Lakewood Elementary School

Kansas City, MO 64117

Phone: (816) 321-5120
Fax: (816) 413-6575
District: North Kansas City 74 School District

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GreatSchools Rating

public • Grades KG,1,2,3,4,5 • 185 students

Lakewood Elementary School, a public school located in Kansas City, MO, serves grades K-5 in the North Kansas City 74 School District.It has received a GreatSchools Rating of 3 out of 10, based on a variety of school quality measures.

Lakewood Elementary School is a public school located in Kansas City, MO. 185 students attend Lakewood Elementary School.

School Ratings

Category Rating Details
Student Growth 3/10 The Student Progress Rating measures whether students at this school are making academic progress over time based on student growth data provided by the Department of Education. Specifically, this rating looks at how much progress individual students have made on state assessments during the past year or more, how this performance aligns with expected progress based on a student growth model established by the state Department of Education, and how this school's growth data compares to other schools in the state. The Growth Rating was created using 2024 Student growth data from Saint Louis University PRiME Center.

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Posted: June 23, 2013

Small school where the students and faculty all get to know one another, which is rare these days. I feel like the students are focused on learning and the teachers work well with one another. I do wish they would rely on email more, instead of sending a backpack full of notes home. An email every week from the teacher and another from the school would really increase parental knowledge about what's happening. Looking forward to the new principal and his ideas.

Posted: May 27, 2013

Lakewood is better than most in NKC, nice in that it is a very small school. As a parent, you will have to spend a good amount of time teaching your children the things they should be learning in school, because there is very little actual teaching happening at Lakewood. A great deal of time is spent entertaining the children and making sure they have fun at school. There are movie days, pajama days, playground days, party days, etc. Total focus and considerable pressure on the MAP test for what should be a simple assessment of what the kids already know. If teachers would teach the kids all year long what they should be learning, the MAP tests will take care of themselves. Instead they try to bend the entire curriculum towards doing well on the MAP test. It makes them seem appear more concerned about their own hides and funding than about the students. The teachers I've met are very pleasant and friendly, but there is quite a bit of bickering and in-fighting ("that's not my job", "I'm going to the union about that", "The principal likes her better.") A new principal starts in 2013-14. Perhaps he will bring the leadership and management skills that have been lacking.

Posted: June 29, 2012

Impressed with principal and the well kept school. Helping each other learn is definitely number one here.

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1 Savannah West Apartment Complex Kansas City MO 5.1 mi
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# Name City State Overall Rating Distance
1 Lansing Lansing KS 20.4 mi
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3 Main Street Weston MO 25.3 mi
Base Distance
Kansas City Military 17.3 mi.
Fort Leavenworth 23.9 mi.
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