NEW TRAILS EARLY LEARNING CTR.

NEW TRAILS EARLY LEARNING CTR., a very small elementary school in RAYTOWN, Missouri, part of RAYTOWN C-2, caters to 101 students, covering grade pre-K. That puts it 68% smaller than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

Within RAYTOWN C-2, which oversees 17 schools and 7,676 students, NEW TRAILS EARLY LEARNING CTR. is one campus in the system.

Demographically, NEW TRAILS EARLY LEARNING CTR. reports that the most-represented group is Black (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 21% White, 20% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Jackson County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting NEW TRAILS EARLY LEARNING CTR. tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 55% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Jackson County indicate the typical household earns roughly $68,577 per year, 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), NEW TRAILS EARLY LEARNING CTR. is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: BLUE RIDGE ELEM., around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NEW TRAILS EARLY LEARNING CTR..

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 79%: 479 students in 2018 compared to 101 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 51% to 21%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 43.5:1 in 2018 to 7.5:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.