Enrollment
353
Elementary
DISTRICT 304 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RAYTOWN C-2·NCES 292607001531
SPRING VALLEY ELEM.
8838 E 83RD ST, RAYTOWN, MO 64138 · (816) 268-7270 · Jackson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL353 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of Missouri public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
260 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 54%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 66 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 52% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
20.7%
MO avg 44.9% . +1.3pp since 2021
Math
13.8%
MO avg 43.8% . +5.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.2% | 14.5% | 46.5% | 32.6% |
| Math | 3.4% | 10.4% | 32.6% | 53.4% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.7% | 13.8% |
| 2023-24 | 22.9% | 11.7% |
| 2022-23 | 14.5% | 9.3% |
| 2021-22 | 19.4% | 8.8% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. 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
18.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.3%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 →
Schools most like SPRING VALLEY ELEM.
SPRING VALLEY ELEM.'s state test result (18.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPRING VALLEY ELEM. this school | 353 | 73.7% | 18.2% |
| WESTRIDGE ELEM. KANSAS CITY | 319 | 72.7% | 15.8% |
| LAUREL HILLS ELEM. RAYTOWN | 344 | 75.3% | 28.1% |
| CROSSROADS - CENTRAL STREET KANSAS CITY | 355 | 64.2% | 28.0% |
| BLUE RIDGE ELEM. RAYTOWN | 299 | 68.9% | 29.2% |
| NORFLEET ELEM. KANSAS CITY | 329 | 60.8% | 18.0% |
Matched among Missouri elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where SPRING VALLEY ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.2% | #891 of 1,002 | #97 of 126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.8% | #939 of 1,019 ▲ 16 | #112 of 126 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.7% | #904 of 1,018 ▼ 10 | #100 of 126 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.2pp | #369 of 943 | #39 of 124 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 353 | #533 of 1,294 | #75 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #827 of 950 | #105 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.2% | #247 of 953 | #75 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.7% | #296 of 1,165 | #63 of 136 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.1% | #318 of 684 | #52 of 92 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
353
-15 (-4%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 459
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 14.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 353 | 23.5 | 15.0:1 | 74% (260) |
| 2023-24 | 340 | 25.6 | 13.3:1 | 74% (252) |
| 2022-23 | 380 | 27.4 | 13.8:1 | 74% (281) |
| 2020-21 | 368 | 26 | 14.2:1 | 75% (277) |
| 2017-18 | 411 | 28 | 14.7:1 | 77% (317) |
| 2015-16 | 421 | 27 | 15.6:1 | 76% (321) |
| 2010-11 | 413 | 24 | 17.2:1 | 68% (281) |
| 2000-01 | 497 | 28 | 17.8:1 | 32% (157) |
| 1990-91 | 459 | 23 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SPRING VALLEY ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (411 to 353); teachers down 16% (28 to 23.5).
About SPRING VALLEY ELEM.
SPRING VALLEY ELEM. is an elementary school in RAYTOWN, Missouri, reachable at (816) 268-7270. It educates 353 students in kindergarten through 5.
In RAYTOWN C-2, 17 schools enroll a combined 7,676 students.
At 62%, Black students outnumber all other groups at SPRING VALLEY ELEM. combined. Other students are 16% Hispanic, 14% White, and 7% multiracial. By comparison, Jackson County residents are about 22% Black. SPRING VALLEY ELEM. has a diversity index of 56%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1 at SPRING VALLEY ELEM., with 23.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri is lower than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 74%. On average, public schools in Jackson County report 60%.
Measured against Missouri public elementary schools, SPRING VALLEY ELEM. receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, SPRING VALLEY ELEM. is 14.1 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Missouri schools.
Across Jackson County, median household income is about $68,577, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The public schools of Jackson County number 244 and enroll about 105,714.
Nearest public school: SOUTH MIDDLE, about 0.5 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 50.6%; SPRING VALLEY ELEM.'s is 18.2%, ranking 7th of 7.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 353, 4% below the 368 of 2020-21.
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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 RAYTOWN C-2
- RAYTOWN SR. HIGHHigh · 1,280 students
- RAYTOWN SOUTH SR. HIGHHigh · 1,089 students
- RAYTOWN MIDDLEMiddle · 667 students
- SOUTH MIDDLEMiddle · 510 students
- RAYTOWN CENTRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 488 students
- LITTLE BLUE ELEMENTARYElementary · 379 students
Other schools in RAYTOWN
- RAYTOWN SR. HIGHHigh · 1,280 students
- RAYTOWN SOUTH SR. HIGHHigh · 1,089 students
- SOUTH MIDDLEMiddle · 510 students
- RAYTOWN CENTRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 488 students
- SOUTHWOOD ELEM.Elementary · 346 students
- LAUREL HILLS ELEM.Elementary · 344 students
Other SPRING VALLEY Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 6 states are named SPRING VALLEY Elementary. SPRING VALLEY ELEM. is the 6th largest of the 10.
- Spring Valley ElementaryDurham, NC · 543 students
- Spring Valley Elementary SchoolHEWITT, TX · 476 students
- Spring Valley ElementaryJunction City, KS · 400 students
- Spring Valley ElementaryMillbrae, CA · 375 students
- Spring Valley Elementary SchoolDALLAS, TX · 368 students
Nearby schools
- SOUTH MIDDLE0.5 mi · 510
- WESTRIDGE ELEM.0.9 mi · 319
- SOUTHWOOD ELEM.0.9 mi · 346
- THREE TRAILS PRESCHOOL1.5 mi · 172
- RAYTOWN SOUTH SR. HIGH1.6 mi · 1,089
- SANTA FE ELEMENTARY1.6 mi · 356
Frequently asked questions
About SPRING VALLEY ELEM.How many students attend SPRING VALLEY ELEM.?
SPRING VALLEY ELEM. enrolls approximately 353 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does SPRING VALLEY ELEM. serve?
SPRING VALLEY ELEM. serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at SPRING VALLEY ELEM.?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at SPRING VALLEY ELEM..
How diverse is SPRING VALLEY ELEM.?
SPRING VALLEY ELEM. reports a student body of 14% White, 16% Hispanic, 62% Black, 7% Two or more.
What district is SPRING VALLEY ELEM. in?
SPRING VALLEY ELEM. is part of RAYTOWN C-2.
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