Enrollment
328
Elementary
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INDEPENDENCE 30·NCES 291548003091
THREE TRAILS ELEM.
11801 E 32ND ST S, INDEPENDENCE, MO 64052 · (816) 521-5470 · Jackson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL328 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
277 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
36.0%
MO avg 44.9% . -6.8pp since 2021
Math
33.4%
MO avg 43.8% . -11.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.8% | 21.2% | 44.5% | 19.3% |
| Math | 14.1% | 19.3% | 29.6% | 36.7% |
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 | 36.0% | 33.4% |
| 2023-24 | 35.9% | 36.0% |
| 2022-23 | 35.6% | 37.7% |
| 2021-22 | 42.8% | 44.5% |
% 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
30.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.2%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 THREE TRAILS ELEM.
THREE TRAILS ELEM.'s state test result (30.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| THREE TRAILS ELEM. this school | 328 | 84.5% | 30.9% |
| CASSELL PARK ELEMENTARY INDEPENDENCE | 362 | 81.2% | 20.6% |
| KORTE ELEM. INDEPENDENCE | 444 | 88.7% | 33.3% |
| FAIRMOUNT ELEM. INDEPENDENCE | 313 | 82.7% | 23.1% |
| NOEL PRIMARY SOUTHWEST CITY | 249 | 90.4% | N/A |
| ABRAHAM MALLINSON ELEMENTARY SUGAR CREEK | 282 | 84.8% | 20.6% |
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 THREE TRAILS ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.9% | #724 of 1,002 | #61 of 126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.4% | #701 of 1,019 ▼ 66 | #63 of 126 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #684 of 1,018 ▲ 5 | #58 of 126 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.0pp | #94 of 943 | #15 of 124 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 328 | #606 of 1,294 | #90 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #692 of 950 | #80 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.9% | #38 of 953 | #9 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.5% | #254 of 1,165 | #53 of 136 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.6% | #121 of 684 | #23 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
328
+18 (+6%) vs 2020
-18% since 2010-11, when it was 400
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 328 | 23.4 | 14.0:1 | 84% (277) |
| 2023-24 | 347 | 23 | 15.1:1 | 82% (283) |
| 2022-23 | 317 | 21.3 | 14.8:1 | 75% (237) |
| 2020-21 | 310 | 23 | 13.5:1 | 75% (232) |
| 2017-18 | 435 | 28.8 | 15.1:1 | 81% (353) |
| 2015-16 | 465 | 25 | 18.6:1 | 78% (364) |
| 2010-11 | 400 | 24 | 16.7:1 | 84% (337) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for THREE TRAILS ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (435 to 328); teachers down 19% (28.8 to 23.4).
About THREE TRAILS ELEM.
Families in INDEPENDENCE, Missouri, are served by THREE TRAILS ELEM., a mid-sized elementary school. Enrollment totals 328 students across pre-K through 5.
INDEPENDENCE 30, which runs THREE TRAILS ELEM., has 29 schools and 14,272 students.
No group is above 50% at THREE TRAILS ELEM.; the largest is Hispanic, at 38%. Other reported shares: 35% White, 14% Black, and 10% multiracial. Jackson County's residents are about 11% Hispanic, 27 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 70%.
THREE TRAILS ELEM. reports a ratio of 14.0 students per teacher, from 23.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Missouri is 12.4:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at THREE TRAILS ELEM., 84% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 24 points above the 60% average for public schools in Jackson County.
The model predicts 28.2% for a school in Missouri with THREE TRAILS ELEM.'s free or reduced-price lunch share. THREE TRAILS ELEM. posts 30.9%.
The school's county is Jackson County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $68,577, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 244 public schools in the county, enrolling about 105,714, THREE TRAILS ELEM. among them.
CASSELL PARK ELEMENTARY is about 0.8 miles from THREE TRAILS ELEM., the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around THREE TRAILS ELEM. holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 56.4%, higher than THREE TRAILS ELEM.'s 30.9%.
The NCES locale for THREE TRAILS ELEM. is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment rose 6% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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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 INDEPENDENCE 30
- TRUMAN HIGHHigh · 1,720 students
- WILLIAM CHRISMAN HIGHHigh · 1,417 students
- VAN HORN HIGHHigh · 1,067 students
- CLIFFORD H. NOWLIN MIDDLEMiddle · 902 students
- BRIDGER MIDDLEMiddle · 744 students
- PIONEER RIDGE MIDDLEMiddle · 731 students
Other schools in INDEPENDENCE
- TRUMAN HIGHHigh · 1,720 students
- FORT OSAGE HIGHHigh · 1,545 students
- WILLIAM CHRISMAN HIGHHigh · 1,417 students
- CLIFFORD H. NOWLIN MIDDLEMiddle · 902 students
- BRIDGER MIDDLEMiddle · 744 students
- PIONEER RIDGE MIDDLEMiddle · 731 students
Nearby schools
- CASSELL PARK ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 362
- CLIFFORD H. NOWLIN MIDDLE1.0 mi · 902
- JOHN W. LUFF ELEM.1.1 mi · 362
- KORTE ELEM.1.2 mi · 444
- SANTA FE TRAIL ELEM.1.2 mi · 364
- PITCHER ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 252
Frequently asked questions
About THREE TRAILS ELEM.How large is THREE TRAILS ELEM.?
THREE TRAILS ELEM. enrolls approximately 328 students in grades PK-05.
Is THREE TRAILS ELEM. an elementary, middle, or high school?
THREE TRAILS ELEM. is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at THREE TRAILS ELEM.?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at THREE TRAILS ELEM..
What is the racial breakdown of students at THREE TRAILS ELEM.?
At THREE TRAILS ELEM., the student body is approximately 35% White, 38% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees THREE TRAILS ELEM.?
THREE TRAILS ELEM. is overseen by INDEPENDENCE 30 in Jackson County.
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