ALTERNATIVE RESOURCE CTR.
KANSAS CITY · MO · DIVISION OF YOUTH SERVICE · Public · K-12 combined
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Cristo Rey Kansas City → ACADEMIE LAFAYETTE ARMOUR IHS → Jackson County Juvenile Ctr. → B W SHEPERD SCHOOL → DeLaSalle Charter High School → ALLEN VILLAGE HIGH SCHOOL → The Plaza Academy → LINCOLN COLLEGE PREP. →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 75% (Bottom 21% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How ALTERNATIVE RESOURCE CTR. compares for families
What families should know about ALTERNATIVE RESOURCE CTR..
- ▸ LocallyMO sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Cristo Rey Kansas City, ACADEMIE LAFAYETTE ARMOUR IHS, Jackson County Juvenile Ctr. and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 21% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Lower-need school
Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)
<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -30.7%/year, projecting from 2024's 2 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cristo Rey Kansas City Kansas City |
Private | 0.3 | 275 | -28.2% |
| ACADEMIE LAFAYETTE ARMOUR IHS KANSAS CITY |
Public · charter | 0.5 | 118 | +66.2% |
| Jackson County Juvenile Ctr. KANSAS CITY |
Public · charter | 0.7 | 23 | — |
| B W SHEPERD SCHOOL KANSAS CITY |
Public | 1.0 | — | — |
| DeLaSalle Charter High School Kansas City |
Public · charter | 1.1 | 196 | +5.4% |
| ALLEN VILLAGE HIGH SCHOOL KANSAS CITY |
Public · charter | 1.4 | 130 | -16.1% |
| The Plaza Academy Kansas City |
Private | 1.4 | 51 | — |
| LINCOLN COLLEGE PREP. KANSAS CITY |
Public | 1.7 | 997 | +0.1% |