INDEPENDENCE ACADEMY
INDEPENDENCE · MO · INDEPENDENCE 30 · Public
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DAY TREATMENT → WILLIAM CHRISMAN HIGH → VAN HORN HIGH → TRUMAN HIGH → KIPP KC LEGACY HIGH SCHOOL → NORTHWOOD SCH. → FRONTIER STEM HIGH SCHOOL → EAST HIGH SCHOOL →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How INDEPENDENCE ACADEMY compares for families
What families should know about INDEPENDENCE ACADEMY.
- ▸ LocallyMO sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: DAY TREATMENT, WILLIAM CHRISMAN HIGH, VAN HORN HIGH and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of Missouri-Columbia
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $20,268/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Not enough enrollment history on file to chart a trend for this school yet.
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The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAY TREATMENT INDEPENDENCE |
Public | 0.0 | — | — |
| WILLIAM CHRISMAN HIGH INDEPENDENCE |
Public | 0.5 | 1,417 | -3.6% |
| VAN HORN HIGH INDEPENDNCE |
Public | 2.3 | 1,067 | +0.6% |
| TRUMAN HIGH INDEPENDENCE |
Public | 3.2 | 1,720 | +7.7% |
| KIPP KC LEGACY HIGH SCHOOL Kansas City |
Public · charter | 4.3 | 382 | +93.9% |
| NORTHWOOD SCH. KANSAS CITY |
Public | 4.6 | — | — |
| FRONTIER STEM HIGH SCHOOL KANSAS CITY |
Public · charter | 4.9 | 401 | +5.2% |
| EAST HIGH SCHOOL KANSAS CITY |
Public | 5.4 | 1,155 | +7.7% |