GREENWOOD ELEM.

GREENWOOD ELEM. is a primary school of middle-of-the-pack scale in GREENWOOD, Missouri, overseen by LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII, serveing 300 students in grades K through 5.

Across the 28 schools in LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII (17,695 students total), GREENWOOD ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, GREENWOOD ELEM. reports that nearly all students (84%) are White. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, GREENWOOD ELEM. has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Roughly 13% of students at GREENWOOD ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Jackson County (around 60%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), GREENWOOD ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.0%; this one delivers 47.7%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (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%. In all, Jackson County runs 244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students), of which GREENWOOD ELEM. is one.

The closest other public school is TRAILRIDGE ELEM., roughly 2.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GREENWOOD ELEM. ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 49.0%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 30%: 430 students in 2018 compared to 300 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for GREENWOOD ELEM. typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.