Laurel Hills Elementary School

Size

Laurel Hills Elementary School is the 5th largest of Raytown C-2 School District's 10 elementary schools; its 344 students are 4.5% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 2.5 miles away and have a median of 324 students, so Laurel Hills 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 2 with 64 students, and its smallest is grade 4 with 50, against an average of 57 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 58 in kindergarten and 58 in grade 5.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

Black students are the largest group, at 48.8% of enrollment, about the same share as across Raytown C-2 (50%). Hispanic students are next, at 21.5%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

75.3% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 64.4% across Raytown C-2 and a median of 53.6% for Missouri elementary schools. 37.2% 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

Laurel Hills Elementary School has 28.95 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 11.9 students per teacher. At the median Missouri elementary school ratio of 12.3, a school with 344 students would have about 28 teachers, so Laurel Hills Elementary School has about as many as that.

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 Eastwood Hills Elementary School, 0.9 miles away in the same district. There are 31 elementary schools within 5 miles and 98 within 10 miles.

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