Enrollment
286
Elementary
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON CITY·NCES 291619000748
EAST ELEM.
1229 E MCCARTY, JEFFERSON CITY, MO 65101 · (573) 659-3165 · Cole County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL286 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 23% of Missouri public elementary schools
- C-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.
- FThree-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
9.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
286 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 | 54 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 38% larger than its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
69%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
22.5%
MO avg 44.9% . -19.1pp since 2021
Math
19.3%
MO avg 43.8% . -7.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are down about 19 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 4.8% | 17.7% | 44.3% | 33.0% |
| Math | 4.8% | 14.5% | 32.2% | 48.3% |
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 | 22.5% | 19.3% |
| 2023-24 | 37.3% | 19.5% |
| 2022-23 | 37.9% | 22.9% |
| 2021-22 | 41.6% | 27.2% |
% 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
24.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 EAST ELEM.
EAST ELEM.'s state test result (24.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EAST ELEM. this school | 286 | 100.0% | 24.3% |
| THORPE J. GORDON ELEM. JEFFERSON CITY | 294 | 100.0% | 41.5% |
| BLANCHARD ELEM. CAPE GIRARDEAU | 326 | 100.0% | 61.0% |
| WING ELEM. SIKESTON | 359 | 100.0% | 27.1% |
| SOUTHEAST ELEM. SIKESTON | 250 | 100.0% | 28.1% |
| BORDER STAR MONTESSORI KANSAS CITY | 251 | 100.0% | 51.3% |
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 EAST ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Cole County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.3% | #819 of 1,002 | #12 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.3% | #881 of 1,019 ▲ 2 | #12 of 12 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.5% | #888 of 1,018 ▼ 225 | #12 of 12 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -13.5pp | #33 of 943 | #1 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 286 | #734 of 1,294 | #12 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #32 of 950 | #1 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.4% | #45 of 953 | #2 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #93 of 1,165 | #1 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.9% | #545 of 684 | #10 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
286
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 413
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 286 | 30 | 9.6:1 | 100% (286) |
| 2023-24 | 298 | 29 | 10.3:1 | 99% (296) |
| 2022-23 | 305 | 29.4 | 10.4:1 | 99% (302) |
| 2020-21 | 282 | 27 | 10.4:1 | 99% (279) |
| 2017-18 | 304 | 27.3 | 11.2:1 | 98% (299) |
| 2015-16 | 371 | 30 | 12.4:1 | 99% (368) |
| 2010-11 | 365 | 24 | 15.2:1 | 84% (308) |
| 2000-01 | 274 | 21 | 13.1:1 | 60% (165) |
| 1990-91 | 413 | 22 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EAST ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (304 to 286); teachers up 10% (27.3 to 30).
About EAST ELEM.
At 1229 E MCCARTY in JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, EAST ELEM. operates as a mid-sized elementary school. There are 286 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5.
In JEFFERSON CITY, 16 schools enroll a combined 8,491 students.
The biggest share of students at EAST ELEM., 40%, is White. The rest of enrollment is 34% Black, 16% multiracial, and 8% Hispanic. Census estimates put the White share of Cole County's population at about 80%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, EAST ELEM. scores 69%.
On staff are 30 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 9.6:1. Elementary schools in Missouri average 12.4:1, 2.9 more students per teacher than here. EAST ELEM. has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 100%. The rate at public schools in Cole County averages 47%, lower than here.
EAST ELEM. holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 23% of Missouri public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for EAST ELEM. is +1.9 points: 24.3% actual, 22.4% predicted.
Census data for Cole County show median household income comes to about $74,876, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. There are 28 public schools in the county, enrolling about 10,312, EAST ELEM. among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, H KENNETH KIRCHNER SCHOOL, is about 0.5 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, EAST ELEM. ranks 7th of 7 on average proficiency.
Federal data place EAST ELEM. in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
In 2020-21, EAST ELEM. enrolled 282; in 2024-25, 286.
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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 EAST Elementary schools
43 other US public schools in 21 states are named EAST Elementary. EAST ELEM. is the 29th largest of the 44.
- EAST ELEMENTARYJACKSON, MO · 726 students
- EAST ELEM.OZARK, MO · 515 students
- EAST ELEM.LAMAR, MO · 281 students
- EAST ELEMENTARYSTEELE, MO · 80 students
- EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPUNTA GORDA, FL · 814 students
Nearby schools
- H KENNETH KIRCHNER SCHOOL0.5 mi · 16
- LEWIS AND CLARK MIDDLE1.0 mi · 966
- JEFFERSON CITY HIGH1.1 mi · 1,353
- THORPE J. GORDON ELEM.1.1 mi · 294
- MOREAU HEIGHTS ELEM.1.2 mi · 324
- SOUTH ELEM.1.6 mi · 302
Frequently asked questions
About EAST ELEM.How large is EAST ELEM.?
EAST ELEM. enrolls approximately 286 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does EAST ELEM. serve?
EAST ELEM. serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at EAST ELEM.?
Approximately 9.6:1 students per teacher at EAST ELEM..
How diverse is EAST ELEM.?
EAST ELEM. reports a student body of 40% White, 8% Hispanic, 34% Black, 2% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Who oversees EAST ELEM.?
EAST ELEM. is overseen by JEFFERSON CITY in Cole County.
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