Robinson Elem., Raytown MO - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Robinson Elem.

Robinson Elementary is a regular public school serving kindergarten through fifth grade in the Raytown C-2 School District. It sits in a predominantly residential suburb of Kansas City, a town whose population has been slowly declining over recent decades and whose largest employer is its own school district. For a family looking at this school, the most useful starting point is that its state test results, when averaged across grades and subjects, place it among the stronger-performing elementary schools in Jackson County relative to other districts. That is the headline from the comparison data available.

Look more closely at the Missouri Assessment Program scores, and the picture turns out to be uneven. In math, proficiency rates climb noticeably from third grade to fifth grade. The third-grade math result is on the lower side, while by fifth grade more than half of students are meeting the state standard. English language arts results are steadier across those grades, settling in the upper third to mid-forties percentile range. Fifth-grade science results are similar to the fifth-grade ELA mark. So a parent may want to ask how the school supports early math, given the sharp upward trend, and whether that third-grade cohort was an outlier or part of a pattern.

The student body is moderately diverse and economically mixed. About half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Demographically, the school serves a student population that is roughly half Black, a quarter white, and smaller shares of Hispanic and multiracial students. Enrollment is steady across the grade levels, with a total that is moderate for an elementary school serving this grade band. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not available in the records reviewed, so a parent may want to inquire directly about those supports.

Raytown itself is a car-oriented suburb with a modest housing stock. Home values and rents fall at the lower end of the Kansas City metro area, and the local economy is anchored by the school district, retail employers, and the Kansas City Chiefs football club. The city has invested in the Rock Island Trail, a paved multi-use path that runs through town and connects to nearby communities. But the broader population trend is one of slow decline, and there is no sign of major new housing development that would signal rapid growth pressure on the school.

Robinson Elementary is not a school that posts uniformly high proficiency numbers, but its performance relative to other districts in Jackson County is above the midpoint. The mix of a moderately low-income student body and above-county-average results suggests a school that may be doing a solid job for its context. A parent considering this school should weigh the early-grade math dip against the stronger fifth-grade outcomes and check whether the district offers any targeted programs at Robinson that address those patterns. The school itself is a straightforward neighborhood elementary, and the surrounding community is a quiet, affordable suburb with limited public-transit options and a stable, if slightly shrinking, population.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 325%

School 25% · District 21% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 439%

School 39% · District 25% · ▲ 14 pts above district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 554%

School 54% · District 23% · ▲ 31 pts above district

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 26 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 339%

School 39% · District 26% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 438%

School 38% · District 25% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 544%

School 44% · District 28% · ▲ 17 pts above district

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

Science

Grade 544%

School 44% · District 25% · ▲ 19 pts above district

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

This schoolRAYTOWN C-2, 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

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income26%Higher-income24%2 pp gap