LEE'S SUMMIT SR. HIGH
LEE'S SUMMIT · MO · LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII · Public
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LEE'S SUMMIT NORTH HIGH → LEE'S SUMMIT WEST HIGH → BLUE SPRINGS SOUTH HIGH → BLUE SPRINGS HIGH → TRUMAN HIGH → RUSKIN HIGH SCHOOL → RAYMORE-PECULIAR SR. HIGH → GRAIN VALLEY HIGH →📋 At a glance
- 📚 5 AP courses offered — Elite
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🔢 3 calculus classes · 11 physics · 35 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 71th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 87th percentile by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 96% (82th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How LEE'S SUMMIT SR. HIGH compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 71th percentile nationally with 5 AP courses.
- ▸ 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: LEE'S SUMMIT NORTH HIGH, LEE'S SUMMIT WEST HIGH, BLUE SPRINGS SOUTH HIGH and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
71th percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-2187th percentile by test-taker volume
Source: 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.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
82th percentile nationally
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 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
Mixed-income school
Below Title I eligibility threshold (FRPL < 35%)
25-34% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Below the federal Title I threshold but a meaningful share of the population is income-eligible for free lunch.
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: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. 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.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +1.3%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,989 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $17,109 per student in district revenue, the 128 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $2,189,952/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
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| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEE'S SUMMIT NORTH HIGH LEE'S SUMMIT |
Public | 1.9 | 1,940 | -2.0% |
| LEE'S SUMMIT WEST HIGH LEE'S SUMMIT |
Public | 2.8 | 1,999 | -2.2% |
| BLUE SPRINGS SOUTH HIGH BLUE SPRINGS |
Public | 9.2 | 2,299 | +2.3% |
| BLUE SPRINGS HIGH BLUE SPRINGS |
Public | 9.5 | 2,429 | -0.8% |
| TRUMAN HIGH INDEPENDENCE |
Public | 11.0 | 1,720 | +7.7% |
| RUSKIN HIGH SCHOOL KANSAS CITY |
Public | 7.7 | 1,299 | +1.7% |
| RAYMORE-PECULIAR SR. HIGH PECULIAR |
Public | 12.0 | 1,540 | -26.4% |
| GRAIN VALLEY HIGH GRAIN VALLEY |
Public | 11.2 | 1,482 | +2.7% |