Enrollment
346
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII·NCES 291830000981
PLEASANT LEA ELEM.
700 W PERSEL, LEE'S SUMMIT, MO 64081 · (816) 986-1230 · Jackson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL346 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
134 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
9.0%
MO avg 49.5% . -62.0pp since 2023
Math
18.1%
MO avg 48.7% . -5.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 9 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are down about 62 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
27.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 51% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
346
-216 (-38%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 15.7:1
% White
62%
was 72%
% Hispanic
10%
was 5%
% Black
12%
was 12%
% Asian
0%
was 5%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PLEASANT LEA ELEM.
Located at 700 W PERSEL, in LEE'S SUMMIT, Missouri, PLEASANT LEA ELEM. is a mid-sized elementary school that caters to 346 students (grades K through 5), run under LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII.
LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII comprises 28 schools with combined enrollment of 17,695 students; PLEASANT LEA ELEM. is among them.
Demographically, PLEASANT LEA ELEM. lists that 62% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 15% multiracial, 12% Black, 10% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Jackson County as a whole.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, PLEASANT LEA ELEM. has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. The state averages about 12.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Jackson County's rate of about 60%.
With demographic context factored in, PLEASANT LEA ELEM. falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 50.5%; this one comes in at 27.6%, -22.9 points off the demographic line.
In the broader community, ACS estimates for Jackson County put median household earnings sit near $68,577, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Jackson County runs 244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students), of which PLEASANT LEA ELEM. is one.
The closest other public school is PLEASANT LEA MIDDLE, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PLEASANT LEA ELEM. comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 62.7%.
Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PLEASANT LEA ELEM. has decreased 38%, going from 562 students in 2018 to 346 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 72% to 62% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.
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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
- PLEASANT LEA MIDDLE0.1 mi · 905
- WESTVIEW ELEM.1.2 mi · 269
- LEE'S SUMMIT ELEM.1.3 mi · 205
- LEE'S SUMMIT SR. HIGH1.3 mi · 1,989
- LANGSFORD HOUSE1.6 mi · 11
- LEE'S SUMMIT WEST HIGH1.9 mi · 1,999
Frequently asked questions
About PLEASANT LEA ELEM.How many students attend PLEASANT LEA ELEM.?
PLEASANT LEA ELEM. enrolls approximately 346 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does PLEASANT LEA ELEM. serve?
PLEASANT LEA ELEM. serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PLEASANT LEA ELEM.?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PLEASANT LEA ELEM. is approximately 12.8:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PLEASANT LEA ELEM.?
At PLEASANT LEA ELEM., the student body is approximately 62% White, 10% Hispanic, 12% Black, 0% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Is PLEASANT LEA ELEM. public or private?
PLEASANT LEA ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII.
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