HANTHORN EARLY EDUCATION

HANTHORN EARLY EDUCATION is an elementary-level community of tight-knit scale in INDEPENDENCE, Missouri, overseen by INDEPENDENCE 30, instructing 180 students in grade pre-K. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so HANTHORN EARLY EDUCATION sits 43% leaner than that benchmark.

HANTHORN EARLY EDUCATION is one of 29 schools operated by INDEPENDENCE 30, a district that caters to 14,272 students overall.

Demographically, HANTHORN EARLY EDUCATION records that the largest single group is White at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 28% Hispanic, 19% Black, 12% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 62% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Jackson County (around 60%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Jackson County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $68,577 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. HANTHORN EARLY EDUCATION is one of 244 public schools in Jackson County (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students).

GLENDALE ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HANTHORN EARLY EDUCATION has ticked down 20%, going from 226 students in 2018 to 180 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 64% to 39% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

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