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Lee's Summit West High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
2600 Sw Ward Rd
Lee's Summit, MO 64082
Phone
(816) 986-4000
District
LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII
County
JACKSON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1992
Classroom Teachers
121

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Missouri

10

(10 is best)

Better than 92.2% of all MO schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Lee's Summit West High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

80 60 40 20 0
66%
45%
70%
53%
61%
37%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
16
14
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 471 23.6%
Grade 10 475 23.8%
Grade 11 507 25.5%
Grade 12 539 27.1%
Total 1992 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 77.0% 73.1% 72.4%
Black 12.1% 14.7% 16.0%
Hispanic 8.2% 9.6% 8.5%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.7% 2.3% 2.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.3% 0.8%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 8.8% 19.8% 47.6%
Free lunch eligible 6.7% 15.3% 40.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.2% 4.5% 6.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 104,101 6,177,957
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 917.8 89
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.8% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 22.1% 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.7% 32.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.0% 25.2%
65 OR OLDER 14.4% 17.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 39,357 2,458,324
Single Parent Households With Children 9.2% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 96.9% 91.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 46.4% 31.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 29.3% 14.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 22.1% 16.1%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.5% 13.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 13.7% 17.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 10.9% 16.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 6.5% 12.3%
$15,000 or less 3.9% 9.3%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,474 $132,859,000 45.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $919 $16,327,000 5.6%
Staff $443 $7,873,000 2.7%
General Administration $488 $8,679,000 3.0%
School Administration $659 $11,718,000 4.0%
Operation $1,177 $20,925,000 7.1%
Transportation $488 $8,667,000 3.0%
Other $350 $6,228,000 2.1%
Total Support $4,524 $80,417,000 27.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,477 $79,570,000 27.2%
Total Expenditures $16,475 $292,846,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,684 $5,963,718,000 48.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $844 $752,668,000 6.1%
Staff $459 $409,290,000 3.3%
General Administration $708 $631,865,000 5.1%
School Administration $695 $620,447,000 5.0%
Operation $1,196 $1,066,703,000 8.6%
Transportation $529 $471,790,000 3.8%
Other $280 $249,480,000 2.0%
Total Support $4,710 $4,202,243,000 33.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,505 $2,235,181,000 18.0%
Total Expenditures $13,899 $12,401,142,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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