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Enrollment
418
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII·NCES 291830000544
TRAILRIDGE ELEM.
3651 SW WINDEMERE DR, LEE'S SUMMIT, MO 64082 · (816) 986-1290 · Jackson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL418 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% of Missouri public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
16.5:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
95 students
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 54%
Community
1
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 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (89).
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
47.8%
MO avg 44.9% . -13.5pp since 2021
Math
49.6%
MO avg 43.8% . -14.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are down about 14 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 18.7% | 29.1% | 36.6% | 15.4% |
| Math | 23.4% | 26.2% | 26.7% | 23.4% |
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 | 47.8% | 49.6% |
| 2023-24 | 51.2% | 42.0% |
| 2022-23 | 60.0% | 60.0% |
| 2021-22 | 61.3% | 63.9% |
% 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
48.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% 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 →
Schools most like TRAILRIDGE ELEM.
TRAILRIDGE ELEM.'s state test result (48.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRAILRIDGE ELEM. this school | 418 | 22.7% | 48.4% |
| RICHARDSON ELEM. LEE'S SUMMIT | 405 | 22.7% | 50.2% |
| HAWTHORN ELEM. KANSAS CITY | 450 | 22.7% | 61.2% |
| MRH ELEMENTARY RICHMOND HEIGHTS | 436 | 20.6% | 61.5% |
| MRH EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER MAPLEWOOD | 451 | 22.2% | N/A |
| Academie Lafayette Oak Elem Kansas City | 520 | 26.9% | 62.8% |
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 TRAILRIDGE ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #353 of 1,002 | #28 of 126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #346 of 1,019 ▲ 156 | #26 of 126 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #384 of 1,018 ▼ 74 | #35 of 126 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -13.9pp | #28 of 943 | #2 of 124 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 418 | #332 of 1,294 | #47 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #905 of 950 | #118 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.6% | #241 of 953 | #74 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.7% | #1,011 of 1,165 | #121 of 136 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.2% | #381 of 684 | #61 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
418
-162 (-28%) vs 2020
-42% since 2000-01, when it was 721
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 418 | 25.4 | 16.5:1 | 23% (95) |
| 2023-24 | 430 | 27.3 | 15.8:1 | 23% (98) |
| 2022-23 | 461 | 28.8 | 16.0:1 | 19% (88) |
| 2020-21 | 580 | 38 | 15.3:1 | 12% (71) |
| 2017-18 | 476 | 28.4 | 16.8:1 | 12% (59) |
| 2015-16 | 472 | 27 | 17.5:1 | 10% (49) |
| 2010-11 | 463 | 27 | 17.1:1 | 15% (71) |
| 2000-01 | 721 | 40 | 18.0:1 | 4% (28) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TRAILRIDGE ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (476 to 418); teachers down 10% (28.4 to 25.4).
About TRAILRIDGE ELEM.
TRAILRIDGE ELEM. is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in LEE'S SUMMIT, Missouri. It reports enrollment of 418 students in kindergarten through 5. The school is 33% larger than the average for elementary schools in Missouri.
The district for TRAILRIDGE ELEM. is LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII, with 28 schools and 17,695 students.
The largest group at TRAILRIDGE ELEM. is White students, at 62%. The remaining students are 17% Black, 10% Hispanic, and 10% multiracial. Jackson County residents are about 62% White, a similar share. The diversity index for TRAILRIDGE ELEM. is 57%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at TRAILRIDGE ELEM., there are about 16.5 students; the school has 25.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri, this school's ratio is higher. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 23%. The average for public schools in Jackson County is 60%.
TRAILRIDGE ELEM. earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 42% of Missouri public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, TRAILRIDGE ELEM. would be expected to post about 51.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 48.4%.
In the wider Jackson County area, median household income comes to about $68,577, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Jackson County's 244 public schools enroll about 105,714 students and include TRAILRIDGE ELEM..
TRAILRIDGE ELEM.'s nearest public school is SUMMIT LAKES MIDDLE (about 0.1 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of TRAILRIDGE ELEM.. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, TRAILRIDGE ELEM. ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Federal data place TRAILRIDGE ELEM. in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment fell 28% over 4 years, reaching 418 in 2024-25. The ratio was 15.3:1 in 2020-21 and 16.5:1 in 2024-25.
People who know TRAILRIDGE ELEM. can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
- SUMMIT LAKES MIDDLE0.1 mi · 1,005
- LEE'S SUMMIT WEST HIGH1.5 mi · 1,999
- HAWTHORN HILL ELEM.1.9 mi · 444
- GREENWOOD ELEM.2.3 mi · 300
- SUMMIT POINTE ELEM.2.6 mi · 534
- SUNSET VALLEY ELEM.3.1 mi · 310
Frequently asked questions
About TRAILRIDGE ELEM.How large is TRAILRIDGE ELEM.?
TRAILRIDGE ELEM. enrolls approximately 418 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does TRAILRIDGE ELEM. serve?
TRAILRIDGE ELEM. serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at TRAILRIDGE ELEM.?
Approximately 16.5:1 students per teacher at TRAILRIDGE ELEM..
What is the student diversity at TRAILRIDGE ELEM.?
Student demographics at TRAILRIDGE ELEM. are roughly 62% White, 10% Hispanic, 17% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is TRAILRIDGE ELEM. in?
TRAILRIDGE ELEM. is part of LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII.
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