DANIEL YOUNG ELEM.

DANIEL YOUNG ELEM., a moderately sized elementary school in BLUE SPRINGS, Missouri, one of the schools within BLUE SPRINGS R-IV, caters to 330 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

BLUE SPRINGS R-IV comprises 20 schools with combined enrollment of 14,657 students; DANIEL YOUNG ELEM. is among them.

Demographically, DANIEL YOUNG ELEM. reports that 63% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 12% Black, 8% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Jackson County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, On paper, DANIEL YOUNG ELEM. has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 42% 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 somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, DANIEL YOUNG ELEM. is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 50.5%; this one delivers 81.2%, a residual of +30.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Jackson County put median household earnings sit near $68,577, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. DANIEL YOUNG ELEM. is one of 244 public schools in Jackson County (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students).

WILLIAM BRYANT ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DANIEL YOUNG ELEM.. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DANIEL YOUNG ELEM. at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 43.3%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 331 students in 2018 compared to 330 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 74% to 63%.

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