CLER-MONT ELEM.

CLER-MONT ELEM. is one of the mid-sized K-5 schools in INDEPENDENCE, Missouri, part of FORT OSAGE R-I, with 298 students on its rolls from grades K through 4.

CLER-MONT ELEM. is one of 9 schools operated by FORT OSAGE R-I, a district that educates 4,718 students overall.

In terms of who attends, CLER-MONT ELEM. logs that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment; the rest reads as 22% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 7% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Jackson County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, CLER-MONT ELEM. shows 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting CLER-MONT ELEM. higher than the state norm the norm. Around 64% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CLER-MONT ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.1%; this one delivers 64.3%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Jackson County put median household income runs about $68,577, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Jackson County runs 244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students), of which CLER-MONT ELEM. is one.

Nearest neighbor: SUNSHINE CENTER, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CLER-MONT ELEM.. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CLER-MONT ELEM. ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 51.2%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 23%: 387 students in 2018 compared to 298 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 9% to 22%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

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