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How has JAMES LEWIS ELEM. changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
473
Elementary
DISTRICT 492 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLUE SPRINGS R-IV·NCES 290531000082
JAMES LEWIS ELEM.
717 NW PARK RD, BLUE SPRINGS, MO 64015 · (816) 874-3650 · Jackson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL473 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
141 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
56.6%
MO avg 49.5% . -8.3pp since 2023
Math
63.9%
MO avg 48.7% . +22.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). 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
58.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.7%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
473
-11 (-2%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 14.7:1
% White
71%
was 77%
% Hispanic
13%
was 8%
% Black
9%
was 7%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About JAMES LEWIS ELEM.
JAMES LEWIS ELEM. is a K-5 school of high-enrollment scale in BLUE SPRINGS, Missouri, one of the schools within BLUE SPRINGS R-IV, teacheing 473 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so JAMES LEWIS ELEM. sits 50% above that benchmark.
BLUE SPRINGS R-IV runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 14,657 students. JAMES LEWIS ELEM. is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, JAMES LEWIS ELEM. logs that 71% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 13% Hispanic, 9% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Jackson County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, JAMES LEWIS ELEM. has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 30% of students at JAMES LEWIS ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Jackson County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, JAMES LEWIS ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.7%, the actual is 58.9%, a residual of +8.2 points.
Across the wider county, Jackson County reports that median household earnings sit near $68,577, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Jackson County's 244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students), JAMES LEWIS ELEM. is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: BRITTANY HILL MIDDLE, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JAMES LEWIS ELEM. ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 49.6%.
Geographically, the school is in a residential area.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JAMES LEWIS ELEM. has changed only slightly, going from 484 students in 2018 to 473 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 77% to 71% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in BLUE SPRINGS R-IV
- BLUE SPRINGS HIGHHigh · 2,429 students
- BLUE SPRINGS SOUTH HIGHHigh · 2,299 students
- PAUL KINDER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 919 students
- DELTA WOODS MIDDLEMiddle · 831 students
- MORELAND RIDGE MIDDLEMiddle · 813 students
- BRITTANY HILL MIDDLEMiddle · 807 students
Other schools in BLUE SPRINGS
- BLUE SPRINGS HIGHHigh · 2,429 students
- 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
- BRITTANY HILL MIDDLE0.5 mi · 807
- LUCY FRANKLIN ELEM.0.7 mi · 536
- BLUE SPRINGS HIGH1.7 mi · 2,429
- THOMAS J. ULTICAN ELEM.2.1 mi · 419
- PAUL KINDER MIDDLE SCHOOL2.2 mi · 919
- SUNNY POINTE ELEM.2.2 mi · 506
Frequently asked questions
About JAMES LEWIS ELEM.How large is JAMES LEWIS ELEM.?
JAMES LEWIS ELEM. enrolls approximately 473 students in grades PK-05.
Is JAMES LEWIS ELEM. an elementary, middle, or high school?
JAMES LEWIS ELEM. is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does JAMES LEWIS ELEM. have?
JAMES LEWIS ELEM. employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the student diversity at JAMES LEWIS ELEM.?
Student demographics at JAMES LEWIS ELEM. are roughly 71% White, 13% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is JAMES LEWIS ELEM. public or private?
JAMES LEWIS ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by BLUE SPRINGS R-IV.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.