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Park Hill Schools
Park Hill is a public school district in Missouri, based in Platte County (Kansas City). SchoolGrade grades 18 of its schools on actual versus projected test scores; every school below has its own page.
Park Hill on the map
District boundary from the NCES EDGE composite school district file. Each marker is a graded school; click it for its grade and scores.
SchoolGrade summary for Park Hill
17 of 18 schools in Park Hill carry a SchoolGrade (1 have no school-level proficiency results in our source data). Grade distribution:
A: 6B: 4C: 6D: 1
Best schools in Park Hill
Statewide rankings: all 444 high schools in Missouri · all 341 middle schools in Missouri · all 1072 elementary schools in Missouri
The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.
- A+ Park Hill South High (High school, exceeds expectations)
- A Union Chapel Elem (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
- A Park Hill High (High school, exceeds expectations)
- A Hawthorn Elem (Elementary school, meets expectations)
- A- English Landing Elem (Elementary school, meets expectations)
- A- Lakeview Middle (Middle school, meets expectations)
- B+ Graden Elem (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)
- B+ Walden Middle (Middle school, meets expectations)
- B Hopewell Elementary (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)
- B- Southeast Elem (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)
Every school in Park Hill
High schools (2)
- A Park Hill High, Kansas City
- A+ Park Hill South High, Riverside
Middle and junior high schools (4)
- C+ Congress Middle, Kansas City
- A- Lakeview Middle, Kansas City
- C+ Plaza Middle, Kansas City
- B+ Walden Middle, Kansas City
Elementary and primary schools (12)
- C- Alfred L Renner Elem, Kansas City
- A- English Landing Elem, Kansas City
- Gerner Family Early Ed Ctr, Kansas City
- B+ Graden Elem, Parkville
- A Hawthorn Elem, Kansas City
- B Hopewell Elementary, Kansas City
- D+ Line Creek Elem, Kansas City
- C+ Prairie Point Elem, Kansas City
- B- Southeast Elem, Kansas City
- C- Thomas B Chinn Elem, Kansas City
- C- Tiffany Ridge Elementary Schl, Kansas City
- A Union Chapel Elem, Kansas City
Where Park Hill schools are
Cities and towns served (3)
- Kansas City (16)
- Parkville (1)
- Riverside (1)
About this district
- State: Best schools in Missouri
- County: Platte County
- Type: regular local school district
- Setting: large city (NCES locale of the district office)
- Enrollment: 11,915 students with 890 full-time-equivalent teachers and 1,862 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
- NCES district ID: 2923550
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works
Nearby school districts
- Platte Co. R-Iii (6 schools, 6 mi)
- North Kansas City 74 (33 schools, 9 mi)
- Smithville R-Ii (5 schools, 13 mi)
- Kansas City 33 (32 schools, 14 mi)
- Liberty 53 (18 schools, 16 mi)
- North Platte Co. R-I (4 schools, 17 mi)
- West Platte Co. R-Ii (3 schools, 18 mi)
- Independence 30 (29 schools, 19 mi)
Questions about Park Hill
How many schools are in Park Hill?
SchoolGrade grades 18 public schools in Park Hill, across 3 cities and towns. Every one of them is listed on this page with a link to its own report.
Which cities does Park Hill serve?
The largest by graded schools: Kansas City, Parkville, Riverside.
How good are the schools in Park Hill?
Across the 17 graded schools, the average SchoolGrade is B, with 50% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 48.6%. 41% of schools meet or exceed the expectation for their student context.
How many students attend Park Hill?
11,915 students were enrolled in Park Hill in the 2023-24 school year, about 13.4 students per full-time teacher (NCES Common Core of Data).
Where is Park Hill?
Park Hill is in Missouri, based in Platte County, with its district office in Kansas City. Its boundary covers about 71.2 sq mi.