Eagle Heights Elementary

Eagle Heights Elementary is a sizable elementary campus in SMITHVILLE, Missouri, overseen by SMITHVILLE R-II. The school caters to 492 students in grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 56% larger than typical.

SMITHVILLE R-II runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,514 students. Eagle Heights Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Eagle Heights Elementary reports that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Clay County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Eagle Heights Elementary logs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Roughly 18% of students at Eagle Heights Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Clay County (around 35%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Eagle Heights Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.9%; this one delivers 35.8%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Clay County put median household income runs about $88,468, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Clay County's 80 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,553 students), Eagle Heights Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Maple Elementary, roughly 2.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Eagle Heights Elementary ranks 9th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 56.1%.

Eagle Heights Elementary operates from a low-density location.

On the community side, the feed for Eagle Heights Elementary typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.