WESTVIEW ELEM.

Set in LEE'S SUMMIT, Missouri, WESTVIEW ELEM. is a reasonably sized primary school, one of the schools within LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII. It works with 269 students across grades K through 5.

Across the 28 schools in LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII (17,695 students total), WESTVIEW ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WESTVIEW ELEM. logs that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 19% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 10% Black.

Looking at school resources, WESTVIEW ELEM. lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Jackson County's rate of about 60%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WESTVIEW ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.3%; this one delivers 61.3%.

In the area at large, census data for Jackson County shows median household earnings sit near $68,577, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Jackson County's 244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students), WESTVIEW ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LEE'S SUMMIT ELEM., around 1.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WESTVIEW ELEM. ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 49.9%.

WESTVIEW ELEM. operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WESTVIEW ELEM. has declined 32%, going from 396 students in 2018 to 269 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 72% to 57% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for WESTVIEW ELEM. typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.