1. ABOUTTHEMISSOURI
QUALITYAWARD:
The Missouri Quality Award is one
of the strongest state quality award
programs due to the outstanding
support received from individuals
and organization throughout
Missouri. More than 200 volunteers
work to ensure that all Missouri
Quality Award applicants receive
high quality assessments that
generate feedback reports to help
organizations improve. The journey
for MQA organizations does not
end here—these organizations are
committed to ensuring that they
continue to grow and improve.
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KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
PARK HILL
SCHOOL DISTRICT
The Park Hill School District, formally organized in 1951, encompasses 71 square miles
located in the southern Platte County, located just north of downtown Kansas City, Missouri.
The Park Hill School District is a public school district with pre‐kindergarten programs
through grade 12, including ten elementary schools, three middle schools, two high schools, a
day treatment school, and an Early Childhood Education Center.
The Park Hill School District maintains a reputation for educational excellence in the region
and throughout the state of Missouri. The Park Hill School District serves 11,111 kindergarten
through twelfth grade students and approximately 435 pre-kindergarten students. The Park
Hill School District has experienced sustained, stable growth for more than thirty years. In
fact, the Park Hill School District witnessed an increase in student enrollment every year for
the past 31 years. During the last fifteen years, student enrollment in the district increased on
average by 150 students each year.
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2. STRATEGICTHINKINGYIELDS
CONTINUOUSIMPROVEMENT
• The Park Hill School District’s culture
of high expectations and continuous
improvement is guided by the tenets of a
professional learning community with a
shared vision, mission, and values.
• The Park Hill School District maintains
a focus upon identified Strategic Focus
Areas and articulated goals within the
Comprehensive School Improvement
Plan that are aligned with student and
stakeholder requirements and expectations.
• Staff members use collective inquiry,
collaborative teams, and an action
orientation to accomplish the district’s goals.
CUSTOMERFOCUS
IMPROVESSERVICE
• Key stakeholder groups of the Park Hill
School District include students, parents,
and taxpayers.
• The Park Hill School District’s
performance management system includes
the Comprehensive School Improvement
Plan, Building School Improvement Plans,
district balanced scorecard, and building
balanced scorecards and allows the district
to monitor the key requirements of students,
parents, and taxpayers.
• PHSD reports good overall performance
levels in many measures of customer
satisfaction and customer engagement.
ROADMAPTO
EXCELLENTRESULTS
• The Park Hill School District is
recognized for its student-centered
excellence. Quality tools such as issue bins
and plus deltas are used continually to
obtain actionable feedback directly from
their students. Feedback from students is
incorporated into the Comprehensive School
Improvement Plan which then measure
progress at the organizational level and
student level using tools such as the newly
developed College and Career Readiness
Index.
• Most of Park Hill School District’s
metrics for assessing student learning show
good to excellent levels of performance. Park
Hill School District’s MAP performance for
English and Math ranks higher than Missouri
averages across all grade levels.
The Park Hill School District is a
community of learners focused on continuous
improvement to ensure that each student is
prepared to succeed in life. This commitment
has led to improved organizational
performance, and most importantly, student
growth exceeding that of other districts
serving a similar student population.
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PARK HILL SCHOOL DISTRICT
ADDRESS: 7703NWBarryRoad
KansasCity,MO64153
TELEPHONE: 816-359-4030
WEB SITE: www.parkhill.k12.mo.us
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ELEMENTARY MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL
Since 2009, Park Hill students’ MAP
scores in English have outperformed
their peers from both other Kansas
City districts and statewide.
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83%Last year, more than eight out
of every 10 Park Hill high school
student scored ‘Proficient’ or higher
in the Math portion of the
Missouri Aptitude Test