ELM GROVE ELEM.

Located at 25102 E. US 24 Highway, in INDEPENDENCE, Missouri, ELM GROVE ELEM. is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school that serves 305 students (grades K through 4), part of FORT OSAGE R-I.

FORT OSAGE R-I runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 4,718 students. ELM GROVE ELEM. is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, ELM GROVE ELEM. shows that White students make up the majority at 57%. Beyond that, the school records 16% Hispanic, 15% Black, 10% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, ELM GROVE ELEM. has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.2:1. The state averages about 12.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 69% of students at ELM GROVE ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Jackson County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, ELM GROVE 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 50.0%; this one delivers 73.3%, a residual of +23.3 points.

Around the school, census data for Jackson County shows median household income runs about $68,577, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. ELM GROVE ELEM. is one of 244 public schools in Jackson County (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students).

EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ELM GROVE ELEM.. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ELM GROVE ELEM. at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 49.1%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ELM GROVE ELEM. has shrank 14%, going from 356 students in 2018 to 305 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 65% to 57% across the same window.

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