📍 2215 South Campus Drive, Kearney, Clay County, 64060
LENS is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Kearney, Clay County. The school has 134 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Kearney R-I school district. It serves grades 3–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 8.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1. 77% of students are proficient in reading. 72% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
LENS enrolls 134 students across grades 3–5. The student body is 60% male and 40% female. A teaching staff of 8.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 90% White, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino and 2.2% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 121 | 90% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 7 | 5.2% |
| Two or more races | 3 | 2.2% |
| Asian | 2 | 1.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
30 of the school's 134 students (22%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 20 qualify for free lunch and 10 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.
LENS is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MO-60, state senate district 12, state house district 38.
LENS is one of 9 schools in KEARNEY R-I, based in KEARNEY, Missouri. The district serves 3,424 students district-wide and employs 251 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 134 students, LENS is smaller than the district average of about 380 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe