JAMES WALKER ELEM.

Set in BLUE SPRINGS, Missouri, JAMES WALKER ELEM. is a mid-tier elementary school, part of BLUE SPRINGS R-IV. It serves 456 students across grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 45% larger than typical.

Within BLUE SPRINGS R-IV, which oversees 20 schools and 14,657 students, JAMES WALKER ELEM. is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, JAMES WALKER ELEM. records that White students make up the majority at 58%. Other groups include 17% Black, 15% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. Compared to Jackson County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, On paper, JAMES WALKER ELEM. has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Jackson County (around 60%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, JAMES WALKER ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.3%, the actual is 68.0%, a residual of +17.7 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Jackson County indicate the typical household earns roughly $68,577 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. JAMES WALKER ELEM. is one of 244 public schools in Jackson County (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students).

WILLIAM BRYANT ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JAMES WALKER ELEM.. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JAMES WALKER ELEM. ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 47.9%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JAMES WALKER ELEM. has edged down 10%, going from 509 students in 2018 to 456 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 12% to 17% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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