EAST ELEM.

EAST ELEM. is a primary school of moderately sized scale in JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, run under JEFFERSON CITY, educateing 286 students in grades K through 5.

Across the 16 schools in JEFFERSON CITY (8,491 students total), EAST ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, EAST ELEM. reports that the most-represented group is White (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 34% Black, 16% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. By comparison, Cole County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at EAST ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Cole County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, EAST ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.9%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Cole County indicate the typical household earns roughly $74,876 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cole County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,312 students), EAST ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is H KENNETH KIRCHNER SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around EAST ELEM.. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EAST ELEM. ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 59.4%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 6%: 304 students in 2018 compared to 286 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 48% to 34%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.