Sumner Academy is a USD 500, KCKS inner city, 5 year public HS. USD 500 tests all 7th graders. Students who score high enough, and have no history of discipline problems, are invited to attend Sumner. Failure to maintain the required grade point, or to be a discipline problem, get the student sent to his KCKS neighborhood HS. Sumner student ACT and SAT scores are on a par with Shawnee Mission and Blue Valley Districts
The student body is about 40% Black, 40% Hispanic, and the remaining 20% white, Asian, and others. The school is in down town KCKS in the old Black HS.
The Curriculum is heavy in math, scienc, and English. Most of the students are enrolled in IB or AP programs. Sumner has been recognized nationally by U. S. News and World Report 6 or 7 times in the last 10 years as a U. S. Top 100, Gold Medal School. Great school and great kids.
Sumner is not a 4A sports power. The are pretty good in football, and tough every year in basketball (4A boys State BB champs in 2000 and 2010)(remember, these are inner city kids in inner city sports). In other sports they are spotty to very poor!
