Kansas City, Missouri

==Education==
{{Main|List of schools of Kansas City}}

===Colleges and universities===
Many universities, colleges, and seminaries are in the Kansas City metropolitan area, including:

* [[University of Missouri–Kansas City]] − one of four schools in the [[University of Missouri System]], serving more than 15,000 students<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.umkc.edu/about/history.html#|title=Our History – UMKC|website=UMKC.edu|access-date=February 1, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Rockhurst University]] − [[Jesuit]] university founded in 1910<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rockhurst.edu/about|title=About Rockhurst University|website=rockhurst.edu|access-date=February 1, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Kansas City Art Institute]] − four-year college of fine arts and design founded in 1885<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kcai.edu/about/|title=About KCAI – Kansas City Art Institute|website=kcai.edu|access-date=February 1, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences]] − medical and graduate school founded in 1916
* [[Avila University]] − Catholic university of the [[Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avila.edu/about/facts/|title=Facts & Statistics – Avila University|website=avila.edu|date=August 2020 |access-date=February 1, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Park University]] − private institution established in 1875; Park University Graduate School is downtown<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.park.edu/about-park/|title=About Park – Park University|website=park.edu|access-date=February 1, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Baker University]] − multiple branches of the School of Professional and Graduate Studies<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bakeru.edu/meet-baker-university/|title=Meet Baker University|website=bakeru.edu|access-date=February 1, 2024}}</ref>
* [[William Jewell College]] − private liberal arts institution founded in 1849<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jewell.edu/about/jewell-history|title=History of William Jewell College|website=jewell.edu|date=February 8, 2018 |access-date=February 1, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Metropolitan Community College (Kansas City)|Metropolitan Community College]] − a two-year college with multiple campuses in the city and suburbs<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mccneb.edu/About-MCC-Nebraska/About-MCC/History-of-MCC|title=History of MCC|website=mccneb.edu|access-date=February 1, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary]] − Southern Baptist Convention
* [[Nazarene Theological Seminary]] − Church of the Nazarene
* [[Calvary University]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.calvary.edu/about/|title=About Calvary University|website=calvary.edu|access-date=February 1, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Saint Paul School of Theology]] − Methodist

===Primary and secondary schools===
[[File:Kc board of ed 2017-05-25.jpg|thumb|upright|Headquarters of the [[Kansas City Public Schools]], which serves the inner core of the city limits]]

The city is not served by one unified school district, but 15 separate districts due to the historical unwillingness of suburban voters to merge their existing school districts with the Kansas City district as the city expanded its limits in the 1950s and 1960s.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Shortridge |first=James R. |title=Kansas City and How it Grew, 1822–2011 |publisher=[[University Press of Kansas]] |year=2012 |isbn=9780700618828 |location=Lawrence, Kansas |pages=116–117}}</ref>

School outcomes vary between and even within districts, with a some high schools being nationally ranked,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2017/04/25/us-news-ranks-kc-area-high-schools.html#g/411076/13|title=See which KC high schools U.S. News ranks among the nation's best|work=Kansas City Business Journal|date=April 25, 2017|access-date=October 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922200334/https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2017/04/25/us-news-ranks-kc-area-high-schools.html#g/411076/13|archive-date=September 22, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> and others having some of the lowest graduation rates.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 5, 2012 |title=Mayor: KC Schools Among Worst In Nation |url=https://www.kmbc.com/article/mayor-kc-schools-among-worst-in-nation/3668180 |access-date=February 24, 2023 |publisher=KMBC |language=en}}</ref> There are also numerous private schools; Catholic schools are governed by the [[Diocese of Kansas City]].

The following public school districts serve Kansas City:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Find My School District |url=https://showmekcschools.org/kansas-city-school-districts/ |access-date=February 24, 2023 |website=Show Me KC Schools |language=en-US}}</ref>

In the Jackson County portion of the city:
* [[Kansas City Public Schools]]
* [[Blue Springs R-IV School District|Blue Springs R-4 School District]]
* [[Center School District]]
* [[Fort Osage R-1 School District]]
* [[Grandview C-4 School District]]
* [[Hickman Mills C-1 School District]]
* [[Independence School District]]
* [[Lee's Summit R-VII School District|Lees Summit R-7 School District]]
* [[Raytown C-2 School District]]
In the Cass County portion:

* [[Belton School District]]

In the Clay County portion:
* [[Liberty Public School District|Liberty School District]]
* [[North Kansas City School District]]
* [[Smithville School District]]
In the Platte County portion:
* [[Park Hill School District]]
* [[Platte County R-3 School District]]

===Libraries and archives===
* [[Linda Hall Library]] − internationally recognized independent library of science, engineering and technology, housing over one million volumes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lindahall.org/about/our-story/|title=Linda Hall Library: Our Story|website=lindahall.org|access-date=February 6, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Mid-Continent Public Library]] − largest public library system in Missouri, and among the largest collections in America<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mymcpl.org/library-information|title=Library Information – Mid-Continent Public Library|website=mymcpl.org|access-date=February 6, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Kansas City Public Library]] − oldest library system in Kansas City<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kclibrary.org/library-history|title=Library History – Kansas City Public Library|website=kclibrary.org|access-date=February 6, 2024}}</ref>
* [[University of Missouri-Kansas City|University of Missouri-Kansas City Libraries]] − four collections: Leon E. Bloch Law Library and Miller Nichols Library, both on Volker Campus; and Health Sciences Library and Dental Library, both on Hospital Hill in Kansas City
* [[Rockhurst University]] Greenlease Library
* The [[Black Archives of Mid-America]] − research center of the African American experience in the central Midwest
* [[National Archives and Records Administration]] (NARA), Central Plains Region − one of 18 national records facilities, holding millions of archival records and microfilms for Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska in a new facility adjacent to Union Station, which was opened to the general public in 2008