WOODLAND ELEM.

WOODLAND ELEM., a medium-sized K-5 school in LEE'S SUMMIT, Missouri, one of the schools within LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII, educates 423 students, covering grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 34% bigger than the state mean of about 315.

WOODLAND ELEM. is one of 28 schools operated by LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII, a district that teaches 17,695 students overall.

Demographically, WOODLAND ELEM. logs that White students make up the majority at 79%. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Jackson County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Roughly 17% of students at WOODLAND ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Jackson County's rate of about 60%.

After controlling for student poverty, WOODLAND ELEM. falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 50.9%; this one comes in at 9.7%, -41.3 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, census data for Jackson County shows median household income runs about $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), WOODLAND ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: HIGHLAND PARK ELEM., around 1.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WOODLAND ELEM.. On composite proficiency, WOODLAND ELEM. comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 48.1%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WOODLAND ELEM. has expanded 16%, going from 364 students in 2018 to 423 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 86% to 79% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for WOODLAND ELEM. typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.