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School														Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MAP Mathematics (2025)			MAP Science (2025)	MAP English Language Arts (2025)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Distance	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	MAP Mathematics 4th Grade	MAP Mathematics 5th Grade	MAP Science 5th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
John Nowlin Elementary	0.0mi	Public	K-5	5020 NW Valley View Rd	Blue Springs	64015	Jackson County	Blue Springs R-IV	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 874-3670	460	34	13.7	38.0%	271 (58.9%)	70 (15.2%)	55 (12.0%)	8 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (12.2%)	77.4	186^th of 900 public elementary schools	79.3%		73.8	206^th of 906 public elementary schools	77.3%	20	65.6	68.4	41.2	42.4	63.9	65.2	52.4	$13,676	$405	$13,271
Sunny Pointe Elementary	1.0mi	Public	K-5	3920 South R D Mize Rd	Blue Springs	64015	Jackson County	Blue Springs R-IV	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 874-3700	506	38	13.3	35.6%	346 (68.4%)	58 (11.5%)	62 (12.3%)	7 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	30 (5.9%)	73.2	217^th of 900 public elementary schools	75.9%		71.8	235^th of 906 public elementary schools	74.1%	18	42.4	51.8	58.2	63.0	47.0	49.3	59.4	$14,127	$576	$13,551
Thomas J. Ultican Elementary	2.1mi	Public	K-5	1812 NW Vesper	Blue Springs	64015	Jackson County	Blue Springs R-IV	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 874-3710	419	30	14.0	45.8%	281 (67.1%)	43 (10.3%)	52 (12.4%)	2 (0.5%)	6 (1.4%)	2 (0.5%)	33 (7.9%)	52.6	430^th of 900 public elementary schools	52.2%		56.9	380^th of 906 public elementary schools	58.1%	50	44.5	34.7	41.4	41.3	49.9	38.9	41.4	$13,994	$414	$13,580
Franklin Smith Elementary	2.8mi	Public	K-5	1609 Clark Rd	Blue Springs	64015	Jackson County	Blue Springs R-IV	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 874-3640	401	33	12.1	41.6%	247 (61.6%)	58 (14.5%)	45 (11.2%)	7 (1.7%)	4 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	39 (9.7%)	88.8	81^st of 900 public elementary schools	91.0%		76.7	180^th of 906 public elementary schools	80.1%	99	73.3	80.5	52.9	51.7	63.9	85.8		$15,219	$705	$14,514
Voy Spears Junior Elementary	2.9mi	Public	K-5	201 NE Anderson	Lees Summit	64064	Jackson County	Blue Springs R-IV	No	No	No	No	(816) 874-3720	546	35	15.4	13.7%	391 (71.6%)	59 (10.8%)	46 (8.4%)	12 (2.2%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	35 (6.4%)	97.6	9^th of 900 public elementary schools	99.0%		97.2	9^th of 906 public elementary schools	99.0%		79.7	83.4	80.0	77.8	71.0	81.3		$14,182	$396	$13,786
James Lewis Elementary	2.9mi	Public	PK, KG-5	717 NW Park Rd	Blue Springs	64015	Jackson County	Blue Springs R-IV	No	No	No	No	(816) 874-3650	473	37	12.7	29.8%	335 (70.8%)	44 (9.3%)	61 (12.9%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	29 (6.1%)	91.5	56^th of 900 public elementary schools	93.8%		70.8	247^th of 906 public elementary schools	72.7%	191	76.0	61.7	60.1	70.9	61.1		70.9	$14,345	$526	$13,819
William Yates Elementary	3.3mi	Public	K-5	3600 Davidson Rd	Independence	64055	Jackson County	Blue Springs R-IV	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 874-3740	463	34	13.6	49.5%	197 (42.5%)	85 (18.4%)	104 (22.5%)	8 (1.7%)	5 (1.1%)	14 (3.0%)	50 (10.8%)	92.6	46^th of 900 public elementary schools	94.9%		94.5	28^th of 906 public elementary schools	96.9%	18	75.2	77.6	68.5	61.4	72.6	67.9	60.4	$14,186	$782	$13,404
Lucy Franklin Elementary	3.5mi	Public	K-5	111 NE Roanoke Dr	Blue Springs	64014	Jackson County	Blue Springs R-IV	No	No	No	No	(816) 874-3690	536	36	14.8	19.6%	395 (73.7%)	30 (5.6%)	69 (12.9%)	4 (0.7%)	3 (0.6%)	5 (0.9%)	30 (5.6%)	90	73^rd of 900 public elementary schools	91.9%		88.5	69^th of 906 public elementary schools	92.4%	4	69.6	65.8	58.0	69.5	65.1	63.7	63.3	$12,911	$397	$12,513
James Walker Elementary	3.5mi	Public	K-5	201 SE Sunnyside School Rd	Blue Springs	64014	Jackson County	Blue Springs R-IV	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 874-3660	456	32	14.2	49.8%	263 (57.7%)	79 (17.3%)	70 (15.4%)	7 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	35 (7.7%)	96.6	14^th of 900 public elementary schools	98.4%		96.4	14^th of 906 public elementary schools	98.5%		81.7	85.0	67.2	74.4		78.4	73.1	$12,493	$401	$12,092
Little Blue Elementary	3.5mi	Public	PK, KG-5	2020 Quail Drive	Independence	64057	Jackson County	Independence 30	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 521-5480	263	24	10.9	52.1%	157 (59.7%)	44 (16.7%)	29 (11.0%)	6 (2.3%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	24 (9.1%)	38.8	583^rd of 900 public elementary schools	35.2%		41.3	549^th of 906 public elementary schools	39.4%	34	32.6	33.2	23.0		39.9		41.5	$16,630	$4,025	$12,605

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