Sunny Pointe Elementary School

Size

Of the 13 elementary schools in Blue Springs R-IV School District, Sunny Pointe Elementary School is the 6th largest, with 3.5% of the district's students. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 2.9 miles away and have a median of 458 students, so Sunny Pointe 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 92 students, and its smallest is kindergarten with 70, against an average of 84 per grade. This year grade 5 has 21% more students than kindergarten (85 against 70). 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 68.4% of enrollment, a higher share than across Blue Springs R-IV (64.6%). Hispanic students are next, at 12.3%. Students from all 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

35.6% 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. 15.4% 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

Sunny Pointe Elementary School has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.3 students per teacher. At the median Missouri elementary school ratio of 12.3, a school with 506 students would have about 41.1 teachers, so Sunny Pointe Elementary School has 3.1 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 John Nowlin Elementary School, 1 miles away in the same district. There are 17 elementary schools within 5 miles and 59 within 10 miles.

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