Lee’s Summit School District

•Money magazine named Lee’s Summit R-7 schools as seventh best in the nation in its annual “Best Places to Live” issue focusing on the nation’s top 100 small cities

•R-7 was among the top two school districts on Missouri’s “top 10″ spring 2009 schools lists. The state lists rank schools based on student scores on the spring 2008 Missouri academic achievement tests.

•The school district is a winner of Missouri’s Distinction in Performance Award, the state’s highest recognition for academic achievement. During December 2008, the R-7 School District was recognized for being among a handful of districts in the state to earn a perfect score on criteria for the Distinction In Performance Award each year for the last nine years.

•The R-7 Nutrition Services Department was named District of the Year in School Nutrition in July 2009 by the School Nutrition Association. The award included $25,000 to further improve the nutrition program.

•R-7 officials reported that approximately 81 percent of the 2009 graduates have stated they are attending college, based on 2008-09 seniors’ response to a fall 2009 survey.

•The class of 2009 was offered $20.5 million in college scholarships for the next four years.

•The R-7 School District won the national Magna Award for its 21st Century Learning program in spring 2009.

•Money magazine named Lee’s Summit R-7 schools as seventh best in the nation in its annual “Best Places to Live” issue focusing on the nation’s top 100 small cities.

•Four seniors were named National Merit Scholarship finalists in February 2010.

•All three R-7 School District high schools offer the International Baccalaureate program, a rigorous curriculum offering students the opportunity to compete with high-achieving students worldwide. Only nine high schools in Missouri offer this program.

•The A+ program is offered at all three high schools. Qualifying students enrolled in this state-funded program are eligible for reimbursements at Missouri community colleges, vocational/technical institutions, and some four-year colleges.

•Lee’s Summit R-7 students consistently score above state and national norms on all tests, including the Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) Tests and ACT college-entrance test. On the ACT 2009 college entrance test, for example, the R-7 School District high schools’ composite score was 23.3, compared to 21.6 for the Missouri average and 21.1 for the national average.