LEE'S SUMMIT ELEM.

LEE'S SUMMIT ELEM. is a close-knit elementary school in LEE'S SUMMIT, Missouri, run under LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII. The school serves 205 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 35% below typical.

LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII comprises 28 schools with combined enrollment of 17,695 students; LEE'S SUMMIT ELEM. is among them.

In terms of who attends, LEE'S SUMMIT ELEM. lists that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 24% Black, 12% multiracial, 11% Hispanic. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

Looking at school resources, LEE'S SUMMIT ELEM. reports 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, LEE'S SUMMIT ELEM. is in the bottom 10% of Missouri public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 50.1%; LEE'S SUMMIT ELEM. posts 27.5%, -22.7 points below that line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Jackson County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $68,577 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. LEE'S SUMMIT ELEM. is one of 244 public schools in Jackson County (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students).

LANGSFORD HOUSE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LEE'S SUMMIT ELEM.. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LEE'S SUMMIT ELEM. at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 52.1%.

LEE'S SUMMIT ELEM. operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. LEE'S SUMMIT ELEM.'s enrollment has decreased 22% since 2018, when it stood at 262 (now 205). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 63% to 50%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 in 2025.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.