About University Academy
University Academy is a public school system serving Jackson County, Missouri, based in Kansas City. It serves 1,111 students across 3 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a city: large district. By enrollment it is the #168 largest of Missouri’s 555 school systems.
Size and structure
University Academy enrolls 1,111 students in 3 schools — an average of about 370 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #168 of 555 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in University Academy, from the NCES Common Core of Data (1,111 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
University Academy employs about 78 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 14.2:1 — above the Missouri average of about 12.7:1. Total district staff is roughly 105.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Missouri funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for University Academy are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Missouri measures districts through the Missouri School Improvement Program (MSIP 6), whose Annual Performance Report (APR) scores academic achievement, growth, graduation, college-and-career readiness and attendance. Look up University Academy on the MSIP / APR pages.
Accreditation status
Missouri assigns its own state accreditation status — accredited, provisionally accredited or unaccredited — based on the MSIP performance standards, separate from any voluntary Cognia accreditation a district may also hold. See the Missouri DESE for a district’s current status.
University Academy vs. Missouri
See every Missouri district side by side in the Missouri directory.
Look up University Academy’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):