📍 18400 East Salisbury Road, Independence, Jackson County, 64056
Sunshine Center is a State/Public serving prekindergarten age pupils, located in Independence, Jackson County. The school has 107 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Independence 30 school district. It serves grades Pre-K in a suburban setting.
Sunshine Center enrolls 107 students across grades Pre-K. The student body is 50% male and 50% female.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 63% White, 16% Hispanic or Latino and 11% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 67 | 63% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 17 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 12 | 11% |
| Black or African American | 11 | 10% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
55 of the school's 107 students (51%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 54 qualify for free lunch and 1 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Sunshine Center is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MO-50, state senate district 11, state house district 21.
Sunshine Center is one of 31 schools in INDEPENDENCE 30, based in INDEPENDENCE, Missouri. The district serves 14,272 students district-wide and employs 926 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 107 students, Sunshine Center is smaller than the district average of about 460 students per school.
Setting: Suburb - Large