Regular local school district · Clay County
Kearney R-I School District, MO: schools, enrollment and spending
Kearney R-I School District runs 9 public schools with 3,424 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.6 students per teacher is about the same as the Missouri figure of 13.0.Listed in NCES data as "KEARNEY R-I".
At a glance
- Schools
- 9
- Students
- 3,424
- Teachers (FTE)
- 251
- Students per teacher
- 13.6
- MO: 13.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 425 W Washington St, Kearney, MO 64060
- Phone
- (816)628-4116
- County
- Clay County
- Locale
- Town: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2916450
- State district ID
- MO-024086
- Total staff (FTE)
- 474
- School counselors (FTE)
- 11.0About 311 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 13.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.6
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 (3,570), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $47.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $3.4 million
- State revenue
- $14.8 million
- Local revenue
- $29.3 million
- Total spending
- $39.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,156
- Salaries
- $23.2 million58.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $33.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.2%
- State: 31.2%
- Local: 61.6%
Missouri overall
- Federal: 11.8%
- State: 28.7%
- Local: 59.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,156
Missouri$14,065
United States$16,826
Schools in Kearney R-I School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 5 elementary, 1 prekindergarten, 1 secondary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Dogwood Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 463 | 14.5 |
| Hawthorne Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 264 | 13.2 |
| Kearney Early Education Center | Prekindergarten | PK | 44 | 6.3 |
| Kearney Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 223 | 11.7 |
| Kearney High | High | 10 to 12 | 814 | 14.3 |
| Kearney Junior High | Secondary | 8 to 9 | 510 | 13.4 |
| Kearney Middle | Middle | 6 to 7 | 591 | 15.2 |
| Lens | Elementary | 4 to 5 | 60 | 15.0 |
| Southview Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 455 | 14.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Clay County
- North Kansas City 74 School District 21,252 students
- Liberty 53 School District 11,826 students
- Excelsior Springs 40 School District 2,661 students
- Smithville R-Ii School District 2,514 students
- Missouri City 56 School District 14 students
More in Missouri
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.