Best Public Schools in Blue Springs, MO

Summary:

The Blue Springs, Missouri school district consists of 16 schools, including 10 elementary schools, 3 middle schools, 2 high schools, and 1 alternative school. The district is home to several standout schools, with James Walker Elementary and Brittany Hill Middle ranking among the top schools in the state. The district also boasts high graduation rates and low dropout rates, particularly at Blue Springs High and Blue Springs South High.

The data reveals that several elementary schools, such as James Walker Elementary, Cordill-Mason Elementary, and Franklin Smith Elementary, have exceptional test scores and state rankings, demonstrating the district's ability to deliver strong academic outcomes at the elementary level. The middle schools in the district also stand out, with Brittany Hill Middle having particularly high math proficiency rates compared to the state average.

While the district's high schools share similar graduation and dropout rates, their academic performance varies. Blue Springs High has higher proficiency rates in Algebra II and English II, while Blue Springs South High performs better in Biology I and Government. The data also reveals a range in the percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, suggesting potential socioeconomic differences across the district's schools. Overall, the Blue Springs R-IV school district appears to have a mix of high-performing and average-performing schools, with some standout elementary and middle schools leading the way.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				MAP Mathematics (2024)						MAP Science (2024)		MAP English Language Arts (2024)						MAP Algebra I (2024)	MAP Biology I (2024)	MAP English II (2024)	MAP Algebra II (2024)	MAP Government (2024)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	MAP Mathematics 4th Grade	MAP Mathematics 5th Grade	MAP Mathematics 6th Grade	MAP Mathematics 7th Grade	MAP Mathematics 8th Grade	MAP Science 5th Grade	MAP Science 8th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 6th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 7th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 8th Grade	MAP Algebra I End of Course	MAP Biology I End of Course	MAP English II End of Course	MAP Algebra II End of Course	MAP Government End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Cordill-Mason Elementary	Public	K-5	4001 SW Christiansen Rd	Blue Springs	64014	Jackson County	Blue Springs R-IV	No	No	No	No	(816) 874-3610	698	52	13.4	25.6%	476 (68.2%)	111 (15.9%)	46 (6.6%)	15 (2.1%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (6.7%)	82.6	130^th of 906 public elementary schools	85.7%		79.2	152^nd of 898 public elementary schools	83.1%	22	64.3	58.4	58.6				52.8		57.0	57.7	57.1									$10,128	$700	$9,428
Franklin Smith Elementary	Public	K-5	1609 Clark Rd	Blue Springs	64015	Jackson County	Blue Springs R-IV	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 874-3640	420	34	12.3	46.0%	266 (63.3%)	51 (12.1%)	46 (11.0%)	9 (2.1%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	44 (10.5%)	76.7	180^th of 906 public elementary schools	80.1%		89.1	66^th of 898 public elementary schools	92.7%	114	74.3	60.4	40.5				47.7		71.7		40.4									$10,926	$677	$10,250
James Lewis Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	717 NW Park Rd	Blue Springs	64015	Jackson County	Blue Springs R-IV	No	No	No	No	(816) 874-3650	471	36	13.2	26.3%	323 (68.6%)	47 (10.0%)	66 (14.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	32 (6.8%)	70.8	247^th of 906 public elementary schools	72.7%		74.9	188^th of 898 public elementary schools	79.1%	59	55.1	57.8	37.1				35.6		64.1	64.5	44.2									$12,615	$1,440	$11,175
James Walker Elementary	Public	K-5	201 SE Sunnyside School Rd	Blue Springs	64014	Jackson County	Blue Springs R-IV	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 874-3660	447	29	15.4	49.7%	259 (57.9%)	81 (18.1%)	59 (13.2%)	5 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	41 (9.2%)	96.4	14^th of 906 public elementary schools	98.5%		97.1	14^th of 898 public elementary schools	98.4%		78.5	76.2	78.5				81.3		69.9	74.1										$10,333	$635	$9,698
John Nowlin Elementary	Public	K-5	5020 NW Valley View Rd	Blue Springs	64015	Jackson County	Blue Springs R-IV	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 874-3670	462	36	13.0	37.9%	294 (63.6%)	60 (13.0%)	50 (10.8%)	10 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	44 (9.5%)	73.8	206^th of 906 public elementary schools	77.3%		69.1	257^th of 898 public elementary schools	71.4%	51	64.0	47.5	52.6						52.1	52.4										$12,144	$1,425	$10,719
Blue Springs High	Public	9-12	2000 NW Ashton Dr	Blue Springs	64015	Jackson County	Blue Springs R-IV	No	No	No	No	(816) 874-3400	2,396	149	16.0	31.3%	1,533 (64.0%)	324 (13.5%)	253 (10.6%)	46 (1.9%)	11 (0.5%)	15 (0.6%)	214 (8.9%)	66.3	74^th of 378 public high schools	80.4%		63.3	74^th of 352 public high schools	79.0%																34.9	45.7	56.8	85.5	46.7	$12,145	$1,089	$11,056
Thomas J. Ultican Elementary	Public	K-5	1812 NW Vesper	Blue Springs	64015	Jackson County	Blue Springs R-IV	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 874-3710	430	29	15.0	44.2%	288 (67.0%)	43 (10.0%)	51 (11.9%)	3 (0.7%)	6 (1.4%)	2 (0.5%)	37 (8.6%)	56.9	380^th of 906 public elementary schools	58.1%		61.5	340^th of 898 public elementary schools	62.1%	40	36.5	47.4	58.2						44.0	36.2	45.0									$10,157	$758	$9,399
Blue Springs South High	Public	9-12	1200 SE Adams Dairy Pkwy	Blue Springs	64014	Jackson County	Blue Springs R-IV	No	No	No	No	(816) 874-3500	2,308	123	18.6	24.7%	1,549 (67.1%)	339 (14.7%)	176 (7.6%)	59 (2.6%)	13 (0.6%)	7 (0.3%)	165 (7.1%)	66	78^th of 378 public high schools	79.4%		68.8	53^rd of 352 public high schools	84.9%	25															33.1	50.6	52.8	78.9	46.4	$11,690	$991	$10,698
Valley View High	Public	9-12	5000 NW Valley View Rd	Blue Springs	64015	Jackson County	Blue Springs R-IV	No	No	No	No	(816) 874-3750	0	15	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Brittany Hill Middle	Public	6-8	2701 NW 1st St	Blue Springs	64014	Jackson County	Blue Springs R-IV	No	No	No	No	(816) 874-3470	853	60	14.1	29.0%	571 (66.9%)	106 (12.4%)	91 (10.7%)	8 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	75 (8.8%)	87.6	37^th of 451 public middle schools	91.8%		84.1	49^th of 459 public middle schools	89.3%	12				59.7	57.7	45.7		52.4				57.9	50.7	53.8	93.9					$12,279	$1,245	$11,034
Moreland Ridge Middle	Public	6-8	900 SW Bishop Dr	Blue Springs	64015	Jackson County	Blue Springs R-IV	No	No	No	No	(816) 874-3540	862	58	14.9	31.2%	564 (65.4%)	134 (15.5%)	87 (10.1%)	14 (1.6%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (7.0%)	78.1	75^th of 451 public middle schools	83.4%		77.5	75^th of 459 public middle schools	83.7%					51.4	56.5	39.1		41.9				41.6	48.8	54.4	93.0					$10,024	$779	$9,246
Daniel Young Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	505 SE Shamrock Ln	Blue Springs	64014	Jackson County	Blue Springs R-IV	No	No	No	No	(816) 874-3630	326	25	13.2	39.3%	233 (71.5%)	26 (8.0%)	36 (11.0%)	7 (2.1%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.7%)	77.6	170^th of 906 public elementary schools	81.2%		74.2	196^th of 898 public elementary schools	78.2%	26	60.0	49.9	74.4				68.6		37.5	51.5	68.6									$11,552	$986	$10,566
William Bryant Elementary	Public	K-5	1101 SE Sunnyside School Rd	Blue Springs	64014	Jackson County	Blue Springs R-IV	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 874-3730	486	32	15.4	29.0%	336 (69.1%)	50 (10.3%)	63 (13.0%)	6 (1.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (6.0%)	77.7	169^th of 906 public elementary schools	81.3%		82.1	130^th of 898 public elementary schools	85.5%	39	51.5	64.0	51.3				55.6		48.2	58.3	55.6									$10,735	$689	$10,046
Lucy Franklin Elementary	Public	K-5	111 NE Roanoke Dr	Blue Springs	64014	Jackson County	Blue Springs R-IV	No	No	No	No	(816) 874-3690	543	37	14.8	23.0%	417 (76.8%)	26 (4.8%)	64 (11.8%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	30 (5.5%)	88.5	69^th of 906 public elementary schools	92.4%		92.7	42^nd of 898 public elementary schools	95.3%	27	65.2	54.7	66.5				63.6		64.1		67.6									$10,228	$576	$9,653
Sunny Pointe Elementary	Public	K-5	3920 South R D Mize Rd	Blue Springs	64015	Jackson County	Blue Springs R-IV	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 874-3700	518	38	13.6	36.9%	353 (68.1%)	63 (12.2%)	54 (10.4%)	9 (1.7%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	36 (6.9%)	71.8	235^th of 906 public elementary schools	74.1%		79.3	150^th of 898 public elementary schools	83.3%	85	42.0	57.6	53.4				65.4		40.8	56.3										$11,296	$887	$10,409
Paul Kinder Middle School	Public	6-8	3930 South R D Mize Rd	Blue Springs	64015	Jackson County	Blue Springs R-IV	No	No	No	No	(816) 874-3560	917	58	15.7	40.9%	560 (61.1%)	124 (13.5%)	110 (12.0%)	20 (2.2%)	4 (0.4%)	8 (0.9%)	91 (9.9%)	75	88^th of 451 public middle schools	80.5%		77.7	74^th of 459 public middle schools	83.9%	14				57.4	50.8	41.8		36.2				48.3	45.6	44.6	94.8					$10,978	$1,172	$9,806
Liggett Trail Education Center	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	3575 SW Liggett Rd	Blue Springs	64015	Jackson County	Blue Springs R-IV	No	No	No	No	(816) 874-3680	152	20	7.7	18.4%	90 (59.2%)	20 (13.2%)	24 (15.8%)	8 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	9 (5.9%)								(n/a)																				$00

Cities Near Blue Springs

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Grain Valley	3.87 mi	8	93^rd
Lees Summit	4.35 mi	32	72^nd
Independence	5.25 mi	42	258^th
Kansas City	7.35 mi	168	296^th
Oak Grove	8.48 mi	4	204^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

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