Who are our public schools serving, and how has this changed over time? What does our overall student population look like with respect to race & ethnicity, economic need, English proficiency and special education? And how does it look when broken out between KCPS and our charter sector?
After posting the 2017-18 Enrollment Analysis, KCPS Boundaries last month, several readers inquired about the demographics of our public schools. Who are our public schools serving, and how has this changed over time? What does our student population look like with respect to race & ethnicity, economic need, English proficiency and special education? And how does it look when broken out between KCPS and our charter sector?
Here’s the short answer:
And a quick comparison of our public school student population over the last ten years:
To get to the longer answer, I’ve put together a summary of Student Demographics for KCPS Boundaries spanning from 2007 to 2017.
For each category – Race & Ethnicity and then Free & Reduced Lunch (FRL), Limited English Proficiency (LEP) & Individualized Education Plans (IEP) – I start with an overall district-wide summary (KCPS + Charter) and then break it down by sector. I try to show the data a few different ways, to make it easier to understand.
To help make sense of the data and what it means for our district I’ll be posting Student Demographics Part II: An Analysis, soon. In the meantime, though, I wanted to make the data available for those who might be interested. I hope you find it useful.
Note: You can access the raw demographic data, by building level or district, here. 2017-2018 data will be published at the end of the school year.
This is a really helpful set of resources you have put together. For clarification, who are the “charter schools” you name in the statistical comparison between KCPS and charter schools?
Noemi, thanks for your feedback, I’m so glad you find the resources on Set the Schools Free to be helpful. If you’re looking for a complete list of Kansas City charter schools, you can find it at here on the MO Dept of Education’s website. If you’re looking for school-level demographic data, you can find it on the diversity dashboard on my homepage – you can both sort by school sector and compare different schools.