HILLTOP SCHOOL
LEE'S SUMMIT · MO · LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII · Public · K-12 combined
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LAKEVIEW WOODS SCHOOL → Jackson County Juvenile Ctr. → DALE M THOMPSON/TRAILS WEST S → HERNDON CAREER CTR. → RAYTOWN EDUCATION CTR. → MILLER PARK CENTER → LIGGETT TRAIL EDUCATION CENTER → VALLEY VIEW HIGH →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How HILLTOP SCHOOL compares for families
What families should know about HILLTOP SCHOOL.
- ▸ LocallyMO sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: LAKEVIEW WOODS SCHOOL, Jackson County Juvenile Ctr., DALE M THOMPSON/TRAILS WEST S and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Lower-need school
Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)
<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of Missouri-Columbia
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $20,268/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +23.7%/year, projecting from 2024's 25 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAKEVIEW WOODS SCHOOL LEE'S SUMMIT |
Public | 0.3 | 15 | — |
| Jackson County Juvenile Ctr. KANSAS CITY |
Public · charter | 12.7 | 23 | — |
| DALE M THOMPSON/TRAILS WEST S KANSAS CITY |
Public | 8.7 | 15 | — |
| HERNDON CAREER CTR. RAYTOWN |
Public | 3.5 | — | — |
| RAYTOWN EDUCATION CTR. RAYTOWN |
Public | 4.0 | — | — |
| MILLER PARK CENTER LEE'S SUMMIT |
Public | 4.6 | — | — |
| LIGGETT TRAIL EDUCATION CENTER BLUE SPRINGS |
Public | 4.9 | — | — |
| VALLEY VIEW HIGH BLUE SPRINGS |
Public | 5.2 | — | — |