LEAD INNOVATION STUDIO
Kansas City · MO · PARK HILL · Public
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RUSSELL JONES ED CENTER → STAR School → OAK PARK HIGH → PARK HILL HIGH → MAPLE VALLEY SCHOOL → PARK HILL SOUTH HIGH → CTR. FOR EDUC. DEVELOPMENT → NORTHWEST REG. YOUTH CTR. →📋 At a glance
- 📚 4 AP courses offered — Strong
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🔢 1 calculus classes · 2 physics · 4 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 61th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 76th percentile by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How LEAD INNOVATION STUDIO compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 61th percentile nationally with 4 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: RUSSELL JONES ED CENTER, STAR School, OAK PARK HIGH 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 · 2020-2176th 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.
👩🏫 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.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of Missouri-Columbia
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $20,268/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
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.
Not enough enrollment history on file to chart a trend for this school yet.
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The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUSSELL JONES ED CENTER KANSAS CITY |
Public | 1.2 | — | — |
| STAR School GLADSTONE |
Public | 2.2 | — | — |
| OAK PARK HIGH KANSAS CITY |
Public | 2.4 | 1,755 | +3.7% |
| PARK HILL HIGH KANSAS CITY |
Public | 3.3 | 1,947 | +4.7% |
| MAPLE VALLEY SCHOOL KANSAS CITY |
Public | 3.5 | 23 | — |
| PARK HILL SOUTH HIGH RIVERSIDE |
Public | 3.6 | 1,890 | +3.0% |
| CTR. FOR EDUC. DEVELOPMENT KANSAS CITY |
Public | 4.5 | — | — |
| NORTHWEST REG. YOUTH CTR. KANSAS CITY |
Public | 5.0 | 17 | — |