Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5
William Yates Elementary, Independence, MO
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 463
- Teachers (FTE)
- 34.0
- Students per teacher
- 13.6
- Grades
- K to 5
This school's ratio is 1.0 lower than the district figure of 14.6. 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
- 3600 Davidson Rd, Independence, MO 64055
- Phone
- (816)874-3740
- County
- Jackson County
- Level
- Elementary
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Virtual
- No
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- NCES school ID
- 290531000087
School meals
- Free lunch
- 182
- Reduced-price lunch
- 47
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 22949.5% of enrollment.
- Direct certification
- 95Students 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 Blue Springs R-Iv School District
- Cordill-Mason Elementary 681 students
- Chapel Lakes Elementary 600 students
- Voy Spears Jr. Elementary 546 students
- Lucy Franklin Elementary 536 students
- William Bryant Elementary 529 students
- Sunny Pointe Elementary 506 students
- James Lewis Elementary 473 students
- John Nowlin Elementary 460 students
- James Walker Elementary 456 students
- Thomas J. Ultican Elementary 419 students
- Franklin Smith Elementary 401 students
- Daniel Young Elementary 330 students
Elementary schools elsewhere in Independence
- Sycamore Hills Elementary Independence 30 School District
- William Southern Elementary Independence 30 School District
- Korte Elementary Independence 30 School District
- Glendale Elementary Independence 30 School District
- Thomas Hart Benton Elementary Independence 30 School District
- Ott Elementary Independence 30 School District
- Indian Trails Elementary Fort Osage R-I School District
- Santa Fe Trail Elementary Independence 30 School District
- Blackburn Elementary Independence 30 School District
- Cassell Park Elementary Independence 30 School District
- John W. Luff Elementary Independence 30 School District
- Blue Hills 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.