Enrollment
330
Elementary
DISTRICT 492 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLUE SPRINGS R-IV·NCES 290531002367
DANIEL YOUNG ELEM.
505 SE SHAMROCK LN, BLUE SPRINGS, MO 64014 · (816) 874-3630 · Jackson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL330 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Missouri public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
140 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 36 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 52% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
52.2%
MO avg 44.9% . -0.6pp since 2021
Math
56.2%
MO avg 43.8% . -2.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 19.8% | 32.4% | 34.4% | 13.2% |
| Math | 34.4% | 21.8% | 28.4% | 15.2% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.2% | 56.2% |
| 2023-24 | 53.5% | 60.9% |
| 2022-23 | 52.8% | 56.1% |
| 2021-22 | 52.8% | 58.9% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. 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
56.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.0%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 →
Schools most like DANIEL YOUNG ELEM.
DANIEL YOUNG ELEM.'s state test result (56.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DANIEL YOUNG ELEM. this school | 330 | 42.4% | 56.2% |
| BLACKBURN ELEM. INDEPENDENCE | 363 | 45.2% | 42.9% |
| BLUE HILLS ELEM. INDEPENDENCE | 357 | 43.7% | 36.6% |
| FRANKLIN SMITH ELEM. BLUE SPRINGS | 401 | 41.6% | 61.4% |
| MONROE ELEM. ST CHARLES | 366 | 47.8% | 49.5% |
| PLEASANT LEA ELEM. LEE'S SUMMIT | 346 | 38.7% | 43.8% |
Matched among Missouri elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where DANIEL YOUNG ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #190 of 1,002 | #15 of 126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #212 of 1,019 ▼ 67 | #14 of 126 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.2% | #297 of 1,018 ▼ 44 | #25 of 126 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.7pp | #321 of 943 | #47 of 124 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 330 | #598 of 1,294 | #87 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #482 of 950 | #48 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.0% | #248 of 953 | #76 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.4% | #776 of 1,165 | #102 of 136 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.3% | #680 of 684 | #92 of 92 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
330
-41 (-11%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 490
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 14.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 330 | 25.6 | 12.9:1 | 42% (140) |
| 2023-24 | 326 | 24.6 | 13.3:1 | 39% (128) |
| 2022-23 | 358 | 25.9 | 13.8:1 | 34% (123) |
| 2020-21 | 371 | 25 | 14.8:1 | 36% (135) |
| 2017-18 | 331 | 23.9 | 13.8:1 | 31% (102) |
| 2015-16 | 334 | 24 | 13.9:1 | 35% (118) |
| 2010-11 | 349 | 22 | 15.9:1 | 38% (134) |
| 2000-01 | 400 | 27 | 14.8:1 | 10% (40) |
| 1990-91 | 490 | 28 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DANIEL YOUNG ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (331 to 330); teachers up 7% (23.9 to 25.6).
About DANIEL YOUNG ELEM.
DANIEL YOUNG ELEM. is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in BLUE SPRINGS, Missouri. A total of 330 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5.
BLUE SPRINGS R-IV enrolls 14,657 students in 20 schools, including DANIEL YOUNG ELEM..
Roughly 63% of students at DANIEL YOUNG ELEM. are White. The rest of enrollment is 15% Hispanic, 12% Black, and 8% multiracial. That is close to the 62% White share among all Jackson County residents. DANIEL YOUNG ELEM.'s diversity index is 56%, against a US figure of 70%.
DANIEL YOUNG ELEM. operates with 25.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 12.9:1. That matches the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri fairly closely. About 42% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That is 18 points below the 60% average for public schools in Jackson County.
DANIEL YOUNG ELEM. is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 80% of Missouri public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, DANIEL YOUNG ELEM. is 12.2 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 56.2% actual, 44.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Missouri.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Jackson County show that the median household income is $68,577, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. DANIEL YOUNG ELEM. is one of 244 public schools in the county.
The school nearest to DANIEL YOUNG ELEM. is WILLIAM BRYANT ELEM., at a distance of about 0.9 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, DANIEL YOUNG ELEM. places 2nd out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment declined 11% from its 2020-21 level of 371. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.8:1 in 2020-21 to 12.9:1 in 2024-25.
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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
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- BLUE SPRINGS SOUTH HIGHHigh · 2,299 students
- PAUL KINDER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 919 students
- MORELAND RIDGE MIDDLEMiddle · 813 students
- BRITTANY HILL MIDDLEMiddle · 807 students
- CORDILL-MASON ELEM.Elementary · 681 students
Nearby schools
- WILLIAM BRYANT ELEM.0.9 mi · 529
- BLUE SPRINGS SOUTH HIGH0.9 mi · 2,299
- CORDILL-MASON ELEM.1.0 mi · 681
- MORELAND RIDGE MIDDLE1.0 mi · 813
- FRANKLIN SMITH ELEM.1.4 mi · 401
- JAMES WALKER ELEM.1.7 mi · 456
Frequently asked questions
About DANIEL YOUNG ELEM.What is the total enrollment at DANIEL YOUNG ELEM.?
DANIEL YOUNG ELEM. enrolls approximately 330 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does DANIEL YOUNG ELEM. serve?
DANIEL YOUNG ELEM. serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does DANIEL YOUNG ELEM. have?
DANIEL YOUNG ELEM. employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
How diverse is DANIEL YOUNG ELEM.?
DANIEL YOUNG ELEM. reports a student body of 63% White, 15% Hispanic, 12% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is DANIEL YOUNG ELEM. in?
DANIEL YOUNG ELEM. is part of BLUE SPRINGS R-IV.
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