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Little Blue Elementary

Q: Is Little Blue Elementary a good school?

Little Blue Elementary ranks 653 rd of 900 Missouri elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public Grades K-5

653^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 900 Missouri Elementary Schools

Better than 27% of Missouri elementary schools

Summary

Little Blue Elementary is a public elementary school in Kansas City, Missouri, serving 374 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the Raytown C-2 School District, which is ranked 312 out of 367 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Little Blue Elementary faces significant challenges, including consistently high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 22.3% to 34.7% over the past few years, which is significantly higher than the state average and the rates of nearby schools like Blue Ridge Elementary, Laurel Hills Elementary, and Robinson Elementary. The school's test scores are also generally lower than the state and district averages, with proficiency rates in Mathematics and English Language Arts for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades all below the Raytown C-2 district and Missouri state averages.

Despite these challenges, Little Blue Elementary has shown some promising performance for specific student subgroups, such as African American and Hispanic students. This indicates that the school has the potential to improve overall if the right strategies and interventions are implemented to address the root causes of the low performance. The school and district should focus on addressing the high chronic absenteeism rates and implementing targeted strategies to improve outcomes for all students.

379

Students ?

13.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$15,533

Per pupil spending ?

64.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

13900 E 61st Street
Kansas City, MO 64133-4529

(816) 268-7740

District: Raytown C-2

Students who attend Little Blue Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Raytown Middle
High:	Raytown Senior High

Racial breakdown:

White:

32.7%

African American:

31.7%

Hispanic:

22.7%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 17th percentile in 2015 → 27th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 10 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Missouri average (31% vs 42% meeting standards)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Science scores 22 pts below the Missouri average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school31%

District avg25%

Missouri avg42%

653^rd of 900

Missouri public elementary schools ?

Bottom 27%▲ up 10 pts since 2015

From bottom 17% (2015) to bottom 27% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 10Elementary Schools in the Raytown C-2

312^th of 367Raytown C-2 among Missouri districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Missouri percentile	Rating
2025	31.0	653 of 900	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.7	678 of 906	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	36.8	593 of 898	34.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	27.7	670 of 908	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	19.7	730 of 901	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	32.4	757 of 1052	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.9	813 of 1045	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	22.6	867 of 1032	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	21.3	724 of 865	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	23.6	874 of 1058	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	27.6	877 of 1089	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	37.4	794 of 1108	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	30.9	862 of 1085	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	20.7	960 of 1088	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Missouri percentile	Rating
2025	57.7	57 of 190	70.0%	★★★★☆
2024	52.9	67 of 191	64.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	59.5	54 of 185	70.8%	★★★★☆
2022	51.6	74 of 184	59.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	76.9	12 of 163	92.6%	★★★★★
2019	52.2	107 of 250	57.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	50.6	107 of 243	56.0%	★★★☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Missouri percentile	Rating
2019	39.5	193 of 302	36.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	46.2	146 of 251	41.8%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Missouri percentile	Rating
2024	37.2	28 of 45	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	58.3	40 of 120	66.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	59.9	31 of 105	70.5%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Missouri percentile	Rating
2025	38.5	394 of 638	38.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	51.0	279 of 625	55.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	35.2	421 of 611	31.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	37.8	336 of 532	36.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	35.7	373 of 574	35.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	49.9	436 of 907	51.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	37.5	620 of 887	30.1%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Missouri percentile	Rating
2022	11.7	624 of 675	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	10.8	646 of 691	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	30.5	680 of 917	25.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.1	658 of 898	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

African American (2025)70th percentile+43 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)38th percentile+11 vs school

Hispanic (2024)38th percentile+13 vs school

Disabled (2019)36th percentile+8 vs school

White (2022)8th percentile-19 vs school

By subject vs Missouri (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts34%-10 vs state

Mathematics30%-11 vs state

Science21%-22 vs state

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What people are saying

by a citizen
Tuesday, August 23, 2016

As a volunteer at Little Blue, I can tell you that the teachers and administration are wonderful! Each year we work on improving the school, but are at the mercy of constantly changing boundaries, tr Close Quote

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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	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
Little Blue Elementary	Public	K-5	13900 E 61st Street	Kansas City	64133	Jackson County	Raytown C-2	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 268-7740	379	29	13.1	64.4%	124 (32.7%)	120 (31.7%)	86 (22.7%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.3%)	42 (11.1%)	31	653^rd of 900 public elementary schools	27.4%		27.7	678^th of 906 public elementary schools	25.2%	25	26.0	37.6	26.7	20.6	32.3	37.6	31.1	$15,533	$2,882	$12,651
Norfleet Elementary	Public	K-5	6140 Norfleet Rd	Kansas City	64133	Jackson County	Raytown C-2	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 268-7240	329	27	12.0	60.8%	77 (23.4%)	157 (47.7%)	51 (15.5%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	40 (12.2%)	16.3	764^th of 900 public elementary schools	15.1%		9.8	836^th of 906 public elementary schools	7.7%	72	24.6	15.6	13.0	22.7	22.4	22.9	26.1	$17,531	$1,972	$15,559
Fleetridge Elementary	Public	K-5	13001 E 55th St	Kansas City	64133	Jackson County	Raytown C-2	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 268-7220	355	25	14.4	59.7%	96 (27.0%)	129 (36.3%)	81 (22.8%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.8%)	42 (11.8%)	32.2	645^th of 900 public elementary schools	28.3%		26	689^th of 906 public elementary schools	24.0%	44	25.1	41.3	27.0	29.0	29.0	34.4		$15,091	$1,676	$13,415
Robinson Elementary	Public	K-5	6707 Woodson Rd	Raytown	64133	Jackson County	Raytown C-2	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 268-7260	315	25	12.7	55.2%	85 (27.0%)	151 (47.9%)	43 (13.7%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	33 (10.5%)	49.5	473^rd of 900 public elementary schools	47.4%		39.1	568^th of 906 public elementary schools	37.3%	95	25.5	38.5	53.7	44.1	38.9	37.4	44.1	$16,512	$2,180	$14,332
William Southern Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4300 S Phelps Rd	Independence	64055	Jackson County	Independence 30	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 521-5475	458	26	17.6	74.5%	169 (36.9%)	157 (34.3%)	81 (17.7%)	6 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	41 (9.0%)	53.3	427^th of 900 public elementary schools	52.6%		51.5	438^th of 906 public elementary schools	51.7%	11	33.3	29.4	51.7	44.5	33.7	33.7	67.0	$13,831	$3,139	$10,692
Voy Spears Junior Elementary	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
Sycamore Hills Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	15208 E 39th St S	Independence	64055	Jackson County	Independence 30	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 521-5465	574	33	17.6	62.5%	291 (50.7%)	62 (10.8%)	161 (28.0%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	5 (0.9%)	49 (8.5%)	57.1	385^th of 900 public elementary schools	57.2%		52.1	431^st of 906 public elementary schools	52.4%	46	52.6	37.8	41.8	39.7	48.8	40.7	45.2	$11,723	$1,062	$10,660
John W. Luff Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3700 S Delaware Ave	Independence	64055	Jackson County	Independence 30	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 521-5415	362	25	14.6	73.5%	155 (42.8%)	73 (20.2%)	95 (26.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.7%)	32 (8.8%)	57.7	380^th of 900 public elementary schools	57.8%		61.4	332^nd of 906 public elementary schools	63.4%	48	67.2	31.6	26.4	49.9	59.6	37.4	45.3	$12,630	$1,081	$11,549
Blue Ridge Elementary	Public	K-5	6410 Blue Ridge Blvd	Raytown	64133	Jackson County	Raytown C-2	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 268-7200	299	24	12.2	68.9%	87 (29.1%)	122 (40.8%)	47 (15.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (14.0%)	25	699^th of 900 public elementary schools	22.3%		32.2	639^th of 906 public elementary schools	29.5%	60	25.6	30.9	18.6	27.9	26.0	29.2	31.4	$17,074	$2,174	$14,900
Laurel Hills Elementary	Public	K-5	5401 Lane	Raytown	64133	Jackson County	Raytown C-2	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 268-7230	344	29	11.8	75.3%	64 (18.6%)	168 (48.8%)	74 (21.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (2.0%)	30 (8.7%)	18	751^st of 900 public elementary schools	16.6%		34.6	610^th of 906 public elementary schools	32.7%	141	18.3	14.4		32.2	24.1	22.4		$17,010	$2,929	$14,081

Frequently Asked Questions about Little Blue Elementary

How many students attend Little Blue Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 379 students attended Little Blue Elementary.

What schools do graduates of Little Blue Elementary attend?

Students who attend Little Blue Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Raytown Middle
High : Raytown Senior High

What is the racial makeup of Little Blue Elementary?

Students at Little Blue Elementary are 33% White, 32% African American, 23% Hispanic, 11% Two or more races, 1% Pacific Islander.

Is Little Blue Elementary a good school?

Little Blue Elementary ranks 653^rd of 900 Missouri elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

What district is Little Blue Elementary in?

Raytown C-2

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