UNIVERSITY ACADEMY-UPPER
KANSAS CITY · MO · UNIVERSITY ACADEMY · Public charter
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HOGAN PREPARATORY ACADEMY → EWING MARION KAUFFMAN HIGH → 7933 Main St. → FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-U → St Teresa'S Academy → SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL → Gillis Center School → Sherwood Center For The Exceptinoal Child →📋 At a glance
- 📚 3 AP courses offered — Strong
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🎓 AP rigor: 61th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 54th percentile by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 95% (75th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How UNIVERSITY ACADEMY-UPPER compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 61th percentile nationally with 3 AP courses.
- ▸ 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: HOGAN PREPARATORY ACADEMY, EWING MARION KAUFFMAN HIGH, 7933 Main St. and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses
61th percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-2154th percentile by test-taker volume
Source: 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?
75th percentile nationally
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
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
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.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +0.3%/year, projecting from 2024's 237 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $13,169 per student in district revenue, the 3 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $39,507/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOGAN PREPARATORY ACADEMY KANSAS CITY |
Public · charter | 0.6 | 318 | -11.2% |
| EWING MARION KAUFFMAN HIGH Kansas City |
Public · charter | 0.8 | 402 | — |
| 7933 Main St. Kansas City |
Private | 1.5 | 75 | -3.8% |
| FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-U KANSAS CITY |
Public · charter | 1.5 | 160 | -18.4% |
| St Teresa'S Academy Kansas City |
Private | 1.6 | 607 | +1.2% |
| SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL KANSAS CITY |
Public | 1.8 | 498 | +6.6% |
| Gillis Center School Kansas City |
Private | 1.9 | 65 | -22.6% |
| Sherwood Center For The Exceptinoal Child Kansas City |
Private | 2.0 | 61 | -20.8% |