Festus Early Childhood Center

Festus Early Childhood Center is a primary school of intimate scale in FESTUS, Missouri, part of FESTUS R-VI, caters to 141 students in grade pre-K. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 55% below typical.

FESTUS R-VI comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 3,495 students; Festus Early Childhood Center is among them.

On demographics, Festus Early Childhood Center shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). Other groups include 12% multiracial, 2% Hispanic.

On the resource side, The school lists 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 23% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Jefferson County's rate of about 38%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Jefferson County put median household income runs about $82,851, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Jefferson County runs 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,216 students), of which Festus Early Childhood Center is one.

FESTUS MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.