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Enrollment
417
Elementary
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INDEPENDENCE 30·NCES 291548000711
GLENDALE ELEM.
2611 S LEE'S SUMMIT RD, INDEPENDENCE, MO 64055 · (816) 521-5510 · Jackson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL417 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
314 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 54%
Community
1
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 | 20 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
45.7%
MO avg 44.9% . +2.2pp since 2021
Math
46.3%
MO avg 43.8% . +13.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 20.6% | 25.1% | 34.0% | 20.1% |
| Math | 20.1% | 26.2% | 29.6% | 24.0% |
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 | 45.7% | 46.3% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 48.5% |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% | 40.3% |
| 2021-22 | 43.5% | 33.2% |
% 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
42.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.7%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 GLENDALE ELEM.
GLENDALE ELEM.'s state test result (42.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLENDALE ELEM. this school | 417 | 75.3% | 42.6% |
| JOHN W. LUFF ELEM. INDEPENDENCE | 362 | 73.5% | 46.4% |
| SANTA FE TRAIL ELEM. INDEPENDENCE | 364 | 75.8% | 38.5% |
| OTT ELEM. INDEPENDENCE | 384 | 75.0% | 37.8% |
| HEBER HUNT ELEM. SEDALIA | 448 | 77.2% | 42.2% |
| WILLIAM SOUTHERN ELEM. INDEPENDENCE | 458 | 74.5% | 42.4% |
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 GLENDALE ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #471 of 1,002 | #40 of 126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #414 of 1,019 ▼ 45 | #31 of 126 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #445 of 1,018 ▲ 15 | #42 of 126 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.7pp | #178 of 943 | #22 of 124 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 417 | #336 of 1,294 | #48 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #640 of 950 | #73 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.3% | #69 of 953 | #20 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.3% | #287 of 1,165 | #59 of 136 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.2% | #379 of 684 | #60 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
417
+13 (+3%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 587
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 417 | 30.4 | 13.7:1 | 75% (314) |
| 2023-24 | 391 | 28.8 | 13.6:1 | 73% (286) |
| 2022-23 | 458 | 28.4 | 16.1:1 | 69% (317) |
| 2020-21 | 404 | 27 | 15.0:1 | 66% (266) |
| 2017-18 | 475 | 29.9 | 15.9:1 | 65% (308) |
| 2015-16 | 496 | 30 | 16.5:1 | 65% (323) |
| 2010-11 | 484 | 25 | 19.4:1 | 57% (275) |
| 2000-01 | 443 | 27 | 16.4:1 | 38% (167) |
| 1990-91 | 587 | 26 | 22.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GLENDALE ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (475 to 417); teachers up 2% (29.9 to 30.4).
About GLENDALE ELEM.
GLENDALE ELEM. is a mid-sized elementary school in INDEPENDENCE, Missouri, one of the schools in INDEPENDENCE 30. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 417 students. It has 32% more students than the average for elementary schools in Missouri (about 315).
The 29 schools in INDEPENDENCE 30 enroll 14,272 students altogether, GLENDALE ELEM. among them.
The largest racial or ethnic group at GLENDALE ELEM. is White, with 47% of students. Other groups include 22% Black, 22% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. The county population is about 62% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, GLENDALE ELEM. scores 68%.
With 30.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.7:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Missouri average 12.4:1. Roughly 75% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Jackson County report 60%.
A school with GLENDALE ELEM.'s lunch-eligibility share in Missouri is predicted to score 31.7%. GLENDALE ELEM. scores 42.6%, 11.0 points above that line.
In Jackson County, median household income comes to about $68,577, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Jackson County counts 244 public schools with about 105,714 students.
HANTHORN EARLY EDUCATION is about 0.5 miles from GLENDALE ELEM., the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, GLENDALE ELEM. is 8th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 417 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 404. The ratio was 15.0:1 in 2020-21 and 13.7:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for GLENDALE ELEM. lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
Related schools
Other schools in INDEPENDENCE 30
- TRUMAN HIGHHigh · 1,720 students
- WILLIAM CHRISMAN HIGHHigh · 1,417 students
- VAN HORN HIGHHigh · 1,067 students
- CLIFFORD H. NOWLIN MIDDLEMiddle · 902 students
- BRIDGER MIDDLEMiddle · 744 students
- PIONEER RIDGE MIDDLEMiddle · 731 students
Other schools in INDEPENDENCE
- TRUMAN HIGHHigh · 1,720 students
- FORT OSAGE HIGHHigh · 1,545 students
- WILLIAM CHRISMAN HIGHHigh · 1,417 students
- CLIFFORD H. NOWLIN MIDDLEMiddle · 902 students
- BRIDGER MIDDLEMiddle · 744 students
- PIONEER RIDGE MIDDLEMiddle · 731 students
Other GLENDALE Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 10 states are named GLENDALE Elementary. GLENDALE ELEM. is the 5th largest of the 10.
- Glendale ElementarySAVAGE, MN · 522 students
- GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTONAWANDA, NY · 443 students
- Glendale ElementaryGlen Burnie, MD · 438 students
- Glendale ElementaryNashville, TN · 433 students
- GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLVERO BEACH, FL · 390 students
Nearby schools
- HANTHORN EARLY EDUCATION0.5 mi · 180
- BLACKBURN ELEM.0.9 mi · 363
- THOMAS HART BENTON ELEM.1.4 mi · 401
- BRIDGER MIDDLE1.4 mi · 744
- WILLIAM YATES ELEM.1.5 mi · 463
- SYCAMORE HILLS ELEM.1.6 mi · 574
Frequently asked questions
About GLENDALE ELEM.What is the total enrollment at GLENDALE ELEM.?
GLENDALE ELEM. enrolls approximately 417 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does GLENDALE ELEM. serve?
GLENDALE ELEM. serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at GLENDALE ELEM.?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at GLENDALE ELEM..
How diverse is GLENDALE ELEM.?
GLENDALE ELEM. reports a student body of 47% White, 22% Hispanic, 22% Black, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees GLENDALE ELEM.?
GLENDALE ELEM. is overseen by INDEPENDENCE 30 in Jackson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.