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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the UNDERWOOD ELEM. administration to hear?
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Enrollment
511
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII·NCES 291830002669
UNDERWOOD ELEM.
1125 NE COLBERN RD, LEE'S SUMMIT, MO 64086 · (816) 986-3280 · Jackson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL511 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% 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.
- C-Beats 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
14.7:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
205 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 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
61%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
37.1%
MO avg 44.9% . -11.3pp since 2021
Math
38.5%
MO avg 43.8% . -12.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 11 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.5% | 25.6% | 37.1% | 25.6% |
| Math | 16.9% | 21.6% | 27.7% | 33.5% |
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 | 37.1% | 38.5% |
| 2023-24 | 41.4% | 43.7% |
| 2022-23 | 44.3% | 46.5% |
| 2021-22 | 48.4% | 51.2% |
% 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
38.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.9%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 UNDERWOOD ELEM.
UNDERWOOD ELEM.'s state test result (38.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNDERWOOD ELEM. this school | 511 | 40.1% | 38.9% |
| PRAIRIE VIEW ELEM. LEE'S SUMMIT | 604 | 38.4% | 34.5% |
| JOHN NOWLIN ELEM. BLUE SPRINGS | 460 | 38.0% | 54.9% |
| ACADEMIE LAFAYETTE CHERRY ELEM KANSAS CITY | 492 | 33.7% | 51.6% |
| FRANKLIN SMITH ELEM. BLUE SPRINGS | 401 | 41.6% | 61.4% |
| FOX HILL ELEMENTARY KANSAS CITY | 606 | 36.6% | 55.8% |
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 UNDERWOOD ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #559 of 1,002 | #47 of 126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #599 of 1,019 ▼ 139 | #47 of 126 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.1% | #662 of 1,018 ▼ 100 | #56 of 126 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -12.0pp | #44 of 943 | #5 of 124 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 511 | #148 of 1,294 | #24 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #785 of 950 | #96 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.7% | #172 of 953 | #58 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.1% | #812 of 1,165 | #104 of 136 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.8% | #99 of 251 | #16 of 37 |
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
511
-25 (-5%) vs 2020
-28% since 2000-01, when it was 709
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 511 | 34.8 | 14.7:1 | 40% (205) |
| 2023-24 | 506 | 33.1 | 15.3:1 | 35% (177) |
| 2022-23 | 521 | 31 | 16.8:1 | 33% (172) |
| 2020-21 | 536 | 36 | 14.9:1 | 32% (172) |
| 2017-18 | 461 | 28.7 | 16.1:1 | 19% (87) |
| 2015-16 | 492 | 28 | 17.6:1 | 19% (95) |
| 2010-11 | 553 | 29 | 19.1:1 | 15% (83) |
| 2000-01 | 709 | 41 | 17.3:1 | 7% (49) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for UNDERWOOD ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (461 to 511); teachers up 21% (28.7 to 34.8).
About UNDERWOOD ELEM.
UNDERWOOD ELEM. is an elementary school in LEE'S SUMMIT, Missouri, and it is part of LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII. The school enrolls 511 students, from kindergarten through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Missouri) has about 315 students.
LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII is responsible for 28 schools, UNDERWOOD ELEM. included, with 17,695 students in all.
UNDERWOOD ELEM. is 56% White by enrollment. The remaining students are 24% Black, 10% multiracial, and 8% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 61% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school employs the equivalent of 34.8 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 14.7:1. That is higher than the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 40%. For comparison, public schools in Jackson County average 60%.
Measured against Missouri public elementary schools, UNDERWOOD ELEM. receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with UNDERWOOD ELEM.'s lunch-eligibility share in Missouri is predicted to score 44.9%. UNDERWOOD ELEM. scores 38.9%, 6.0 points below that line.
Census estimates describe Jackson County this way: the median household income is $68,577, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. In all, Jackson County has 244 public schools and roughly 105,714 students.
The school nearest to UNDERWOOD ELEM. is BERNARD C. CAMPBELL MIDDLE, at a distance of about 0.1 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. UNDERWOOD ELEM. places 5th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Small.
UNDERWOOD ELEM.'s enrollment declined from 536 in 2020-21 to 511 in 2024-25.
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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
Other UNDERWOOD Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 8 states are named UNDERWOOD Elementary. UNDERWOOD ELEM. is the 2nd largest of the 8.
- Underwood Elementary SchoolANDREWS, TX · 638 students
- Underwood Elementary SchoolUnderwood, IA · 424 students
- Underwood ElementaryRaleigh, NC · 405 students
- Underwood Elementary SchoolFlorence, AL · 343 students
- Underwood ElementaryWauwatosa, WI · 315 students
Nearby schools
- BERNARD C. CAMPBELL MIDDLE0.1 mi · 1,043
- MEADOW LANE ELEM.0.7 mi · 435
- R-7 Online Academy1.5 mi · 65
- LEE'S SUMMIT NORTH HIGH1.7 mi · 1,940
- LANGSFORD HOUSE2.2 mi · 11
- RICHARDSON ELEM.2.2 mi · 405
Frequently asked questions
About UNDERWOOD ELEM.How large is UNDERWOOD ELEM.?
UNDERWOOD ELEM. enrolls approximately 511 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does UNDERWOOD ELEM. serve?
UNDERWOOD ELEM. serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does UNDERWOOD ELEM. have?
UNDERWOOD ELEM. employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
What is the student diversity at UNDERWOOD ELEM.?
Student demographics at UNDERWOOD ELEM. are roughly 56% White, 8% Hispanic, 24% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is UNDERWOOD ELEM. in?
UNDERWOOD ELEM. is part of LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII.
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