Blue Springs South High School

Size

Blue Springs South High School is the smallest of Blue Springs R-IV School District's 2 high schools; its 2,299 students are 15.7% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 7.9 miles away and have a median of 1,601 students, so Blue Springs South High School is larger than most of them.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is grade 9 with 622 students, and its smallest is grade 11 with 546, against an average of 575 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 622 in grade 9 and 571 in grade 12.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

White students are the largest group, at 65.2% of enrollment, about the same share as across Blue Springs R-IV (64.6%). Black students are next, at 14.5%. Students from all 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

24.9% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 30.6% across Blue Springs R-IV and a median of 46.2% for Missouri high schools. 8.5% are directly certified for free meals, meaning their families take part in programs such as SNAP or TANF, so no application was needed. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

Blue Springs South High School has 126.27 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 18.2 students per teacher. At the median Missouri high school ratio of 12.2, a school with 2,299 students would have about 188.4 teachers, so Blue Springs South High School has 62.1 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Missouri high schools (12.2).

Location

NCES classifies its location as suburb, large, which means it is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city. The nearest other high school is Blue Springs High School, 2.4 miles away in the same district. There are 2 high schools within 5 miles and 9 within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.