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Daniel Young Elementary School

Public elementary school in Blue Springs, Missouri · Blue Springs R-IV School District · Grades Pre-K–5

Daniel Young Elementary School serves 330 students in grades Pre-K–5 in Blue Springs (Jackson County). It is one of 20 schools in Blue Springs R-IV School District. By enrollment it is the 589th largest of 1,202 public elementary schools in Missouri (median 327 students). With 12.9 students per full-time teacher, it has about the same as the typical Missouri elementary school (12.3).

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 1,202 Missouri elementary schools with enrollment listed on this site.

330
students
12.9
students per teacher
42.4%
free/reduced lunch eligible
Pre-K–5
grades

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 25.6 full-time-equivalent teachers.

School facts

School typeRegular School
LevelElementary
GradesPre-K–5
DistrictBlue Springs R-IV School District
CountyJackson County
Area typeSuburb, large
School mealsNational School Lunch Program, free or reduced price for eligible students
NCES school ID290531002367

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.

Compared with the district and Missouri

This schoolBlue Springs R-IVMissouri elementary schools (median)
Students33014,657327
Students per teacher12.914.612.3
Free or reduced-price lunch eligible42.4%30.6%53.6%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 59% of Missouri elementary schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.

Daniel Young Elementary School in context

Size

Daniel Young Elementary School is the smallest of Blue Springs R-IV School District's 13 elementary schools; its 330 students are 2.3% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest elementary schools sit a median 2 miles away with a median enrollment of 475; Daniel Young Elementary School is smaller 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 5 with 61 students, and its smallest is pre-K with 36, against an average of 47 per grade. This year grade 5 has 49% more students than kindergarten (61 against 41). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 36 children in pre-K.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

The largest group is White students: 63% here and 64.6% across Blue Springs R-IV. Hispanic students are next, at 14.8%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

42.4% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 30.6% across Blue Springs R-IV and a median of 53.6% for Missouri elementary schools. 17.6% 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

With 25.6 full-time-equivalent teachers for 330 students, Daniel Young Elementary School has 12.9 students per teacher. At the median Missouri elementary school ratio of 12.3, a school with 330 students would have about 26.8 teachers, so Daniel Young Elementary School has 1.2 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Missouri elementary schools (12.3).

Location

Daniel Young Elementary School is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city, which NCES calls suburb, large. The nearest other elementary school is William Bryant Elementary School, 0.9 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 44 other elementary schools, 14 of them within 5 miles.

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

Students by race and ethnicity

Students by race and ethnicity
White
63%
Hispanic
14.8%
Black
11.8%
Two or more races
7.9%
Asian
1.5%
American Indian or Alaska Native
0.9%

43.6% of students are girls and 56.4% are boys.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Students by grade

Students by grade
Pre-K
36
Kindergarten
41
Grade 1
45
Grade 2
49
Grade 3
55
Grade 4
43
Grade 5
61

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Location and contact

505 Se Shamrock Ln, Blue Springs, MO 64014
Phone: (816)874-3630
Website: bssd.net

Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Red: Daniel Young Elementary School. Blue: the nearest elementary schools.

Nearby elementary schools

SchoolDistrictDistanceStudentsPer teacherFree/reduced lunch
William Bryant Elementary SchoolBlue Springs R-IV0.9 mi52916.830.8%
Cordill-Mason Elementary SchoolBlue Springs R-IV1.0 mi68113.425.7%
Franklin Smith Elementary SchoolBlue Springs R-IV1.4 mi40112.241.6%
James Walker Elementary SchoolBlue Springs R-IV1.7 mi45614.349.8%
Thomas J. Ultican Elementary SchoolBlue Springs R-IV2.3 mi4191445.8%
Stony Point Elementary SchoolGrain Valley R-V2.5 mi4741125.7%
Sni-A-Bar Elementary SchoolGrain Valley R-V3.1 mi47510.731.6%
Mason Elementary SchoolLee's Summit R-VII3.3 mi51215.815.4%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.

Other schools in Blue Springs R-IV

SchoolLevelGradesStudents
Blue Springs High SchoolHigh9–122,429
Blue Springs South High SchoolHigh9–122,299
Brittany Hill Middle SchoolMiddle6–8807
Chapel Lakes Elementary SchoolElementaryK–5600
Cordill-Mason Elementary SchoolElementaryK–5681
Delta Woods Middle SchoolMiddle6–8831
Franklin Smith Elementary SchoolElementaryK–5401
James Lewis Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–5473
James Walker Elementary SchoolElementaryK–5456
John Nowlin Elementary SchoolElementaryK–5460
Liggett Trail Education CenterOtherPre-K–12159
Lucy Franklin Elementary SchoolElementaryK–5536
Moreland Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle6–8813
Paul Kinder Middle SchoolMiddle6–8919
Sunny Pointe Elementary SchoolElementaryK–5506
Thomas J. Ultican Elementary SchoolElementaryK–5419
Voy Spears Jr. Elementary SchoolElementaryK–5546
William Bryant Elementary SchoolElementaryK–5529
William Yates Elementary SchoolElementaryK–5463