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Enrollment
487
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII·NCES 291830001971
CEDAR CREEK ELEM.
2600 SW 3RD ST, LEE'S SUMMIT, MO 64081 · (816) 986-1260 · Jackson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL487 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
80 students
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 54%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 16% larger than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 52% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
57.7%
MO avg 44.9% . -1.7pp since 2021
Math
50.0%
MO avg 43.8% . -10.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 26.0% | 31.7% | 30.8% | 11.3% |
| Math | 20.0% | 30.0% | 30.4% | 19.5% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.7% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.4% | 53.7% |
| 2022-23 | 64.0% | 59.5% |
| 2021-22 | 59.4% | 60.1% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
56.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.7%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Missouri's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like CEDAR CREEK ELEM.
CEDAR CREEK ELEM.'s state test result (56.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CEDAR CREEK ELEM. this school | 487 | 16.4% | 56.4% |
| HAWTHORN HILL ELEM. LEE'S SUMMIT | 444 | 13.7% | 56.5% |
| MID RIVERS ELEM. ST PETERS | 444 | 15.3% | 53.8% |
| CHAPEL LAKES ELEM. LEE'S SUMMIT | 600 | 15.3% | 73.3% |
| VOY SPEARS JR. ELEM. LEE'S SUMMIT | 546 | 13.7% | 78.4% |
| RUSSELL BLVD. ELEM. COLUMBIA | 500 | 17.4% | 61.8% |
Matched among Missouri elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where CEDAR CREEK ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.4% | #187 of 1,002 | #14 of 126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #333 of 1,019 ▼ 68 | #24 of 126 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #187 of 1,018 ▼ 61 | #12 of 126 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.9pp | #172 of 943 | #29 of 124 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 487 | #180 of 1,294 | #30 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #368 of 950 | #36 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.0% | #287 of 953 | #79 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.4% | #1,061 of 1,165 | #126 of 136 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.8% | #497 of 684 | #74 of 92 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
487
-18 (-4%) vs 2020
-15% since 2000-01, when it was 573
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 17.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 487 | 39.7 | 12.3:1 | 16% (80) |
| 2023-24 | 477 | 37.5 | 12.7:1 | 14% (69) |
| 2022-23 | 506 | 34 | 14.9:1 | 12% (59) |
| 2020-21 | 505 | 29 | 17.4:1 | 7% (35) |
| 2017-18 | 528 | 30 | 17.6:1 | 9% (48) |
| 2015-16 | 539 | 30 | 18.0:1 | 10% (52) |
| 2010-11 | 537 | 30 | 17.9:1 | 10% (53) |
| 2000-01 | 573 | 34 | 16.9:1 | 5% (30) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CEDAR CREEK ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (528 to 487); teachers up 32% (30 to 39.7).
About CEDAR CREEK ELEM.
At 2600 SW 3RD ST in LEE'S SUMMIT, Missouri, CEDAR CREEK ELEM. operates as a large elementary school. It has an enrollment of 487 students in kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in Missouri average about 315 students, which makes this school 55% bigger than average.
LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII serves 17,695 students across 28 schools.
About 66% of the student body at CEDAR CREEK ELEM. is White. Enrollment also includes 13% Black, 10% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 53%.
Staffing at CEDAR CREEK ELEM. comes to 39.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.3:1. The average for elementary schools in Missouri is about 12.4:1. On the income side, 16% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Jackson County averages 60%, higher than here.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, CEDAR CREEK ELEM. falls in the middle 80% of Missouri schools: 56.4% actual against 53.7% predicted.
Looking at the county, Jackson County, the median household earns about $68,577 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting CEDAR CREEK ELEM., Jackson County has 244 public schools.
CEDAR CREEK ELEM.'s nearest public school is LONGVIEW FARM ELEM. (about 1.2 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, CEDAR CREEK ELEM. places 4th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
CEDAR CREEK ELEM. falls in the Suburb: Small locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
From 505 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 487 by 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 17.4:1 to 12.3:1.
This page is set up for the CEDAR CREEK ELEM. community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
719,976
Census ACS
Median income
$68,577
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
244
105,714 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII
- LEE'S SUMMIT WEST HIGHHigh · 1,999 students
- LEE'S SUMMIT SR. HIGHHigh · 1,989 students
- LEE'S SUMMIT NORTH HIGHHigh · 1,940 students
- East Trails Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,051 students
- BERNARD C. CAMPBELL MIDDLEMiddle · 1,043 students
- SUMMIT LAKES MIDDLEMiddle · 1,005 students
Other schools in LEE'S SUMMIT
- LEE'S SUMMIT WEST HIGHHigh · 1,999 students
- LEE'S SUMMIT SR. HIGHHigh · 1,989 students
- LEE'S SUMMIT NORTH HIGHHigh · 1,940 students
- East Trails Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,051 students
- BERNARD C. CAMPBELL MIDDLEMiddle · 1,043 students
- SUMMIT LAKES MIDDLEMiddle · 1,005 students
Other CEDAR CREEK Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named CEDAR CREEK Elementary. CEDAR CREEK ELEM. is the 4th largest of the 6.
- Cedar Creek Elementary SchoolCEDAR CREEK, TX · 775 students
- Cedar Creek Elementary SchoolCEDAR, MN · 680 students
- Cedar Creek Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 503 students
- Cedar Creek Elementary SchoolLANOKA HARBOR, NJ · 432 students
- Cedar Creek ElemOlathe, KS · 370 students
Nearby schools
- LONGVIEW FARM ELEM.1.2 mi · 401
- WESTVIEW ELEM.2.0 mi · 269
- PLEASANT LEA ELEM.2.5 mi · 346
- PLEASANT LEA MIDDLE2.6 mi · 905
- HAZEL GROVE ELEM.2.8 mi · 331
- LEE'S SUMMIT ELEM.3.0 mi · 205
Frequently asked questions
About CEDAR CREEK ELEM.What is the total enrollment at CEDAR CREEK ELEM.?
CEDAR CREEK ELEM. enrolls approximately 487 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does CEDAR CREEK ELEM. serve?
CEDAR CREEK ELEM. serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at CEDAR CREEK ELEM.?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at CEDAR CREEK ELEM..
What is the racial breakdown of students at CEDAR CREEK ELEM.?
At CEDAR CREEK ELEM., the student body is approximately 66% White, 7% Hispanic, 13% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees CEDAR CREEK ELEM.?
CEDAR CREEK ELEM. is overseen by LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII in Jackson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.