Woodland Elem., Lee's Summit MO - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Woodland Elem.

Woodland Elementary serves kindergarten through fifth grade as a regular public school in the Lee’s Summit R-VII School District. The school is located on Smart Road in Lee’s Summit, a suburban Kansas City commuter city that has grown steadily since World War II and now ranks among Missouri’s larger municipalities. Housing values in the area sit above national benchmarks, and the typical monthly mortgage payment is higher than the typical rent, which is consistent with a market where homeownership predominates. A substantial share of families can afford rent without stretching far past a common affordability threshold.

The student body is predominantly white, with smaller shares of students who are two or more races, Hispanic, and Black. Just under one in five students qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, a lower rate than is common nationally. This combination points to a generally higher-income peer environment, though not a uniformly affluent one.

On the 2024-25 Missouri Assessment Program tests, Woodland’s proficiency rates varied by grade and subject. In math, the school logged a solid result at third grade and a weaker one at fifth grade, with fourth grade landing between them. In English language arts, third-grade proficiency was modest, fifth grade was somewhat stronger, and the fourth-grade result was not reported. In science, fifth-grade proficiency was low. Taken together, the school’s overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile among schools in Jackson County, meaning its combined performance across tested subjects and grades is well above the median for the county.

For a K-5 building, there is no graduation rate to report, which is expected given the grade band. The same applies to chronic absenteeism data, which was not available for this school. A parent interested in attendance patterns would need to ask the school directly.

The district has made several recent investments that affect how families experience the school system. Voters approved a no-tax-increase bond issue funding safety, technology, transportation, and facility upgrades. The district expanded Pre-K access and opened a new middle school, East Trails, which shifted attendance boundaries. The Board of Education passed a balanced operating budget with no tax increase, as assessed valuation rose from new construction and reassessment.

Woodland Elementary performs above the middle of the pack in its county, a useful fact for a family weighing options within the Lee’s Summit district. The school does not serve grades that take high school measures, so the picture here is entirely about elementary academics and the peer context. A family considering this school should note that while overall proficiency is strong relative to the county, results in specific subjects and grade levels are uneven, and the weaker science and upper-elementary math scores may merit a conversation with the school about how those areas are addressed.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 360%

School 60% · District 48% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 30 pts above county median

Grade 453%

School 53% · District 44% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

Grade 541%

School 41% · District 42%

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 341%

School 41% · District 44% · ▼ 3 pts below district

even with state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

Grade 546%

School 46% · District 52% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Science

Grade 536%

School 36% · District 49% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

This schoolLEE'S SUMMIT R-VII, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.