The top reported proficiency rate is 63% in English language arts. The lowest is 49% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on English Landing Elem.
English Landing Elementary sits within the Park Hill School District on the north side of Kansas City, serving kindergarten through fifth grade as a regular public school. The school is located in the Kansas City address with a Platte County designation, meaning it belongs to the portion of the city that extends north of the Missouri River into a more suburban area. Kansas City itself is a large urban center with a mix of commercial districts, walkable pockets downtown and around the Country Club Plaza, and extensive residential neighborhoods spread over a sizable footprint. The northland areas like this one tend toward suburban-style development, with separated school campuses and lower density than the urban core.
The student body at English Landing is predominantly white, with smaller populations of Black and Hispanic students and modest numbers of Asian, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and multiracial students. About three in ten students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a share that is moderate for a Missouri elementary school. The school does not report counts for special education or English learner populations, so a family looking for that information would need to ask the school directly.
On state testing, English Landing posts results that place its overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades in the top quartile relative to other districts in Platte County. That is a strong position within the local county context. Looking grade by grade, the school's English language arts scores are notably solid, with third grade showing a particularly high proficiency rate, fourth grade following closely, and fifth grade dropping somewhat. Math proficiency starts strong in third grade, then declines in fourth grade and again in fifth, with the fifth-grade rate falling well below the third-grade level. Science is tested only in fifth grade, where proficiency lands around the middle of the range. The pattern suggests that earlier grades are performing at a higher level across subjects, while fifth grade shows a dip that a parent may want to discuss with the school to understand what supports are in place for upper elementary students.
Housing in the English Landing attendance zone is above the state median home value and above the national typical rent, reflecting the suburban northland market where the school sits. The estimated monthly mortgage exceeds the median rent, making renting a more accessible entry point than buying for many households. The area has seen modest home value growth and rent increases consistent with regional trends.
The Park Hill School District is actively growing. It will open its twelfth elementary school in August 2025, which will shift attendance boundaries and potentially affect which students attend English Landing. The district also opened the LEAD Innovation Studio, a separate high school program, in a new facility a few years ago, but that is not directly relevant to this elementary school.
No graduation rate or chronic absenteeism data is available for English Landing because the school serves only grades before high school, so those metrics do not apply. Discipline, staffing, and course access data were also absent from the available information, so a family with specific questions on those topics should contact the school directly.
English Landing is a well-performing elementary in a suburban district that is expanding. Its strongest academic results come in early literacy, and its math performance varies by grade. Families moving to the northland part of Kansas City should be aware that the new elementary opening may change school assignments, and that the housing market here carries above-average costs for the region.
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