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Clay County, Mo. Several school districts serve Clay County, including Liberty, North Kansas City, Excelsior Springs, Kearney, Smithville and Lawson, along with Platte County R-III and Clinton County R-III.
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The North Kansas City Schools www.nkcsd.k12.mo.us Liberty School District www.liberty.k12.mo.us
Platte County, Mo. Park Hill R-IV School District is the largest
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district in the county, with more than 10,000
Public or private, elementary or graduate level, Kansas City excels in education.
second-largest, with more than 3,000 students
students being served in Kansas City, Mo. Platte County R-III School District is the in Platte City. North Platte R-1 School District serves Dearborn, Mo., while West
he Kansas City metro area has
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Johnson County, Kan.
Platte R-II School District serves Weston,
some of the top schools in America.
Johnson County’s six school districts
Mo. www.co.platte.mo.us
Blue Valley high schools, Sumner
have some of the best public schools in
Academy of Arts & Science, and Park Hill
the Midwest.
Cass County, Mo.
are just a few examples of schools that
Blue Valley School District www.bluevalleyk12.org
The 12 campuses of the Belton School
have all been nationally recognized for their academic success. Following is a list of the major counties’ school districts.
Jackson County, Mo. There are 12 school districts in Jackson County. Many of these districts maintain
District
serve
about
4,800
students.
Shawnee Mission School District www.smsd.org
Students’ ACT scores were listed in the top
Olathe School District www.olathe.k12.ks.us
Kansas City metropolitan area in 2006.
DeSoto’s Unified School District www.usd232.org
10 among other school districts in the www.beltonschools.k12.mo.us Several other districts serve the Cass County area, including Archie R-V, Drexel
Gardner Edgerton School District www.usd231.com
R-IV, East Lynne, Harrisonville Cass R-IV,
AAA ratings, the highest possible. The Kansas City, Mo. School District www.kcmsd.net
Spring Hill School District www.usd230.k12.ks.us
Peculiar, Sherwood Cass R-VIII and
Lee’s Summit School District www.leesummit.k12.mo.us
Wyandotte County, Kan.
Higher Education
The Blue Springs School District www.bluesprings-schools.net
Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools www.kckps.org
The metropolitan has many options for
The Independence School District www.indep.k12.mo.us
Turner Unified School District www.turnerusd202.org
them:
Bonner Springs/ Edwardsville School District www.usd204.k12.ks.us
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
The Piper School District www.piperschools.com
University of Missouri-Kansas City www.umkc.edu
Other Jackson County districts include Center School District, Hickman Mills, Fort Osage, Grandview, Oak Grove, Grain Valley, Lone Jack and Raytown. 64 • 2011 RELOCATING IN KANSAS CITY
Midway R-1, Pleasant Hill R-III, RaymoreStrasburg C-3.
postsecondary education. Here are 20 of
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kan. www.ku.edu