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Frontier Stem 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
6455 E Commerce Ave.
Kansas City, MO 64120
Phone
(816) 241-6202
District
FRONTIER SCHOOLS
County
JACKSON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
Yes
Students Enrolled
353
Classroom Teachers
39

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Missouri

3

(10 is best)

Better than 28.4% of all MO schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

3

(10 is best)

Frontier Stem High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
35%
45%
37%
53%
32%
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
9
10
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 107 30.3%
Grade 10 93 26.3%
Grade 11 96 27.2%
Grade 12 57 16.1%
Total 353 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 5.1% 6.5% 72.4%
Black 17.3% 22.1% 16.0%
Hispanic 76.7% 70.3% 8.5%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.9% 1.0% 2.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.1% 0.8%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 77.3% 79.3% 47.6%
Free lunch eligible 68.8% 72.0% 40.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 8.5% 7.3% 6.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION Unreported 6,196,156
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) Unreported 89
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW Unreported 5.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD Unreported 19.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD Unreported 32.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD Unreported 25.0%
65 OR OLDER Unreported 17.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households Unreported 2,484,834
Single Parent Households With Children Unreported 8.1%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma Unreported 91.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree Unreported 31.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more Unreported 15.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 Unreported 16.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 Unreported 13.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 Unreported 17.5%
$30,000 - $49,999 Unreported 16.2%
$15,000 - $29,999 Unreported 11.5%
$15,000 or less Unreported 8.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,334 $12,826,000 52.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,091 $1,679,000 6.8%
Staff $599 $922,000 3.7%
General Administration $964 $1,484,000 6.0%
School Administration $886 $1,363,000 5.5%
Operation $1,330 $2,047,000 8.3%
Transportation $1,044 $1,606,000 6.5%
Other $376 $578,000 2.3%
Total Support $6,289 $9,679,000 39.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,376 $2,118,000 8.6%
Total Expenditures $15,999 $24,623,000 100.0%
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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