RICHARDSON ELEM.

RICHARDSON ELEM. is one of the reasonably sized elementary-level communitys in LEE'S SUMMIT, Missouri, run under LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII, with 405 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 29% larger than typical.

Within LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII, which oversees 28 schools and 17,695 students, RICHARDSON ELEM. is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, RICHARDSON ELEM. shows that White students make up the majority at 61%. Other groups include 13% Black, 13% multiracial, 11% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, RICHARDSON ELEM. shows 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. An estimated 23% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Jackson County's rate of about 60%.

With demographic context factored in, RICHARDSON ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.8%, the actual is 57.5%, a residual of +6.7 points.

In the broader community, census data for Jackson County shows median household earnings sit near $68,577, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Jackson County's 244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students), RICHARDSON ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is GREAT BEGINNINGS EARLY ED CTR., roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, RICHARDSON ELEM. comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 36.1%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. RICHARDSON ELEM.'s enrollment has contracted 34% since 2018, when it stood at 610 (now 405). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 83% to 61% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.