Kansas City, Missouri

===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]]