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Paseo Academy | |
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Address | |
4747 Flora Avenue , Missouri 64110 | |
Coordinates | 39°02′20″N94°33′56″W / 39.03895°N 94.56567°W |
Information | |
Type | Public |
Established | 1926 |
School district | KCPS |
Principal | Keyona Powell (Interim) |
Teaching staff | 35.06 (FTE) [1] |
Grades | 7–12 |
Enrollment | 462 (2017-18) [1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 13.18 [1] |
Color(s) | |
Mascot | Pirate |
Website | kcpublicschools.org/paseo |
Paseo Academy, also referred to as Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts and sometimes Paseo High School, is a magnet performing arts high school located at 4747 Flora Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. It is part of the Kansas City Public Schools.
Paseo Academy is named for Paseo Boulevard, a main street in Kansas City, which is one block west of the school. The school sits on top of a hill with the Kansas City Middle School of the Arts behind it. The old Paseo High School building, designed by Charles A. Smith in 1924 and completed on September 9, 1926, was demolished on November 28, 1990. It was not a performing arts school until the current building was built.
Paseo Academy was formerly Paseo High School, which served the Blue Hills neighborhood.
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