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Enrollment
905
Middle
DISTRICT 1,001 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII·NCES 291830000982
PLEASANT LEA MIDDLE
630 W PERSEL, LEE'S SUMMIT, MO 64081 · (816) 986-1175 · Jackson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL905 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of Missouri public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
262 students
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 54%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 304 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 308 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 293 | 32% |
Student demographics
54%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
51.5%
MO avg 44.9% . +8.7pp since 2021
Math
55.3%
MO avg 43.8% . +1.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 9 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 23.3% | 28.2% | 36.6% | 11.7% |
| Math | 30.4% | 24.9% | 29.6% | 15.0% |
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 | 51.5% | 55.3% |
| 2023-24 | 48.5% | 57.0% |
| 2022-23 | 41.3% | 58.6% |
| 2021-22 | 42.8% | 53.6% |
% 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
50.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.0%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 MIDDLE
PLEASANT LEA MIDDLE's state test result (50.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLEASANT LEA MIDDLE this school | 905 | 29.0% | 50.2% |
| MORELAND RIDGE MIDDLE BLUE SPRINGS | 813 | 31.0% | 51.9% |
| HOLLENBECK MIDDLE ST CHARLES | 769 | 25.5% | 52.8% |
| WALDEN MIDDLE KANSAS CITY | 730 | 30.1% | 49.0% |
| DR. BERNARD J. DUBRAY MIDDLE ST PETERS | 869 | 24.3% | 59.0% |
| NEW MARK MIDDLE KANSAS CITY | 965 | 23.3% | 54.6% |
Matched among Missouri middle 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 MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.2% | #93 of 379 | #9 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #83 of 380 ▼ 22 | #11 of 36 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #82 of 380 ▲ 1 | #8 of 36 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.2pp | #118 of 364 | #6 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 905 | #24 of 397 | #5 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #180 of 321 | #16 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.5% | #82 of 321 | #20 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.0% | #308 of 379 | #30 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.3% | #79 of 91 | #7 of 7 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
905
-66 (-7%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 1,378
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 905 | 66.6 | 13.6:1 | 29% (262) |
| 2023-24 | 931 | 68.1 | 13.7:1 | 28% (260) |
| 2022-23 | 938 | 67.6 | 13.9:1 | 22% (210) |
| 2020-21 | 971 | 63 | 15.4:1 | 27% (259) |
| 2017-18 | 885 | 60.9 | 14.5:1 | 29% (259) |
| 2015-16 | 826 | 60 | 13.8:1 | 23% (194) |
| 2010-11 | 905 | 65 | 13.9:1 | 24% (217) |
| 2000-01 | 786 | 47 | 16.7:1 | 8% (65) |
| 1990-91 | 1,378 | 75 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PLEASANT LEA MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (885 to 905); teachers up 9% (60.9 to 66.6).
About PLEASANT LEA MIDDLE
PLEASANT LEA MIDDLE, located in LEE'S SUMMIT, Missouri, is a large middle-grades school. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 905 students. Against the 461-student average for middle schools in Missouri, enrollment here is 96% higher.
PLEASANT LEA MIDDLE falls under LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII, which has 28 schools enrolling 17,695 students.
White students make up a majority at PLEASANT LEA MIDDLE, at 66%. The remaining students are 11% Black, 11% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Pick two students at random and there is a 54% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 13.6 students per teacher and 66.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That matches the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Missouri fairly closely. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 29%. The 60% average for public schools in Jackson County is 31 points higher.
allk12 grades PLEASANT LEA MIDDLE a B+. The grade compares the school only with Missouri public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 49.0% for a school in Missouri with PLEASANT LEA MIDDLE's free or reduced-price lunch share. PLEASANT LEA MIDDLE posts 50.2%.
Jackson County census figures show that the median household income is $68,577, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Jackson County is home to 244 public schools and about 105,714 public school students.
PLEASANT LEA ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles of PLEASANT LEA MIDDLE, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, PLEASANT LEA MIDDLE ranks 5th 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.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 66 fewer students in 2024-25. The school's ratio fell from 15.4:1 to 13.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for PLEASANT LEA MIDDLE covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 ELEM.0.1 mi · 346
- LEE'S SUMMIT SR. HIGH1.2 mi · 1,989
- LEE'S SUMMIT ELEM.1.3 mi · 205
- WESTVIEW ELEM.1.3 mi · 269
- LANGSFORD HOUSE1.6 mi · 11
- LEE'S SUMMIT WEST HIGH1.9 mi · 1,999
Frequently asked questions
About PLEASANT LEA MIDDLEWhat is the total enrollment at PLEASANT LEA MIDDLE?
PLEASANT LEA MIDDLE enrolls approximately 905 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does PLEASANT LEA MIDDLE serve?
PLEASANT LEA MIDDLE serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PLEASANT LEA MIDDLE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PLEASANT LEA MIDDLE is approximately 13.6:1 (67 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at PLEASANT LEA MIDDLE?
Student demographics at PLEASANT LEA MIDDLE are roughly 66% White, 11% Hispanic, 11% Black, 3% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is PLEASANT LEA MIDDLE in?
PLEASANT LEA MIDDLE is part of LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.