Illustrations

Figures

1.1–1.4 Patterns of metropolitan divergence on selected dimensions, 1940–1980

2.1 Statistical odds of school success, 1980

Maps

2.1 Kansas City, Missouri, annexations, 1947–1963

2.2 Metropolitan Kansas City school district boundaries, 1954

2.3–2.6 Growth of metropolitan Kansas City’s African American population, 1950–1980

2.7 Metropolitan Kansas City school district boundaries, 1980

2.8 Geo-spatial distribution of adults with college degrees, 1980

3.1–3.3 Kansas City public high schools and African American settlement , 1960, 1970, and 1980

4.1 Districts and schools in Kansas City and South Kansas City, 1980

4.2 Fifty years of annexations in North Kansas City, 1913–1963

5.1 Communities and schools upon formation of the Shawnee Mission District, 1971

E.1 Metropolitan Kansas City African American population, 2013–2017

E.2 Metropolitan Kansas City, children living below the poverty level, 2013–2017

E.3 Metropolitan Kansas City, location of college-educated adults, 2013–2017

Tables

2.1 Postwar population growth in metropolitan Kansas City’s four core counties

2.2 Descriptive statistics, 1960: five geo-spatial areas

2.3 Descriptive statistics, 1980: five geo-spatial areas

3.1 KCMPS enrollment by race, 1955–1980

3.2 Transfers from select KCMPS schools, 1962–1973

3.3 Results of Missouri Basic Skills testing, 1978, in KCMPS and neighboring districts

4.1 KC metropolitan Missouri districts: growth and resources, 1954–55 to 1974–75

4.2 KC metropolitan school districts: economic, social, and demographic profiles, 1970

5.1 Social status indicators, select Johnson County communities, 1960

E.1 Composite ACT scores and families in poverty for Kansas and Missouri districts in Greater Kansas City, 2012 and 2013

A.1 Regression analysis, adult education levels, 1960

A.2 Regression analysis, adult education levels, 1980

A.3 Binary logistic regression: junior year status or higher, 17-year-olds, 1980