Lee's Summit R-VII School District Last updated June 16, 2025 School district in Missouri, United States
Lee' s Summit R-VII School District 301 Northeast Tudor Road
Lee's Summit
, Missouri , 64086 United States Type Public Grades PreK–12 [ 1] NCES District ID 2918300 [ 1] Students 17,790 (2020–2021) [ 1] Teachers 1,217.01 (on an FTE basis) [ 1] Staff 1,448.15 (on an FTE basis) [ 1] Student–teacher ratio 14.62:1 [ 1] Website www
The Lee's Summit R-7 School District is a school district located in Missouri and in the Kansas City metropolitan area .
The district is mostly in Jackson County . There, it has large segments of Lee's Summit and Kansas City , as well as the entirety of Lake Lotawana and Unity Village , the majorities of Greenwood and Tarsney Lakes , as well as small portions of Blue Springs and Pleasant Hill . [ 2] A portion of the district is in Cass County ; there, it includes a large segment of Lake Winnebago , a piece of that county's part of Greenwood, and a small piece of Lee's Summit. [ 3] The district serves an area of approximately 117 square miles (300 km 2 ) and has an enrollment[ when? ] [ citation needed ]
Schools There are 29 schools in the district, including:
Elementary
Great Beginnings Early Education Center Cedar Creek Elementary School Greenwood Elementary School Hawthorn Hill Elementary School Hazel Grove Elementary School Highland Park Elementary School Lee's Summit Elementary School Longview Farm Elementary School Mason Elementary School Meadow Lane Elementary School Pleasant Lea Elementary School Prairie View Elementary School Richardson Elementary School Summit Pointe Elementary School Sunset Valley Elementary School Trailridge Elementary School Underwood Elementary School Westview Elementary School Woodland Elementary School Middle Schools
High Schools
Superintendent David Buck is the superintendent. He began serving as the district's superintendent on July 1, 2020. [ 4] Previously Emily Miller served as the district's interim superintendent. [ 5]
Dennis L. Carpenter served as superintendent of the District from July 1, 2017, to July 23, 2019. He resigned amid racial-equity policy disagreements between himself and entities in the Lee's Summit community. [ 6] Upon his exit from the school board, the District paid $750,000 to Carpenter as part of his negotiation to step down as superintendent. Carpenter was the first black superintendent of the Lee's Summit R-VII School District. [ 4]
References 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII" . National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved March 5, 2022 . ↑ Geography Division (January 12, 2021). 2020 Census – School District Reference Map: Jackson County, MO (PDF) (Map). U.S. Census Bureau . Archived (PDF) from the original on July 22, 2022. Retrieved June 15, 2025 . Text list ↑ Geography Division (January 12, 2021). 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Cass County, MO (PDF) (Map). U.S. Census Bureau . Archived (PDF) from the original on July 22, 2022. Retrieved June 15, 2025 . Text list 1 2 "Lee's Summit R-7 Schools: Leadership" . ↑ "Lee's Summit Superintendent Dennis Carpenter resigns, district says" . KSHB . July 23, 2019. ↑ "Lee's Summit superintendent Dennis Carpenter resigns after months of controversy" . July 23, 2019. This page is based on this
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