Enrollment
300
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII·NCES 291830000976
GREENWOOD ELEM.
805 W MAIN, GREENWOOD, MO 64034 · (816) 986-1320 · Jackson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL300 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of Missouri public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
39 students
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 54%
Community
0
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 | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
29%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
55.5%
MO avg 44.9% . +3.7pp since 2021
Math
51.2%
MO avg 43.8% . -5.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 18.7% | 36.8% | 35.0% | 9.3% |
| Math | 18.7% | 32.5% | 35.6% | 13.1% |
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 | 55.5% | 51.2% |
| 2023-24 | 53.7% | 51.8% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 55.5% |
| 2021-22 | 51.8% | 56.3% |
% 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
51.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.0%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 GREENWOOD ELEM.
GREENWOOD ELEM.'s state test result (51.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREENWOOD ELEM. this school | 300 | 13.0% | 51.6% |
| BLEVINS ELEM. EUREKA | 376 | 12.5% | 53.9% |
| HAWTHORNE ELEM. KEARNEY | 264 | 8.3% | 51.1% |
| LONE JACK ELEM. LONE JACK | 333 | 12.6% | 37.1% |
| MOSAIC ELEMENTARY St. Louis | 258 | 9.7% | 69.1% |
| CENTRAL ELEM. WESTON | 354 | 18.1% | 70.4% |
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 GREENWOOD ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #274 of 1,002 | #23 of 126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #307 of 1,019 ▼ 2 | #21 of 126 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #227 of 1,018 ▲ 17 | #16 of 126 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.7pp | #359 of 943 | #52 of 124 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 300 | #697 of 1,294 | #102 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #769 of 950 | #91 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.1% | #562 of 953 | #116 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.0% | #1,087 of 1,165 | #132 of 136 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.2% | #78 of 684 | #16 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
300
-91 (-23%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 620
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 300 | 20.6 | 14.6:1 | 13% (39) |
| 2023-24 | 326 | 23.5 | 13.9:1 | 14% (47) |
| 2022-23 | 333 | 23.5 | 14.2:1 | 18% (59) |
| 2020-21 | 391 | 25 | 15.6:1 | 11% (44) |
| 2017-18 | 430 | 28.7 | 15.0:1 | 14% (59) |
| 2015-16 | 455 | 27 | 16.9:1 | 14% (62) |
| 2010-11 | 439 | 23 | 19.1:1 | 16% (70) |
| 2000-01 | 502 | 33 | 15.2:1 | 5% (26) |
| 1990-91 | 620 | 34 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GREENWOOD ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (430 to 300); teachers down 28% (28.7 to 20.6).
About GREENWOOD ELEM.
GREENWOOD ELEM. operates as a medium-sized elementary school in GREENWOOD, Missouri. School enrollment was 300 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 5.
Besides GREENWOOD ELEM., LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII runs 27 other schools. The district enrolls 17,695 students.
At GREENWOOD ELEM., White students make up 84% of the student body. The school is also 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Black. The White share of the county population is lower, at 62%. The chance that two students picked at random at GREENWOOD ELEM. belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 29%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1 at GREENWOOD ELEM., with 20.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri is lower than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 13%. For comparison, public schools in Jackson County average 60%.
Measured against Missouri public elementary schools, GREENWOOD ELEM. receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 51.6%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 55.0%.
Among Jackson County residents, median household income is about $68,577, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. GREENWOOD ELEM. is one of 244 public schools in Jackson County, which together enroll about 105,714 students.
The closest other public school is TRAILRIDGE ELEM., about 2.3 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, GREENWOOD ELEM. ranks 4th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around GREENWOOD ELEM. as Suburb: Small, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 391 to 300. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.6:1.
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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
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Nearby schools
- TRAILRIDGE ELEM.2.3 mi · 418
- SUNSET VALLEY ELEM.2.3 mi · 310
- SUMMIT LAKES MIDDLE2.3 mi · 1,005
- East Trails Middle School2.8 mi · 1,051
- LEE'S SUMMIT WEST HIGH3.3 mi · 1,999
- WOODLAND ELEM.3.4 mi · 423
Frequently asked questions
About GREENWOOD ELEM.How many students attend GREENWOOD ELEM.?
GREENWOOD ELEM. enrolls approximately 300 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does GREENWOOD ELEM. serve?
GREENWOOD ELEM. serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at GREENWOOD ELEM.?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at GREENWOOD ELEM..
How diverse is GREENWOOD ELEM.?
GREENWOOD ELEM. reports a student body of 84% White, 7% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees GREENWOOD ELEM.?
GREENWOOD ELEM. is overseen by LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII in Jackson County.
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