Enrollment
401
Elementary
STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEE A. TOLBERT COM. ACADEMY·NCES 290002802749
LEE A. TOLBERT COM. ACADEMY
3400 PASEO BLVD, KANSAS CITY, MO 64109 · (816) 561-0114 · Jackson County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL401 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of Missouri public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
12.2:1
33 FTE teachers
STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
401 students
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 19 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 32 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 41 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 43 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 34 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 9% larger than its 8th grade class (34).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
14.8%
MO avg 44.9% . +1.2pp since 2021
Math
12.0%
MO avg 43.8% . +5.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 4.3% | 10.5% | 44.0% | 41.1% |
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 | 14.8% | 12.0% |
| 2023-24 | 15.8% | 7.0% |
| 2022-23 | 19.7% | 11.3% |
| 2021-22 | 13.6% | 6.4% |
% 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
10.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 LEE A. TOLBERT COM. ACADEMY
LEE A. TOLBERT COM. ACADEMY's state test result (10.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEE A. TOLBERT COM. ACADEMY this school | 401 | 100.0% | 10.8% |
| ARROWPOINT ELEM. ST LOUIS | 371 | 100.0% | 7.9% |
| GATEWAY ELEM. ST LOUIS | 426 | 100.0% | 11.4% |
| KIPP VICTORY ACADEMY ST. LOUIS | 433 | 100.0% | 9.0% |
| GRANNEMANN ELEM. ST LOUIS | 438 | 100.0% | 11.6% |
| WALNUT GROVE ELEM. FERGUSON | 368 | 100.0% | N/A |
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 LEE A. TOLBERT COM. ACADEMY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.8% | #956 of 1,002 | #116 of 126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.0% | #953 of 1,019 ▲ 29 | #115 of 126 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.8% | #951 of 1,018 ▼ 13 | #110 of 126 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.4pp | #358 of 943 | #37 of 124 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 401 | #387 of 1,294 | #53 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #353 of 950 | #32 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.9% | #830 of 953 | #123 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #12 of 1,165 | #8 of 136 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.3% | #244 of 684 | #42 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
401
-52 (-11%) vs 2020
-22% since 2010-11, when it was 511
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 401 | 32.9 | 12.2:1 | 100% (401) |
| 2023-24 | 422 | 33.8 | 12.5:1 | 99% (419) |
| 2022-23 | 364 | 31.6 | 11.5:1 | 99% (361) |
| 2020-21 | 453 | 34 | 13.3:1 | 99% (450) |
| 2017-18 | 485 | 38 | 12.8:1 | 100% (485) |
| 2015-16 | 540 | 37 | 14.6:1 | 95% (514) |
| 2010-11 | 511 | 36 | 14.2:1 | 80% (410) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LEE A. TOLBERT COM. ACADEMY.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (485 to 401); teachers down 14% (38 to 32.9).
About LEE A. TOLBERT COM. ACADEMY
LEE A. TOLBERT COM. ACADEMY is a public elementary school run by LEE A. TOLBERT COM. ACADEMY in KANSAS CITY, Missouri. The school counts 401 students across pre-K through 8. The typical figure for elementary schools in Missouri is about 315 students.
Federal records list LEE A. TOLBERT COM. ACADEMY as its own district.
Federal enrollment data show LEE A. TOLBERT COM. ACADEMY is 94% Black. It is also 3% multiracial. Jackson County's residents are about 22% Black, 72 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 12% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 32.9 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.2:1. That matches the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri fairly closely. The school's lunch program data list 100% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Jackson County average 60%.
allk12 grades LEE A. TOLBERT COM. ACADEMY a D. The grade compares the school only with Missouri public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, LEE A. TOLBERT COM. ACADEMY is 11.6 points below its prediction. Actual: 10.8%. Predicted: 22.4%.
County data help place the school in context: in Jackson County, the median household income is $68,577, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. In all, Jackson County has 244 public schools and roughly 105,714 students.
FAXON ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. The five-mile area around LEE A. TOLBERT COM. ACADEMY holds at least 8 other public schools. LEE A. TOLBERT COM. ACADEMY's average proficiency of 10.8% compares with 54.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Charter status: LEE A. TOLBERT COM. ACADEMY is a public charter school.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 52 fewer students in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.2:1) than in 2020-21 (13.3:1).
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About LEE A. TOLBERT COM. ACADEMYHow many students attend LEE A. TOLBERT COM. ACADEMY?
LEE A. TOLBERT COM. ACADEMY enrolls approximately 401 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does LEE A. TOLBERT COM. ACADEMY serve?
LEE A. TOLBERT COM. ACADEMY serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at LEE A. TOLBERT COM. ACADEMY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at LEE A. TOLBERT COM. ACADEMY is approximately 12.2:1 (33 FTE teachers).
How diverse is LEE A. TOLBERT COM. ACADEMY?
LEE A. TOLBERT COM. ACADEMY reports a student body of 1% White, 2% Hispanic, 94% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees LEE A. TOLBERT COM. ACADEMY?
LEE A. TOLBERT COM. ACADEMY is overseen by LEE A. TOLBERT COM. ACADEMY in Jackson County.
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