[2] As of 2019[update] it has over 20,000 students,[3] and has about 82 square miles (210 km2) of area.
[4] Located mostly in Clay County, the district serves sections of Kansas City.
It also serves all of the following: North Kansas City, Avondale, Birmingham, Claycomo, Gladstone, Oaks, Oakview, Oakwood, Oakwood Park, Pleasant Valley, and Randolph.
Small portions of Independence and Liberty are in the district boundaries.
[5] Small portions of the district are in Platte County, and these portions include sections of Kansas City.