MILL CREEK ELEM.

MILL CREEK ELEM. is one of the cozy elementary schools in INDEPENDENCE, Missouri, operated by INDEPENDENCE 30, with 250 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 21% smaller than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

INDEPENDENCE 30 comprises 29 schools with combined enrollment of 14,272 students; MILL CREEK ELEM. is among them.

In terms of who attends, MILL CREEK ELEM. shows that the largest single group is White at 55%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 12% Black, 10% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting MILL CREEK ELEM. higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 77% of students are eligible 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 somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, MILL CREEK ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.8%, the actual is 50.5%, a residual of +0.7 points.

In the broader community, census data for Jackson County shows median household income runs about $68,577, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Jackson County's 244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students), MILL CREEK ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: OTT ELEM., around 1.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MILL CREEK ELEM. ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 56.6%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. MILL CREEK ELEM.'s enrollment has shrank 3% since 2018, when it stood at 258 (now 250). The White share of enrollment edged down from 68% to 55% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the MILL CREEK ELEM. community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.