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Fort Osage R-I School District, MO: schools, enrollment and spending
Fort Osage R-I School District runs 11 public schools with 4,718 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.3 students per teacher is about the same as the Missouri figure of 13.0.Listed in NCES data as "FORT OSAGE R-I".
At a glance
- Schools
- 11
- Students
- 4,718
- Teachers (FTE)
- 356
- Students per teacher
- 13.3
- MO: 13.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 25102 E. US 24 Highway, Independence, MO 64056
- Phone
- (816)650-7000
- County
- Jackson County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2912290
- State district ID
- MO-048066
- Total staff (FTE)
- 795
- School counselors (FTE)
- 16.0About 295 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 15.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.3
Missouri13.0
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (4,872), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $70.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $8.0 million
- State revenue
- $26.1 million
- Local revenue
- $36.7 million
- Total spending
- $57.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,862
- Salaries
- $35.4 million61.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $55.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 11.3%
- State: 36.9%
- Local: 51.9%
Missouri overall
- Federal: 11.8%
- State: 28.7%
- Local: 59.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,862
Missouri$14,065
United States$16,826
Schools in Fort Osage R-I School District
By level: 2 high, 2 middle, 5 elementary, 1 prekindergarten, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Blue Hills Elementary | Elementary | K to 4 | 357 | 14.3 |
| Buckner Elementary | Elementary | K to 4 | 327 | 12.1 |
| Car. Tech. Ctr. at Ft. Osage | High | 11 to 12 | 0 | |
| Cler-Mont Elementary | Elementary | K to 4 | 298 | 13.5 |
| Early Childhood Ctr. | Prekindergarten | PK | 133 | 12.1 |
| Elm Grove Elementary | Elementary | K to 4 | 305 | 12.2 |
| Fire Prairie Middle | Middle | 5 to 6 | 713 | 14.3 |
| Fort Osage High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,545 | 17.8 |
| Indian Trails Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 365 | 13.5 |
| Lewis and Clark Learning Ctr. | Other | K to 12 | 0 | |
| Osage Trail Middle | Middle | 7 to 8 | 675 | 13.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Jackson County
- Lee'S Summit R-Vii School District 17,870 students
- Kansas City 33 School District 15,079 students
- Blue Springs R-Iv School District 14,657 students
- Independence 30 School District 14,272 students
- Raytown C-2 School District 7,676 students
- Hickman Mills C-1 School District 5,067 students
- Grain Valley R-V School District 4,546 students
- Grandview C-4 School District 3,665 students
- Center 58 2,339 students
- Oak Grove R-Vi School District 1,853 students
- Guadalupe Centers Schools 1,614 students
- Frontier Schools 1,587 students
- Academie Lafayette 1,425 students
- University Academy 1,111 students
- KIPP: Endeavor Academy 1,047 students
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.