Plaza Middle
Kansas City, MO · Middle School · Grades 6-8
Plaza Middle is a middle school in Kansas City, MO with 715 students enrolled and a 68% proficiency rate. Part of Park Hill. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Plaza Middle is a middle school located in Kansas City, Missouri. The school serves 715 students in grades 6-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.5:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 68% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
30% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Plaza Middle is part of the Park Hill in Missouri.
How This School Compares
Plaza Middle has 715 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Park Hill (665 students). Its 68% proficiency rate is 11 percentage points above the district average of 57%. Compared to the Missouri state average of 49%, the school performs 19 points higher. With a 13.5:1 student-teacher ratio, it offers smaller class sizes than the national average.
Frequently Asked Questions
Plaza Middle has 715 students enrolled in grades 6-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.5:1.
According to EDFacts data, 68% of students at Plaza Middle meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Plaza Middle is part of the Park Hill in Kansas City, Missouri. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
The this entity record above pulls directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. What follows is the per-entity context — how this entity sits in the broader U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.