Enrollment
205
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII·NCES 291830000978
LEE'S SUMMIT ELEM.
110 SE GREEN ST, LEE'S SUMMIT, MO 64063 · (816) 986-3340 · Jackson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL205 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of Missouri public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
9.8:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
124 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 | 28 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (28) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
67%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
31.9%
MO avg 44.9% . -6.8pp since 2021
Math
26.1%
MO avg 43.8% . -13.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 7 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.5% | 17.4% | 42.7% | 25.2% |
| Math | 7.7% | 18.4% | 34.9% | 38.8% |
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 | 31.9% | 26.1% |
| 2023-24 | 47.6% | 29.5% |
| 2022-23 | 45.4% | 32.0% |
| 2021-22 | 38.7% | 39.1% |
% 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
30.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.2%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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'S SUMMIT ELEM.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEE'S SUMMIT ELEM. this school | 205 | 60.5% | 30.7% |
| PITTMAN ELEM. SPRINGFIELD | 235 | 60.9% | 40.8% |
| SOUTHWEST EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR JEFFERSON CITY | 305 | 54.8% | N/A |
| LITTLE BLUE ELEMENTARY INDEPENDENCE | 263 | 52.1% | 35.7% |
| FULTON EARLY CHILDHOOD CNTR FULTON | 252 | 54.4% | N/A |
| CITY GARDEN MONTESSORI ECEC ST LOUIS | 180 | 53.3% | 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'S SUMMIT ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.7% | #731 of 1,002 | #64 of 126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #810 of 1,019 ▼ 49 | #79 of 126 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #766 of 1,018 ▼ 369 | #69 of 126 ▼ 33 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.9pp | #72 of 943 | #11 of 124 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 205 | #939 of 1,294 | #123 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.8:1 | #38 of 950 | #5 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.6% | #94 of 953 | #30 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.5% | #444 of 1,165 | #78 of 136 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.8% | #166 of 684 | #27 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
205
-27 (-12%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 325
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 205 | 20.9 | 9.8:1 | 60% (124) |
| 2023-24 | 217 | 19.9 | 10.9:1 | 59% (129) |
| 2022-23 | 222 | 18.9 | 11.8:1 | 59% (130) |
| 2020-21 | 232 | 20 | 11.6:1 | 54% (126) |
| 2017-18 | 262 | 21.6 | 12.1:1 | 63% (165) |
| 2015-16 | 307 | 21 | 14.6:1 | 54% (167) |
| 2010-11 | 300 | 16 | 18.8:1 | 61% (184) |
| 2000-01 | 297 | 18 | 16.5:1 | 22% (64) |
| 1990-91 | 325 | 20 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LEE'S SUMMIT ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (262 to 205); teachers down 3% (21.6 to 20.9).
About LEE'S SUMMIT ELEM.
LEE'S SUMMIT ELEM. is a small elementary school serving families in LEE'S SUMMIT, Missouri. The grade span is kindergarten through 5, and enrollment is 205 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Missouri is about 315, so this school runs 35% smaller than that.
LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII (28 schools, 17,695 students) runs LEE'S SUMMIT ELEM..
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at LEE'S SUMMIT ELEM.. The largest is White students, at 50%. Smaller groups are 24% Black, 12% multiracial, and 11% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Jackson County is roughly 62% White. The school's diversity index is 67%, meaning two students picked at random have a 67% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its 20.9 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 9.8:1. This ratio sits 2.6 below the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 60%. For comparison, public schools in Jackson County average 60%.
Measured against Missouri public elementary schools, LEE'S SUMMIT ELEM. receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
LEE'S SUMMIT ELEM. scores 30.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 37.2%.
LEE'S SUMMIT ELEM. is located in Jackson County, where the median household income is $68,577, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. LEE'S SUMMIT ELEM. is one of 244 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, LANGSFORD HOUSE is the closest, at about 0.5 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of LEE'S SUMMIT ELEM.. On proficiency, LEE'S SUMMIT ELEM. is behind the 52.1% nearby average, ranking 5th of 7.
Federal data place LEE'S SUMMIT ELEM. in the Suburb: Small locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment dropped 12% from its 2020-21 level of 232. The ratio of students to teachers went from 11.6:1 to 9.8:1 over the same years.
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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
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
Nearby schools
- LANGSFORD HOUSE0.5 mi · 11
- LEE'S SUMMIT SR. HIGH0.9 mi · 1,989
- LEE'S SUMMIT NORTH HIGH1.0 mi · 1,940
- WESTVIEW ELEM.1.0 mi · 269
- R-7 Online Academy1.1 mi · 65
- PLEASANT LEA MIDDLE1.3 mi · 905
Frequently asked questions
About LEE'S SUMMIT ELEM.How many students attend LEE'S SUMMIT ELEM.?
LEE'S SUMMIT ELEM. enrolls approximately 205 students in grades KG-05.
Is LEE'S SUMMIT ELEM. an elementary, middle, or high school?
LEE'S SUMMIT ELEM. is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at LEE'S SUMMIT ELEM.?
The student-to-teacher ratio at LEE'S SUMMIT ELEM. is approximately 9.8:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at LEE'S SUMMIT ELEM.?
Student demographics at LEE'S SUMMIT ELEM. are roughly 50% White, 11% Hispanic, 24% Black, 1% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is LEE'S SUMMIT ELEM. public or private?
LEE'S SUMMIT ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII.
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