Sunshine Center

Size

Of the 2 schools in Independence 30 School District, Sunshine Center is the smallest, with 0.7% of the district's students. The 8 nearest schools are a median 9.6 miles away and have a median of 123 students, so Sunshine Center 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

Sunshine Center serves a single grade, pre-K, with 106 students.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

White students are the largest group, at 58.5% of enrollment, a higher share than across Independence 30 (45.5%). Black students are next, at 15.1%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

52.8% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 73.2% across Independence 30 and a median of 46.5% for Missouri schools. 28.3% 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

NCES reports no teacher count for Sunshine Center for 2024-25, so this page shows no students-per-teacher figure for it. Across Independence 30 there are 14.7 students per teacher.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25.

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 school is Early Childhood Center, 1.5 miles away in Fort Osage R-I School District. There are 2 schools within 5 miles and 4 within 10 miles.

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