Enrollment
269
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII·NCES 291830000984
WESTVIEW ELEM.
200 N WARD RD, LEE'S SUMMIT, MO 64063 · (816) 986-1350 · Jackson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL269 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
135 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
62%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
47.5%
MO avg 44.9% . +8.1pp since 2021
Math
47.2%
MO avg 43.8% . +7.8pp 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 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 16.6% | 30.9% | 36.5% | 15.8% |
| Math | 18.4% | 28.8% | 28.0% | 24.8% |
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 | 47.5% | 47.2% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 40.8% |
| 2022-23 | 36.9% | 45.4% |
| 2021-22 | 39.4% | 39.4% |
% 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
43.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.1%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 WESTVIEW ELEM.
WESTVIEW ELEM.'s state test result (43.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WESTVIEW ELEM. this school | 269 | 50.2% | 43.9% |
| THAYER ELEM. FT LEONARD WOOD | 242 | 43.8% | 67.2% |
| KENTUCKY TRAIL ELEM. BELTON | 355 | 51.0% | 47.0% |
| MANOR HILL ELEM. LIBERTY | 265 | 47.5% | 34.6% |
| Mark Twain Early Learning Cntr ST. JOSEPH | 232 | 47.4% | N/A |
| GRACE EARLY CHILD. ED. CTR. BELTON | 228 | 50.9% | N/A |
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 WESTVIEW ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #446 of 1,002 | #34 of 126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #401 of 1,019 ▲ 129 | #30 of 126 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #392 of 1,018 ▲ 100 | #36 of 126 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.0pp | #165 of 943 | #19 of 124 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 269 | #782 of 1,294 | #111 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #620 of 950 | #70 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.8% | #155 of 953 | #49 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.2% | #640 of 1,165 | #93 of 136 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.1% | #63 of 684 | #14 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
269
-76 (-22%) vs 2020
-61% since 1990-91, when it was 694
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 269 | 19.7 | 13.6:1 | 50% (135) |
| 2023-24 | 274 | 21.2 | 13.0:1 | 51% (139) |
| 2022-23 | 294 | 20.2 | 14.6:1 | 45% (132) |
| 2020-21 | 345 | 23 | 15.0:1 | 48% (164) |
| 2017-18 | 396 | 27.1 | 14.6:1 | 52% (205) |
| 2015-16 | 364 | 26 | 14.0:1 | 46% (169) |
| 2010-11 | 418 | 25 | 16.7:1 | 41% (171) |
| 2000-01 | 470 | 29 | 16.2:1 | 19% (89) |
| 1990-91 | 694 | 36 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WESTVIEW ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (396 to 269); teachers down 27% (27.1 to 19.7).
About WESTVIEW ELEM.
WESTVIEW ELEM. is a mid-sized elementary school in LEE'S SUMMIT, Missouri, administered by LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 269 students.
The district for WESTVIEW ELEM. is LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII, with 28 schools and 17,695 students.
Of every 100 students at WESTVIEW ELEM., about 57 are White. It is also 19% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, and 10% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, WESTVIEW ELEM. scores 62%.
Teacher count: 19.7 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 13.6:1. Compared with the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 50%. That is lower than the 60% average for public schools in Jackson County.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 41.1% at WESTVIEW ELEM.; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 43.9%.
Census data for Jackson County show the median household earns about $68,577 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Counting WESTVIEW ELEM., Jackson County has 244 public schools.
LEE'S SUMMIT ELEM. is the nearest public school to WESTVIEW ELEM., about 1.0 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, WESTVIEW ELEM. ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Small. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 269, from 345 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.0:1 to 13.6:1 over the same years.
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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 WESTVIEW Elementary schools
17 other US public schools in 13 states are named WESTVIEW Elementary. WESTVIEW ELEM. is the 15th largest of the 18.
- WESTVIEW ELEM.NEOSHO, MO · 112 students
- Westview Elementary SchoolChattanooga, TN · 631 students
- Westview Elementary SchoolPhenix City, AL · 563 students
- Westview Elementary SchoolJonesboro, IN · 513 students
- Westview ElementaryGoose Creek, SC · 504 students
Nearby schools
- LEE'S SUMMIT ELEM.1.0 mi · 205
- PLEASANT LEA ELEM.1.2 mi · 346
- PLEASANT LEA MIDDLE1.3 mi · 905
- LEE'S SUMMIT NORTH HIGH1.3 mi · 1,940
- R-7 Online Academy1.5 mi · 65
- LANGSFORD HOUSE1.5 mi · 11
Frequently asked questions
About WESTVIEW ELEM.How large is WESTVIEW ELEM.?
WESTVIEW ELEM. enrolls approximately 269 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does WESTVIEW ELEM. serve?
WESTVIEW ELEM. serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does WESTVIEW ELEM. have?
WESTVIEW ELEM. employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
What is the student diversity at WESTVIEW ELEM.?
Student demographics at WESTVIEW ELEM. are roughly 57% White, 19% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is WESTVIEW ELEM. in?
WESTVIEW ELEM. is part of LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII.
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