30 public K-12 schools in Lee's Summit from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.
National city placement
According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Lee's Summit has more public-school enrollment than 92% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Lee's Summit is among the largest city school systems in this directory by enrollment, but its campuses are divided among 4 districts. That combination matters: citywide averages blend separate budgets, staffing policies, attendance boundaries, and program rules. For a family comparing schools here, the district column is as important as the city average; two nearby campuses may answer to different boards and draw on different F-33 funding pools.
18 of Lee's Summit's 30 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 5 middle and 3 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.
The 27-point gap between Highland Park Elem. and East Trails Middle School shows the range hidden by Lee's Summit's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.
Lee's Summit school enrollment ranges from 11 students (lowest) to 1,999 students (highest), a spread of 1,988 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Lee's Summit is typically wider than the Lee's Summit-aggregate figure suggests.
| # | School | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Highland Park Elem. | 64 |
| 2. | Prairie View Elem. | 57 |
| 3. | Hazel Grove Elem. | 57 |
| 4. | Sunset Valley Elem. | 56 |
| 5. | Lee's Summit Elem. | 56 |
| 6. | Underwood Elem. | 55 |
| 7. | Longview Farm Elem. | 54 |
| 8. | Richardson Elem. | 53 |
| 9. | Woodland Elem. | 52 |
| 10. | Pleasant Lea Elem. | 52 |
| 11. | Hawthorn Hill Elem. | 51 |
| 12. | Trailridge Elem. | 50 |
| 13. | Westview Elem. | 50 |
| 14. | Cedar Creek Elem. | 49 |
| 15. | Delta Woods Middle | 48 |
| 16. | Voy Spears Jr. Elem. | 48 |
| 17. | Chapel Lakes Elem. | 46 |
| 18. | Mason Elem. | 46 |
| 19. | Summit Lakes Middle | 43 |
| 20. | Pleasant Lea Middle | 43 |
| 21. | Langsford House | 43 |
| 22. | Great Beginnings Early Ed Ctr. | 42 |
| 23. | Hilltop School | 42 |
| 24. | Meadow Lane Elem. | 39 |
| 25. | Lee's Summit West High | 38 |
| 26. | Lee's Summit Sr. High | 38 |
| 27. | Lee's Summit North High | 38 |
| 28. | East Trails Middle School | 37 |
| 29. | Bernard C. Campbell Middle | 37 |
| 30. | Lakeview Woods School | 37 |
Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.
Highland Park Elem. has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Lee's Summit schools in this federal-data comparison at 64/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.
Lee's Summit has 30 public schools with a total enrollment of 18,814 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.2:1.
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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.
