BERNARD C. CAMPBELL MIDDLE

BERNARD C. CAMPBELL MIDDLE is a middle school of substantial scale in LEE'S SUMMIT, Missouri, one of the schools within LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII, instructing 1,043 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 126% larger than the state mean of about 461.

Within LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII, which oversees 28 schools and 17,695 students, BERNARD C. CAMPBELL MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, BERNARD C. CAMPBELL MIDDLE logs that 56% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 20% Black, 12% Hispanic, 10% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, BERNARD C. CAMPBELL MIDDLE has 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. About 33% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Jackson County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BERNARD C. CAMPBELL MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.6%.

In the surrounding community, Jackson County reports that median household earnings sit near $68,577, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. BERNARD C. CAMPBELL MIDDLE is one of 244 public schools in Jackson County (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students).

Nearest neighbor: UNDERWOOD ELEM., around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BERNARD C. CAMPBELL MIDDLE ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 40.2%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 21%: 863 students in 2018 compared to 1,043 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 72% to 56%.

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