Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5
Santa Fe Trail Elementary, Independence, MO
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 364
- Teachers (FTE)
- 24.0
- Students per teacher
- 15.2
- Grades
- PK to 5
This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 14.7. The Missouri average across schools is 13.0. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.
School details
- Address
- 1301 S Windsor St, Independence, MO 64055
- Phone
- (816)521-5450
- District
- Independence 30 School District
- County
- Jackson County
- Level
- Elementary
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Virtual
- No
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- NCES school ID
- 291548002374
School meals
- Free lunch
- 220
- Reduced-price lunch
- 56
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 27675.8% of enrollment.
- Direct certification
- 120Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
- Community Eligibility Provision
- No
Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.
Related schools
Other elementary schools in Independence 30 School District
- Sycamore Hills Elementary 574 students
- William Southern Elementary 458 students
- Korte Elementary 444 students
- Glendale Elementary 417 students
- Thomas Hart Benton Elementary 401 students
- Ott Elementary 384 students
- Blackburn Elementary 363 students
- Cassell Park Elementary 362 students
- John W. Luff Elementary 362 students
- Three Trails Elementary 328 students
- Fairmount Elementary 313 students
- Randall Elementary 284 students
Elementary schools elsewhere in Independence
- William Yates Elementary Blue Springs R-Iv School District
- Indian Trails Elementary Fort Osage R-I School District
- Blue Hills Elementary Fort Osage R-I School District
- Buckner Elementary Fort Osage R-I School District
- Elm Grove Elementary Fort Osage R-I School District
- Cler-Mont Elementary Fort Osage R-I School District
We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.