Little Blue Elementary School

Size

Of the 10 elementary schools in Raytown C-2 School District, Little Blue Elementary School is the largest, with 4.9% of the district's students. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 2.4 miles away and have a median of 359 students, so Little Blue 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 1 with 70 students, and its smallest is grade 5 with 52, against an average of 63 per grade. This year grade 5 has 20% fewer students than kindergarten (52 against 65). 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 32.7% of enrollment, a higher share than across Raytown C-2 (20.2%). Black students are next, at 31.7%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

64.4% 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. 28% 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

Little Blue Elementary School has 28.85 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.1 students per teacher. At the median Missouri elementary school ratio of 12.3, a school with 379 students would have about 30.8 teachers, so Little Blue Elementary School has 1.9 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 city, large, which means it is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more. The nearest other elementary school is Norfleet Elementary School, 0.7 miles away in the same district. There are 22 elementary schools within 5 miles and 105 within 10 miles.

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