Thomas J. Ultican Elementary School

Size

Of the 13 elementary schools in Blue Springs R-IV School District, Thomas J. Ultican Elementary School is the 11th largest, with 2.9% of the district's students. Its 8 closest elementary schools sit a median 2.1 miles away with a median enrollment of 467; Thomas J. Ultican 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 4 with 92 students, and its smallest is grade 2 with 51, against an average of 70 per grade. This year grade 5 has 33% more students than kindergarten (77 against 58). 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

The largest group is White students: 67.1% here and 64.6% across Blue Springs R-IV. Hispanic students are next, at 12.4%. Students from all 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

45.8% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 30.6% across Blue Springs R-IV and a median of 53.6% for Missouri elementary schools. 16.7% 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

With 29.9 full-time-equivalent teachers for 419 students, Thomas J. Ultican Elementary School has 14 students per teacher. At the median Missouri elementary school ratio of 12.3, a school with 419 students would have about 34.1 teachers, so Thomas J. Ultican Elementary School has 4.2 fewer.

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

Location

Thomas J. Ultican Elementary School is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city, which NCES calls suburb, large. The nearest other elementary school is Franklin Smith Elementary School, 1.2 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 55 other elementary schools, 14 of them within 5 miles.

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