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INDEPENDENCE 30

Independence, Missouri · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

14,272
Students enrolled
31
Public schools
970
Classroom teachers (FTE)
14.7:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 709
  • Kindergarten 974
  • Grade 1 1,027
  • Grade 2 1,047
  • Grade 3 1,039
  • Grade 4 1,114
  • Grade 5 1,051
  • Grade 6 1,053
  • Grade 7 1,028
  • Grade 8 1,026
  • Grade 9 1,060
  • Grade 10 1,086
  • Grade 11 1,047
  • Grade 12 1,011

By race/ethnicity

  • White 45%
  • Hispanic/Latino 27%
  • Black or African American 16%
  • Two or more races 10%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
  • Asian <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

73% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 10,451 of 14,272 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 60%
  • Reduced-price lunch 13%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$12,949 spent per student on day-to-day operations Missouri median: $13,607 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $6,422
  • Support services $5,829
  • Other (food service, etc.) $699

Where the money comes from

  • Local 51%
  • State 36%
  • Federal 13%

Total revenue $236.6 milliontotal spending $214.1 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Suburb: LargeStudents: 96% suburb, 4% rural

Total staff (FTE)

1,429

District office

201 NORTH FOREST AVENUE, Independence MO 64050

County

Jackson County

Official website

NCES District ID

2915480

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