James Walker Elementary School

Size

James Walker Elementary School is the 10th largest of Blue Springs R-IV School District's 13 elementary schools; its 456 students are 3.1% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 1.8 miles away and have a median of 474 students, so James Walker Elementary School is close to their typical size.

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 97 students, and its smallest is grade 3 with 66, against an average of 76 per grade. This year grade 5 has 45% more students than kindergarten (97 against 67). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

White students are the largest group, at 57.7% of enrollment, a lower share than across Blue Springs R-IV (64.6%). Black students are next, at 17.3%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

49.8% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 30.6% across Blue Springs R-IV and a median of 53.6% for Missouri elementary schools. 20.8% 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

James Walker Elementary School has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.3 students per teacher. At the median Missouri elementary school ratio of 12.3, a school with 456 students would have about 37.1 teachers, so James Walker Elementary School has 5.1 fewer.

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

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 elementary school is William Bryant Elementary School, 0.9 miles away in the same district. There are 13 elementary schools within 5 miles and 46 within 10 miles.

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