Total enrollment
17,695
-95 (-1%) vs SY 2020-21
30 schools in LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII
Missouri · 17,695 students · 6 cities
For families inside LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII, public-school options total 30 K-12 schools, with enrollment near 17,695 (20 elementary, 4 middle, and 4 high).
4-year change in LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
28
+2 (+8%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Missouri | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.9% | #54 of 225 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 17,695 | #7 of 290 | #460 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 28 | #10 of 290 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #257 of 289 | #4,954 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 24.4% | #262 of 290 | #7,112 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.9% | #33 of 173 | #2,352 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII
State test results across the district's 25 scored schools run from LEE'S SUMMIT WEST HIGH at 83.4% proficient to WOODLAND ELEM. at 9.7%, a gap of 73.7 points. That is the widest gap among 95 Missouri districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 26 district schools that reported both years went from 18,287 to 16,579 students (down 9%) and from 1,172 to 1,149 full-time teachers (down 2%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII
LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII is an average-sized Missouri school district running 30 schools with combined enrollment near 17,695.
For a sense of the school types, LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII is built around 20 elementary, 4 middle, 4 high schools, and 2 combined or other.
On a per-school basis, LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII runs about 590 students per school, 54% higher than the state mean of roughly 382.
Over the past 4-year window. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment remained close to its prior level: 17,790 students in SY 2020-21 versus 17,695 in SY 2024-25. LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII now counts 28 public schools, up from 26 in SY 2020-21.
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