Lees Summit Missouri Education Attainment Charts

This section of charts contains education data for Lees Summit Missouri based mainly on the latest year 2020 American Community Survey census data but also the survey from Common Core Data available for Public Elementary through Secondary Schools. In Figure 1, the percent of all people aged 25 years or older, who have either graduated from high school or completed the Graduate Equivalency Degree (GED) or some equivalent certification/credential. Lees Summit depicts it has a High School Grad or higher of 97% which is in the center range of other places in the greater region. The city with the highest percent high school graduates or better in the area is Lake Winnebago which shows a high school graduates of 99% ( only slightly larger).

In Figure 2, the percentage of people aged 25 years or older who have graduated from college/university with at least a bachelor's degree is provided. Note that the bachelor's degree is also called a four-year degree because it normally takes four years of full-time study to finish the course curriculum required to obtain the degree. This chart portrays the proportion of the population in this region who are college graduates with at least a bachelor degree or higher. In many ways, this analysis alongside the prior chart are very quick measures of the level of education in any particular area. Lees Summit depicts it has a Bachelors Degree or higher of 48% which is in the middle range of other places in the surrounding region. The city with the highest percent with a bachelors degree or higher in the area is Lake Winnebago which depicts a percent with a bachelors degree of 65% (34.7% larger).

Figure 4 shows the percentage of people 25 years of age or older who either have no schooling at all or dropped out of school before being able to complete high school. Additionally, these are people who also do not have a Graduate Equivalency Degree (GED) or some other high school level type credential/student achievement. This analysis, along with the last two charts, provides another high level review and comparative data on the Lees Summit Missouri educational level. Lees Summit shows it has a School Dropout Rate of 3% which is in the mid point range of other places in the local area. The city with the highest percent who dropped out of school in the area is Raytown which depicts a percent who dropped out of school of 7% (about twice as large).

The next chart shows a break down of people who have received a bachelor's degree or higher advanced degree generally in a campus learning environment. In particular, Figure 6, provides the proportional breakdown of all the people who have received a postsecondary education along with what the level of advanced degree that was obtained. Note that these categories do not include any type professional development type activities such as those related to maintaining professional credentials in workshop lessons. Note Professional Degree includes medical, dental, lawyers, etc. Lees Summit has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with a bachelors degree at 24% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Unity Village with 32%.

The chart in Figure 7 shows the broad area of academic concentration or the discipline for people who have received a bachelors degree. This high level classification is essentially the field of study for which a degree was obtained. Lees Summit has one of the largest proportions of percent of people with a science or engineering degree at 12.6% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger city being Lake Lotawana with 13.0%. Second, it has the second smallest when ranked by percent of people with a science or engineering degree of all the other places in the greater region in terms of percent of people with a degree in a science or engineering related at 19.4% of the total. The next exhibit (Figure 11) provides detailed cross tabulation analysis that provides education success data broken out or cross tabulated by age group. Please note that the columns add to 100% and you must use the pagination buttons at the bottom of the table to see all the rows. Figure 12 is a cross tabulation analysis that shows large educational success categories and is broken out or cross tabulated by racial group. Please note that the columns add to 100% and you must use the pagination buttons at the bottom of the table to see all the rows.The final cross tabulation analysis is provided in Figure 13 and shows education success broken out by gender. Please note that the columns add to 100% and you must use the pagination buttons at the bottom of the table to see all the rows.

Lees Summit Missouri School Enrollment Charts

The next section of chart resources look at school enrollment by a variety of educational institutions and are categorized into a number of other groupings. Figure 14 provides the overall school enrollment by broad range of school age/level groupings. Lees Summit has the percentage of percent of children in kindergarten less than most other places in the local area at 22.9% of the total. Second, it has one of the largest proportions of percent of children in grade 1 to 4 at 25.8% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 Lake Tapawingo (26.0%), and #1 Greenwood (29.1%) are larger. Third, it has in the mid range of other places in the greater region in terms of percent of children in grades 9 to 12 at 15.2% of the total.

Figure 15 provides a simple high level comparison of the proportion of students that are enrolled in public schools versus students enrolled in private schools in the Lees Summit Missouri region. Lees Summit depicts percent enrolled in public schools very much bigger as the percent enrolled in private schools.

The next comparison provided in Figure 16 shows the proportion of students enrolled in private schools versus students enrolled public schools for students enrolled in Kindergarten through 8th grade (grade 8) or (K through 8). Lees Summit shows percent of children enrolled in public k-8 grades very much bigger as the percent of children enrolled in private k-8 grades.

Figure 17 provides a comparative analysis all students enrolled in a public high school versus those students who are enrolled in private high school schools. Lees Summit depicts percent enrolled in a public high school substantially bigger as the percent enrolled in a private high school.

The next chart (Figure 18) provides a similar analysis to the last chart but provides the data for public post secondary education versus private higher education colleges. Lees Summit depicts percent enrolled in a public college approximately 4.7 times bigger as the percent enrolled in a private college.

Figure 19 shows another view of students enrolled in public or private schools-postsecondary schools or colleges/universities. This analysis shows the proportion for all graduate and professional schools (such as law or medical school) and whether those students are enrolled in private or public institutions. Lees Summit shows percent enrolled in a public gradudate or professional school about twice as large as the percent enrolled in a private gradudate or professional school.

The next chart in this series of resources shown in Figure 20 looks at the total number of students enrolled in any educational institution for each place in the greater Lees Summit region. (Total enrollment in this case includes all students from preschool all the way through students enrolled in graduate school.) Lees Summit depicts it has a Total Enrolled of 25,803 which is the largest of all places in the greater Lees Summit region. Comparing total population enrolled in school to the United States average of 81,084,866, Lees Summit is only about 0.0% the size. Also, measured against the state of Missouri, total population enrolled in school of 1,480,841, Lees Summit is only about 1.7% the size.

The final chart in this series is Figure 22 and provides analysis data for the school year shown. The chart shows the proportion of kids/children that are enrolled in a pre-school public district versus those kids/children who are enrolled in a private pre-school oriented tuition institution (private salary/superintendent/etc.) Lees Summit Missouri has the percentage of public preschool enrollment in the center range of other places in the local area at 42% of the total.

Lees Summit Missouri Area Schools Charts

Figure 23 lists all the schools in the area along with the school district, county location and other program information/credential such as if they are a public charter school or private charter school or magnet school. Some of the Area Schools are: Lees Summit Elem., Lees Summit North High, Westview Elem., Lees Summit Sr. High, and Pleasant Lea Middle. The next illustration in Figure 24 shows the total child school enrollment for all grades (through 12th grade) at the school shown using NCES data (Common Core of Data, Public Elementary-Secondary School Universe Survey.) Looking at Enrollment for Area Schools we find that Lees Summit North High ranks the largest with a value of 1,955 enrolled students. The next largest values are for: Lees Summit Sr. High (1,793), Lees Summit West High (1,773), Prairie View Elem. (1,017), and Bernard C. Campbell Middle (907). The difference between the highest value (Lees Summit North High) and the next highest (Lees Summit Sr. High) is that the enrolled students is about 9.0% larger.

Figure 25 show the ratio of the number of students to the number of teachers in the classroom. A good student to teacher ratio should be low because it indicates that there are less students for any one teacher to educate in a class and generally a better learning environment, better success and optimal teaching excellence. Teachers includes all educational staff such as special education teachers and any other educator. Note that distance learning (online learning/remote learning) is not included in these values. Looking at Student to Teacher Ratio for Area Schools we find that Lees Summit Sr. High ranks the largest with a value of 14.3 student to teacher ratio. The next largest values are for: Pleasant Lea Middle (14.3), Bernard C. Campbell Middle (15.3), Westview Elem. (16.1), and Sunset Valley Elem. (16.5). The difference between the lowest value (Lees Summit Sr. High) and the next lowest (Pleasant Lea Middle) is that the student to teacher ratio is about the same size.

The next chart, Figure 26, shows the racial mix of students at each location in this district of the state of Missouri department of education.