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
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
47.4%
MO avg 49.5% . +4.1pp since 2023
Math
66.9%
MO avg 48.7% . +34.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 34 points.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). 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
45.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.3%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
363
-39 (-10%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 14.8:1
% White
62%
was 61%
% Hispanic
16%
was 10%
% Black
12%
was 17%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About BELAIR ELEM.
BELAIR ELEM. is an elementary school of reasonably sized scale in JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, overseen by JEFFERSON CITY, educateing 363 students in grades K through 5.
JEFFERSON CITY comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 8,491 students; BELAIR ELEM. is among them.
On the student-mix side, BELAIR ELEM. reports that 62% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 12% Black, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.
On the resource side, On paper, BELAIR ELEM. has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. The state averages about 12.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BELAIR ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.3%, the actual is 45.8%, a residual of -4.5 points.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Cole County put the typical household earns roughly $74,876 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cole County runs 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,312 students), of which BELAIR ELEM. is one.
Nearest neighbor: WEST ELEM., around 1.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BELAIR ELEM.. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BELAIR ELEM. ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 57.4%.
The school occupies a metropolitan site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BELAIR ELEM. has contracted 10%, going from 402 students in 2018 to 363 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 10% to 16%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.
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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
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.
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