Kansas City Public Schools
KC Black Students Graduated at a Higher Rate Than St. Louis White Students in 2024-25
> Correction (October 8, 2026): The improvement ranking now follows stable district IDs across name changes, adding an eligible subgroup to the comparison. The leading result is unchanged. The rate-ba...
Missouri’s White-Black Graduation Gap Fell Below Eight Points in 2024-25
> Correction (October 8, 2026): An earlier version called the Black graduation-rate gain the largest while reporting a larger multiracial gain. It also treated similar White and Hispanic endpoint gain...
Two Cities, Two Trajectories: Kansas City Surges Past St. Louis
In 2019, Kansas City 33 graduated 69.4 percent of its four-year cohort. St. Louis City graduated 71.7 percent. The two districts, Missouri's largest urban systems, were separated by 2.3 percentage poi...
Kansas City’s Three Annual Enrollment Gains Ended With a Small Decline
> Correction (October 8, 2026): The supported district enrollment histories below have been reverified on authenticated state files. We have withdrawn exact statewide totals and statewide shares becau...
Kansas City's 19-Point Graduation Miracle: From Crisis to Nearly 90 Percent
In 2019, barely seven of every ten students in Kansas City 33 graduated on time. The district's 69.4 percent four-year rate placed it among the worst-performing urban districts in the state, trailing ...
St. Louis City Schools: 62 Schools Reported Students
> Correction (October 8, 2026): This article’s district counts have been reverified on the state’s retained enrollment files. We have withdrawn the statewide enrollment shares and share-of-state-loss ...
Missouri District Enrollment Histories Show Losses and Growth
> Correction (October 8, 2026): We have withdrawn this article’s claim that statewide enrollment reached a historical minimum. The district enrollment files contain unavailable counts, and summing the...