Chapel Hill Elementary, Gladstone MO

Original Research by School Decision on Chapel Hill Elementary

Chapel Hill Elementary is a regular public school serving kindergarten through fifth grade in Gladstone, part of the North Kansas City 74 school district. Gladstone is a suburban city in Clay County, a short drive from downtown Kansas City, with a primarily residential character, strip commercial along major roads, and a car-dependent layout. The school sits within that setting, drawing from the surrounding neighborhood.

The student body is moderately large for an elementary school, with class sizes typical of a suburban district. The demographics reflect a diverse mix: a majority of students are white, with sizable groups of Hispanic and Black students, and smaller but noticeable shares of Asian, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and multiracial students. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, placing the school in a middle-income range rather than an affluent one. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not available, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about those supports.

Academically, Chapel Hill shows consistently above-average performance on the Missouri Assessment Program. In both math and English language arts, the strongest results appear in fourth grade, where large majorities of students meet or exceed state standards. Third-grade and fifth-grade proficiency rates are also solid, though slightly lower. In science, tested only in fifth grade, a slim majority reaches proficiency, a softer spot relative to the other subjects. When compared against other districts in Clay County, the school’s overall proficiency across tested subjects lands in the top quarter, a notably strong position. Because the school ends at fifth grade, there is no graduation rate to report, and no data on chronic absenteeism was available.

Housing in the area is typical for a midwestern suburb near a major city. Home values and rents are moderate, and the community has grown slowly in recent years. The city has focused on revitalizing its downtown and commercial corridors, but no major changes to the school district or its programming were found in publicly available sources.

For a family looking at elementary options in the northern Kansas City suburbs, this school presents a straightforward profile: a conventional public elementary with solid test scores, a diverse but not extremely high-poverty student body, and a suburban setting. Parents curious about special education services, English learner support, or specific enrichment offerings will need to follow up directly with the school, as those details were not provided here.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 360%

School 60% · District 47% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Grade 481%

School 81% · District 50% · ▲ 31 pts above district

▲ 38 pts above state median · ▲ 30 pts above county median

Grade 563%

School 63% · District 48% · ▲ 14 pts above district

▲ 27 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 363%

School 63% · District 49% · ▲ 14 pts above district

▲ 22 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Grade 479%

School 79% · District 51% · ▲ 28 pts above district

▲ 37 pts above state median · ▲ 30 pts above county median

Grade 570%

School 70% · District 52% · ▲ 18 pts above district

▲ 30 pts above state median · ▲ 22 pts above county median

Science

Grade 556%

School 56% · District 46% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

This schoolNORTH KANSAS CITY 74, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income63%Higher-income62%1 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income68%Higher-income84%17 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income67%Higher-income73%6 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income46%Higher-income74%29 pp gap