Lee's Summit West High
Public high school, grades 9 to 12 · Lee's Summit, Missouri
Lee's Summit West High in Lee's Summit, Missouri enrolled 1,999 students in 2024-25 with 120.7 full-time teachers, 16.6 students per teacher against the Missouri high-school median of 12.2. It was not a Title I school in 2021-22; it takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25). On the state tests, 70% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 61% proficient in math in 2022-23 (Missouri: 43.2% and 40.3%). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 95% (Missouri: 89.3%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment held steady from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers held steady
1,992 students in 2022-23, 1,976 students in 2023-24, 1,999 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 121.0 to 120.7.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 1,992 | 121.0 | 16.5 |
| 2023-24 | 1,976 | 121.0 | 16.3 |
| 2024-25 | 1,999 | 120.7 | 16.6 |
16.6 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 89 of every 100 Missouri high schools
Among the 556 Missouri high schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 12.2; the national median for high schools is 14.5. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
7 AP courses and one counselor per 408 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Lee's Summit West High enrolled 2,038 students and had 5.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 68 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement courses7
- Gifted and talented programNo
- Counselors (FTE)5.0, one per 408 of the 2,038 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions68
- Chronically absent12.6% (2022-23)
Who attends
68.6% of students were White, 13.6% Black, 7.8% Hispanic in 2024-25.
- White68.6%
- Black13.6%
- Hispanic7.8%
- Two or more races7.7%
- Asian2.3%
- American Indian0.1%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23
The students tested at Lee's Summit West High scored proficient or above: 70% in reading in 2021-22 and 61% in math in 2022-23, against 43.2% in reading in 2021-22 and 40.3% in math in 2022-23 across Missouri. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Missouri, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure.
| Subject and year | This school | Its district | Missouri |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading and language arts, 2021-22 | 70% | 52% | 43.2% |
| Math, 2022-23 | 61% | 54% (2021-22) | 40.3% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
Graduation rate, class of 2023
95% of the 516 students in Lee's Summit West High's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 89.3% across Missouri. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.
| This school | Its district | Missouri | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four-year graduation rate | 95% | 93% | 89.3% |
| Students in the class | 516 | 1,458 | 67,017 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows school and district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.
High schools in Lee's Summit
5 public high schools in Lee's Summit report 2024-25 enrollment; Lee's Summit West High is the largest.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lee's Summit West High | 1,999 | 16.6 | 8.7% |
| Lee's Summit Senior High | 1,989 | 13.3 | 24.2% |
| Lee's Summit North High | 1,940 | 16.8 | 20.0% |
| Hilltop School | 25 | 7.1 | 16.0% |
| Langsford House | 11 | 7.3 | 72.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Lee's Summit West High
- Lee's Summit Senior HighThe nearest public high school, 2.8 miles away: 1,989 students, 13.3 per teacher (2024-25).2.8 mi
- Langsford HouseThe next nearest public high school, 3.4 miles away: 11 students, 7.3 per teacher (2024-25).3.4 mi
- Compare Lee's Summit West High with Lee's Summit Senior HighStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Lee's Summit R-7 School District spends per student$13,841 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$13,841
- The largest public schools in MissouriLee's Summit West High is the number 12 by size of 560 Missouri high schools open in 2024-25.#12 of 560
- Missouri schools by students per teacher16.6 students per teacher here against the Missouri median of 12.2 for high schools.16.6:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Lee's Summit West High
How many students attend Lee's Summit West High?
1,999 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 1,992 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Lee's Summit, MO.What is the student-teacher ratio at Lee's Summit West High?
16.6 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the Missouri median for high schools is 12.2. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Lee's Summit West High a Title I school?
Lee's Summit West High was not a Title I school in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.How do students at Lee's Summit West High do on state tests?
The students tested at Lee's Summit West High scored proficient or above: 70% in reading in 2021-22 and 61% in math in 2022-23, against 43.2% in reading in 2021-22 and 40.3% in math in 2022-23 across Missouri. Missouri's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What is the graduation rate at Lee's Summit West High?
95% of the 516 students in Lee's Summit West High's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 89.3% across Missouri. The rate counts the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and the share of them with a regular diploma by 2023. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23; ED publishes school rates as ranges to protect small groups.What district is Lee's Summit West High in?
Lee's Summit R-7 School District, NCES district ID 2918300. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 291830002795 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.