MEADOW LANE ELEM.

Set in LEE'S SUMMIT, Missouri, MEADOW LANE ELEM. is a mid-sized elementary school, one of the schools within LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII. It enrolls 435 students across grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 38% bigger than typical.

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

Demographically, MEADOW LANE ELEM. logs that 37% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 23% Black, 18% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 6% Asian. By comparison, Jackson County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, MEADOW LANE ELEM. records 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MEADOW LANE ELEM. is in the bottom 10% of Missouri public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 50.1%; MEADOW LANE ELEM. posts 19.2%, -30.9 points below that line.

Across the wider county, census data for Jackson County shows the typical household earns roughly $68,577 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Jackson County's 244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students), MEADOW LANE ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is UNDERWOOD ELEM., roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MEADOW LANE ELEM. at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 53.7%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MEADOW LANE ELEM. has ticked down 20%, going from 542 students in 2018 to 435 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 54% to 37% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for MEADOW LANE ELEM. typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.