Enrollment
193
Elementary
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INDEPENDENCE 30·NCES 291548000710
BRYANT ELEM.
827 W COLLEGE, INDEPENDENCE, MO 64050 · (816) 521-5400 · Jackson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL193 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
147 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 54%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
59.4%
MO avg 49.5% . +21.3pp since 2023
Math
57.5%
MO avg 48.7% . -5.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are up about 21 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
54.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.9%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Missouri's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
193
-48 (-20%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 14.6:1
% White
47%
was 46%
% Hispanic
35%
was 29%
% Black
11%
was 10%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About BRYANT ELEM.
BRYANT ELEM. operates as a close-knit elementary school in INDEPENDENCE, Missouri, operated by INDEPENDENCE 30. Current enrollment sits at 193 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 39% smaller than typical.
INDEPENDENCE 30 comprises 29 schools with combined enrollment of 14,272 students; BRYANT ELEM. is among them.
Looking at the student body, BRYANT ELEM. shows that the largest single group is White at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 35% Hispanic, 11% Black, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Jackson County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.
On the resource side, On paper, BRYANT ELEM. has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.8:1. The state averages about 12.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 76% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Jackson County (around 60%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, BRYANT ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.0%.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Jackson County) records that median household income runs about $68,577, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Jackson County's 244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students), BRYANT ELEM. is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: WILLIAM CHRISMAN HIGH, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, BRYANT ELEM. comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 57.3%.
The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BRYANT ELEM. has contracted 20%, going from 241 students in 2018 to 193 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 29% to 35%. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.
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Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
719,976
Census ACS
Median income
$68,577
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
244
105,714 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in INDEPENDENCE 30
- TRUMAN HIGHHigh · 1,720 students
- WILLIAM CHRISMAN HIGHHigh · 1,417 students
- VAN HORN HIGHHigh · 1,067 students
- CLIFFORD H. NOWLIN MIDDLEMiddle · 902 students
- BRIDGER MIDDLEMiddle · 744 students
- PIONEER RIDGE MIDDLEMiddle · 731 students
Other schools in INDEPENDENCE
- TRUMAN HIGHHigh · 1,720 students
- FORT OSAGE HIGHHigh · 1,545 students
- WILLIAM CHRISMAN HIGHHigh · 1,417 students
- CLIFFORD H. NOWLIN MIDDLEMiddle · 902 students
- BRIDGER MIDDLEMiddle · 744 students
- PIONEER RIDGE MIDDLEMiddle · 731 students
Nearby schools
- WILLIAM CHRISMAN HIGH0.9 mi · 1,417
- PROCTER ELEM.1.0 mi · 221
- OTT ELEM.1.0 mi · 384
- ABRAHAM MALLINSON ELEMENTARY1.2 mi · 282
- THOMAS HART BENTON ELEM.1.3 mi · 401
- SUGAR CREEK ELEM.1.4 mi · 134
Frequently asked questions
About BRYANT ELEM.What is the total enrollment at BRYANT ELEM.?
BRYANT ELEM. enrolls approximately 193 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does BRYANT ELEM. serve?
BRYANT ELEM. serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does BRYANT ELEM. have?
BRYANT ELEM. employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at BRYANT ELEM.?
At BRYANT ELEM., the student body is approximately 47% White, 35% Hispanic, 11% Black, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees BRYANT ELEM.?
BRYANT ELEM. is overseen by INDEPENDENCE 30 in Jackson County.
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