Spring Valley Elementary School

Size

Spring Valley Elementary School is the 3rd largest of Raytown C-2 School District's 10 elementary schools; its 353 students are 4.6% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 1.9 miles away and have a median of 320 students, so Spring Valley 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 kindergarten with 66 students, and its smallest is grade 3 with 53, against an average of 59 per grade. This year grade 5 has 12% fewer students than kindergarten (58 against 66). 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

Black students are the largest group, at 62.3% of enrollment, a higher share than across Raytown C-2 (50%). Hispanic students are next, at 15.9%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

73.7% 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. 37.1% 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

Spring Valley Elementary School has 23.49 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15 students per teacher. At the median Missouri elementary school ratio of 12.3, a school with 353 students would have about 28.7 teachers, so Spring Valley Elementary School has 5.2 fewer.

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

Location

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 Westridge Elementary School, 0.9 miles away in the same district. There are 21 elementary schools within 5 miles and 94 within 10 miles.

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