KCMSD Facts You Should Know

• The KCMSD spent $15,142 per student in 2008 while the state average is only $9,338 per student. (1)

• The KCMSD has an annual budget of more than $280 million for only 16,800 students in 2009. (2)

• The average ACT score from students in the KCMSD is 16.8. (The minimum score required to get into the University of Missouri, Columbia is 24) (1)

• 72% of district students cannot read at grade level. (Based upon scores from the 2009 MAP test, Missouri’s standardized assessment test) (1)

• Only 24% of district students are proficient in math. (Based upon scores from the 2009 MAP test, Missouri’s standardized assessment test) (1)

• KCMSD spends 55% more on administration than any of the other 9 surrounding metro school districts. (3)

• 87% of KCMSD graduates enrolling in area community colleges require remedial math courses. (Based upon enrollment data from Metropolitan Community Colleges  of Kansas City in 2007)

• Only nine of the District’s 57 schools made Annual Yearly Progress under the No Child Left Behind Act. (1)

• The KCMSD meets only four of the State’s 14 Accreditation Standards, none of which are academically related. (The District was stripped of its accreditation in 2001) (1)

• The District has had 26 superintendents during the last 40 years. (4)

(1) Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
(2) KCMSD Budget 09/23/2009
(3) The Kansas City Star, Joe Robertson 07/20/2008
(4) The Kansas City Star, Joe Robertson 07/05/2009