Enrollment
310
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII·NCES 291830003134
SUNSET VALLEY ELEM.
1850 SE RANSON ROAD, LEES SUMMIT, MO 64082 · (816) 986-4240 · Jackson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL310 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
72 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
31.4%
MO avg 49.5% . -19.1pp since 2023
Math
32.5%
MO avg 48.7% . -2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 19 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). 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
36.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.8%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
310
-157 (-34%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 16.4:1
% White
68%
was 76%
% Hispanic
10%
was 3%
% Black
10%
was 15%
% Asian
3%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About SUNSET VALLEY ELEM.
SUNSET VALLEY ELEM. is one of the mid-sized primary schools in LEES SUMMIT, Missouri, part of LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII, with 310 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.
Across the 28 schools in LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII (17,695 students total), SUNSET VALLEY ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, SUNSET VALLEY ELEM. logs that 68% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 10% Black, 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian.
On the resource side, On paper, SUNSET VALLEY ELEM. has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 23% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Jackson County's rate of about 60%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SUNSET VALLEY ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.8%; this one delivers 36.6%.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Jackson County indicate median household earnings sit near $68,577, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. SUNSET VALLEY ELEM. is one of 244 public schools in Jackson County (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students).
Nearest neighbor: East Trails Middle School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SUNSET VALLEY ELEM. comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 43.4%.
The school occupies a countryside site.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 34%: 467 students in 2018 compared to 310 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 76% to 68%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Nearby schools
- East Trails Middle School0.5 mi · 1,051
- PRAIRIE VIEW ELEM.1.7 mi · 604
- LEE'S SUMMIT SR. HIGH1.8 mi · 1,989
- GREENWOOD ELEM.2.3 mi · 300
- WOODLAND ELEM.2.4 mi · 423
- HIGHLAND PARK ELEM.2.4 mi · 407
Frequently asked questions
About SUNSET VALLEY ELEM.How many students attend SUNSET VALLEY ELEM.?
SUNSET VALLEY ELEM. enrolls approximately 310 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does SUNSET VALLEY ELEM. serve?
SUNSET VALLEY ELEM. serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SUNSET VALLEY ELEM.?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SUNSET VALLEY ELEM. is approximately 12.3:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at SUNSET VALLEY ELEM.?
Student demographics at SUNSET VALLEY ELEM. are roughly 68% White, 10% Hispanic, 10% Black, 3% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees SUNSET VALLEY ELEM.?
SUNSET VALLEY ELEM. is overseen by LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII in Jackson County.
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