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Blue Springs High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2018 – 2019 school year [note on school closures TBD].
  • Expenditures: 2018
  • Educational Environment: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually.

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School Overview

Address
2000 Nw Ashton Dr
Blue Springs, MO 64015
Phone
(816) 874-3400
District
BLUE SPRINGS R-IV
County
JACKSON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
2425
Classroom Teachers
107

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Missouri

9

(10 is best)

Better than 83.1% of MO schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S. info

8

(10 is best)

Blue Springs High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
62%
50%
65%
58%
59%
41%
62%
50%
65%
58%
59%
41%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
23
16
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 647 26.7%
Grade 10 613 25.3%
Grade 11 608 25.1%
Grade 12 557 23.0%
Total 2425 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 73.3% 75.7% 73.3%
Black 14.5% 12.4% 16.1%
Hispanic 8.8% 8.6% 7.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.2% 2.4% 2.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.2% 0.9% 0.8%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED 31.6% 29.4% 48.7%
FREE LUNCH ELIGIBLE 24.5% 23.0% 43.1%
REDUCED LUNCH ELIGIBLE 7.2% 6.4% 5.6%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 78,192 6,168,187
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,390.7 89
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.9% 6.1%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.6% 19.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 28.6% 32.2%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.8% 25.8%
65 OR OLDER 17.1% 16.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 30,423 2,445,474
Single Parent Households With Children 9.8% 10.0%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 96.3% 90.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 36.7% 29.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 15.6% 10.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 20.8% 14.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.6% 13.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 20.5% 18.5%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.5% 18.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 8.8% 14.5%
$15,000 or less 4.2% 10.5%

Education Expenditures

For This District Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,156 $89,465,148 42.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $665 $9,664,445 4.6%
Staff $357 $5,188,281 2.5%
General Administration $209 $3,037,397 1.4%
School Administration $535 $7,775,155 3.7%
Operation $1,158 $16,829,214 8.0%
Transportation $599 $8,705,267 4.1%
Other $507 $7,368,231 3.5%
Total Support $4,032 $58,597,056 27.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,368 $63,480,144 30.0%
Total Expenditures $14,555 $211,527,815 100.0%
For The State Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,533 $5,764,966,208 47.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $773 $682,292,657 5.6%
Staff $461 $406,838,531 3.3%
General Administration $637 $562,282,642 4.6%
School Administration $675 $595,960,607 4.9%
Operation $1,163 $1,026,410,556 8.4%
Transportation $617 $544,527,777 4.5%
Other $248 $218,423,399 1.8%
Total Support $4,574 $4,036,730,282 33.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,753 $2,429,732,603 19.9%
Total Expenditures $13,860 $12,231,465,856 100.0%
For The Nation Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,549 $372,153,103,143 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $792 $39,020,154,935 5.2%
Staff $618 $30,487,652,661 4.1%
General Administration $258 $12,720,931,842 1.7%
School Administration $730 $35,978,592,512 4.8%
Operation $1,169 $57,607,988,317 7.7%
Transportation $527 $26,002,463,553 3.5%
Other $459 $22,633,739,814 3.0%
Total Support $4,553 $224,451,138,461 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,074 $151,519,765,183 20.3%
Total Expenditures $15,176 $748,124,887,521 100.0%