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
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 47% of Missouri public elementary schools
- BTest 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.
- B-Three-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
12.8:1
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
57%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
43.0%
MO avg 44.9% . +3.3pp since 2021
Math
38.2%
MO avg 43.8% . -2.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 3 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 18.0% | 25.0% | 37.2% | 19.7% |
| Math | 16.2% | 22.0% | 31.3% | 30.2% |
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 | 43.0% | 38.2% |
| 2023-24 | 56.5% | 44.6% |
| 2022-23 | 47.2% | 47.7% |
| 2021-22 | 39.7% | 40.4% |
% 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
43.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 PLEASANT LEA ELEM.
PLEASANT LEA ELEM.'s state test result (43.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLEASANT LEA ELEM. this school | 346 | 38.7% | 43.8% |
| RAYMORE ELEM. RAYMORE | 364 | 33.8% | 47.7% |
| MATTHEWS ELEM. GRAIN VALLEY | 422 | 37.4% | 37.0% |
| RIDGEVIEW ELEM. LIBERTY | 331 | 42.9% | 40.6% |
| FRANKLIN SMITH ELEM. BLUE SPRINGS | 401 | 41.6% | 61.4% |
| COVERDELL ELEM. ST CHARLES | 291 | 41.2% | 50.5% |
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 PLEASANT LEA ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #449 of 1,002 | #35 of 126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #606 of 1,019 ▼ 156 | #49 of 126 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #521 of 1,018 ▼ 309 | #46 of 126 ▼ 28 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.6pp | #515 of 943 | #59 of 124 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 346 | #554 of 1,294 | #76 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #469 of 950 | #45 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.8% | #238 of 953 | #73 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.7% | #827 of 1,165 | #107 of 136 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.4% | #27 of 684 | #5 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
346
-126 (-27%) vs 2020
-38% since 2000-01, when it was 560
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 346 | 26.9 | 12.8:1 | 39% (134) |
| 2023-24 | 333 | 26.3 | 12.7:1 | 31% (104) |
| 2022-23 | 350 | 26 | 13.5:1 | 30% (105) |
| 2020-21 | 472 | 30 | 15.7:1 | 24% (115) |
| 2017-18 | 562 | 35.8 | 15.7:1 | 30% (166) |
| 2015-16 | 581 | 36 | 16.1:1 | 29% (168) |
| 2010-11 | 563 | 30 | 18.8:1 | 26% (147) |
| 2000-01 | 560 | 37 | 15.1:1 | 11% (63) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PLEASANT LEA ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (562 to 346); teachers down 25% (35.8 to 26.9).
About PLEASANT LEA ELEM.
PLEASANT LEA ELEM. is an elementary school with a street address in LEE'S SUMMIT, Missouri. Federal data show 346 students enrolled in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
PLEASANT LEA ELEM. is part of a district of 28 schools: LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII, with 17,695 students.
Federal enrollment data show PLEASANT LEA ELEM. is 62% White. Other groups include 15% multiracial, 12% Black, and 10% Hispanic. In Jackson County overall, the White share is about 62%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 57%.
The school had 26.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 12.8:1. It is about the same as the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 39%. That rate is below the 60% average among public schools in Jackson County.
PLEASANT LEA ELEM. holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 47% of Missouri public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, PLEASANT LEA ELEM. is 1.6 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 43.8% actual, 45.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Missouri.
Census data for Jackson County show median household income comes to about $68,577, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 244 public schools in the county, enrolling about 105,714, PLEASANT LEA ELEM. among them.
PLEASANT LEA MIDDLE is the nearest public school to PLEASANT LEA ELEM., about 0.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, PLEASANT LEA ELEM. ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Small. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
The school's enrollment decreased 27% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 12.8:1, from 15.7:1.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at PLEASANT LEA ELEM.. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.