WILLIAM YATES ELEM.

Located at 3600 DAVIDSON RD, in INDEPENDENCE, Missouri, WILLIAM YATES ELEM. is a moderately sized elementary-level community that instructs 463 students (grades K through 5), overseen by BLUE SPRINGS R-IV. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so WILLIAM YATES ELEM. sits 47% larger than that benchmark.

Within BLUE SPRINGS R-IV, which oversees 20 schools and 14,657 students, WILLIAM YATES ELEM. is one campus in the system.

Demographically, WILLIAM YATES ELEM. logs that the largest single group is White at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 22% Hispanic, 18% Black, 11% multiracial, 3% Pacific Islander. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, WILLIAM YATES ELEM. records 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Jackson County's rate of about 60%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WILLIAM YATES ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.3%.

Around the school, census data for Jackson County shows median household income runs about $68,577, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Jackson County's 244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students), WILLIAM YATES ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SYCAMORE HILLS ELEM., roughly 1.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WILLIAM YATES ELEM. at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 53.8%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WILLIAM YATES ELEM. has ticked up 6%, going from 438 students in 2018 to 463 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 60% to 43%. Class-load math has fell: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the WILLIAM YATES ELEM. community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.