MAPLE VALLEY SCHOOL

MAPLE VALLEY SCHOOL is an unified-grade school of micro-enrollment scale in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, run under MO SCHLS FOR THE SEV DISABLED, teacheing 35 students in grades K through 12. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 205 students each, so MAPLE VALLEY SCHOOL sits 83% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 33 schools in MO SCHLS FOR THE SEV DISABLED (652 students total), MAPLE VALLEY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, MAPLE VALLEY SCHOOL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). Other groups include 3% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Clay County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, MAPLE VALLEY SCHOOL records 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 5.8:1. The state averages around 7.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Clay County put median household income runs about $88,468, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Clay County's 80 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,553 students), MAPLE VALLEY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: CLARDY ELEMENTARY, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MAPLE VALLEY SCHOOL.

MAPLE VALLEY SCHOOL operates from an inner-city location.

Over the past 7-year window. MAPLE VALLEY SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 24% since 2018, when it stood at 46 (now 35). Class-load math has widened: from 4.2:1 in 2018 to 5.8:1 in 2025.

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