 13.4% 8.5%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.6% 0.7% 2.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.6% 0.3% 0.8%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 64.2% 75.4% 47.6%
Free lunch eligible 56.7% 69.8% 40.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 7.5% 5.6% 6.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 26,608 6,196,156
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2,291.0 89
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.0% 5.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD 13.6% 19.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 39.5% 32.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 21.7% 25.0%
65 OR OLDER 18.3% 17.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 12,939 2,484,834
Single Parent Households With Children 8.8% 8.1%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.7% 91.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 41.6% 31.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 13.6% 15.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.0% 16.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.8% 13.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 21.3% 17.5%
$30,000 - $49,999 20.0% 16.2%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.3% 11.5%
$15,000 or less 8.0% 8.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,673 $21,283,000 41.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,194 $2,929,000 5.7%
Staff $757 $1,857,000 3.6%
General Administration $1,728 $4,240,000 8.2%
School Administration $1,039 $2,549,000 4.9%
Operation $1,672 $4,104,000 7.9%
Transportation $779 $1,912,000 3.7%
Other $573 $1,407,000 2.7%
Total Support $7,742 $18,998,000 36.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,639 $11,384,000 22.0%
Total Expenditures $21,053 $51,665,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,684 $5,963,718,000 48.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $844 $752,668,000 6.1%
Staff $459 $409,290,000 3.3%
General Administration $708 $631,865,000 5.1%
School Administration $695 $620,447,000 5.0%
Operation $1,196 $1,066,703,000 8.6%
Transportation $529 $471,790,000 3.8%
Other $280 $249,480,000 2.0%
Total Support $4,710 $4,202,243,000 33.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,505 $2,235,181,000 18.0%
Total Expenditures $13,899 $12,401,142,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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