TRAILRIDGE ELEM.

TRAILRIDGE ELEM. is one of the middle-of-the-pack K-5 schools in LEE'S SUMMIT, Missouri, operated by LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII, with 418 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 33% bigger than typical.

LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII runs 28 schools in total, collectively educating 17,695 students. TRAILRIDGE ELEM. is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, TRAILRIDGE ELEM. records that 62% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 17% Black, 10% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Jackson County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 23% of students at TRAILRIDGE ELEM. qualify 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%.

After controlling for student poverty, TRAILRIDGE 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 35.3%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Jackson County put median household income runs about $68,577, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jackson County runs 244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students), of which TRAILRIDGE ELEM. is one.

The closest other public school is SUMMIT LAKES MIDDLE, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts TRAILRIDGE ELEM. at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 51.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 12%: 476 students in 2018 compared to 418 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 79% to 62% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for TRAILRIDGE ELEM. typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.