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Your guide to 17 of Kansas City’s school districts

From Blue Springs to Shawnee, we’re giving you all the pertinent details about some of the school districts in and around Kansas City.

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The Kansas City region has 30+ school districts and 150,000+ students. We’re giving you the 411 on enrollment, student-teacher ratio, tuition, and more (thanks to data from Niche) for the area’s major school districts. And don’t worry, there won’t be any homework.

Before we dive in, here are three fast facts about schools in the Heart of America:

  • The high school graduation rate of KCMO was 89.60% in 2018.
  • There are 15 school districts in the city of Kansas City (but we’ve got you covered outside of that too).
  • Blue Valley Unified School District ranks No. 141 of 10,346 for Best School Districts for Athletes in the US.

Basehor-Linwood Unified School District

Blue Valley Unified School District

Blue Springs R-IV School District

Grain Valley Schools

Independence School District

Kansas City Public Schools

Kansas City Kansas Public Schools

Lee’s Summit R-VII School District

Liberty Public Schools

North Kansas City Schools

Olathe Public Schools

Park Hill School District

Piper Unified School District

Platte County R-III School District

Raytown C-II School District

Shawnee Mission School District

DeSoto Unified School District No. 232

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