Enrollment
363
Elementary
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON CITY·NCES 291619000746
BELAIR ELEM.
701 BELAIR, JEFFERSON CITY, MO 65109 · (573) 659-3155 · Cole County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL363 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 76% of Missouri public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
186 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 54%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 52% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
51.6%
MO avg 44.9% . +5.2pp since 2021
Math
54.4%
MO avg 43.8% . +12.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 21.9% | 29.7% | 33.7% | 14.6% |
| Math | 25.2% | 29.2% | 25.2% | 20.2% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.6% | 54.4% |
| 2023-24 | 50.4% | 43.2% |
| 2022-23 | 50.8% | 43.5% |
| 2021-22 | 46.4% | 41.5% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
48.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.7%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Missouri's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like BELAIR ELEM.
BELAIR ELEM.'s state test result (48.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELAIR ELEM. this school | 363 | 51.2% | 48.6% |
| KENTUCKY TRAIL ELEM. BELTON | 355 | 51.0% | 47.0% |
| BLUE HILLS ELEM. INDEPENDENCE | 357 | 43.7% | 36.6% |
| Wilckens STEAM Acad @Hillcrest BELTON | 486 | 48.1% | 43.8% |
| BLACKBURN ELEM. INDEPENDENCE | 363 | 45.2% | 42.9% |
| THOMAS J. ULTICAN ELEM. BLUE SPRINGS | 419 | 45.8% | 43.2% |
Matched among Missouri elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where BELAIR ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Cole County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #345 of 1,002 | #4 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.4% | #244 of 1,019 ▲ 223 | #4 of 12 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #312 of 1,018 ▲ 11 | #5 of 12 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.1pp | #126 of 943 | #6 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 363 | #502 of 1,294 | #4 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #287 of 950 | #10 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.5% | #243 of 953 | #8 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.2% | #613 of 1,165 | #7 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.7% | #450 of 684 | #7 of 10 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
363
-72 (-17%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 557
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 14.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 363 | 30.6 | 11.9:1 | 51% (186) |
| 2023-24 | 362 | 28.1 | 12.9:1 | 54% (195) |
| 2022-23 | 377 | 30.6 | 12.3:1 | 56% (210) |
| 2020-21 | 435 | 30 | 14.5:1 | 48% (207) |
| 2017-18 | 402 | 27.3 | 14.8:1 | 45% (181) |
| 2015-16 | 434 | 26 | 16.7:1 | 43% (187) |
| 2010-11 | 415 | 25 | 16.6:1 | 40% (166) |
| 2000-01 | 464 | 33 | 14.1:1 | 11% (52) |
| 1990-91 | 557 | 25 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BELAIR ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (402 to 363); teachers up 12% (27.3 to 30.6).
About BELAIR ELEM.
BELAIR ELEM. sits in JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, and is classified as an elementary school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 363 students in kindergarten through 5.
JEFFERSON CITY runs 16 schools with a combined 8,491 students. BELAIR ELEM. is one of them.
White students are the majority at BELAIR ELEM., with 62% of enrollment. It is also 16% Hispanic, 12% Black, and 9% multiracial. Cole County's residents are about 80% White, 18 points above the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 57% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 30.6 full-time positions, a ratio of 11.9:1. That matches the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri fairly closely. Around 51% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for BELAIR ELEM. is A-. Compared with Missouri public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 76% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, BELAIR ELEM. is 7.9 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 48.6% actual, 40.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Missouri.
Across Cole County, the median household income is $74,876, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Cole County is home to 28 public schools and about 10,312 public school students.
Nearby, WEST ELEM. is about 1.3 miles away. Within five miles of BELAIR ELEM., there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 57.4%; BELAIR ELEM.'s is 48.6%, ranking 6th of 8.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small.
Over 4 years, BELAIR ELEM.'s enrollment declined 17%, to 363. The number of students per teacher fell from 14.5 to 11.9 over 4 years.
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Cole County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
77,032
Census ACS
Median income
$74,876
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
10,312 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in JEFFERSON CITY
- JEFFERSON CITY HIGHHigh · 1,353 students
- CAPITAL CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,314 students
- LEWIS AND CLARK MIDDLEMiddle · 966 students
- THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLEMiddle · 927 students
- CLARENCE LAWSON ELEM.Elementary · 440 students
- PIONEER TRAIL ELEMENTARYElementary · 396 students
Other schools in JEFFERSON CITY
- JEFFERSON CITY HIGHHigh · 1,353 students
- CAPITAL CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,314 students
- LEWIS AND CLARK MIDDLEMiddle · 966 students
- THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLEMiddle · 927 students
- CLARENCE LAWSON ELEM.Elementary · 440 students
- BLAIR OAKS HIGHHigh · 421 students
Other BELAIR Elementary schools
One other US public school is named BELAIR Elementary. BELAIR ELEM. is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Belair Elementary SchoolAugusta, GA · 675 students
Nearby schools
- WEST ELEM.1.3 mi · 317
- SOUTHWEST EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR2.4 mi · 305
- CAPITAL CITY HIGH SCHOOL3.0 mi · 1,314
- SOUTH ELEM.3.1 mi · 302
- CEDAR HILL ELEM.3.1 mi · 313
- THORPE J. GORDON ELEM.3.6 mi · 294
Frequently asked questions
About BELAIR ELEM.How many students attend BELAIR ELEM.?
BELAIR ELEM. enrolls approximately 363 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does BELAIR ELEM. serve?
BELAIR ELEM. serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does BELAIR ELEM. have?
BELAIR ELEM. employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
What is the student diversity at BELAIR ELEM.?
Student demographics at BELAIR ELEM. are roughly 62% White, 16% Hispanic, 12% Black, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees BELAIR ELEM.?
BELAIR ELEM. is overseen by JEFFERSON CITY in Cole County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.