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Enrollment
494
Elementary
DISTRICT 355 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAPE GIRARDEAU 63·NCES 290712000189
JEFFERSON ELEM.
520 S MINNESOTA, CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO 63703 · (573) 334-2030 · Cape Girardeau County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL494 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of Missouri public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
10.8:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
494 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 54%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 133 | 27% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 31% larger than its 4th grade class (61).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
24.1%
MO avg 44.9% . +2.2pp since 2021
Math
16.6%
MO avg 43.8% . +3.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.5% | 16.6% | 38.3% | 37.5% |
| Math | 7.5% | 9.1% | 29.1% | 54.1% |
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 | 24.1% | 16.6% |
| 2023-24 | 32.4% | 19.2% |
| 2022-23 | 23.1% | 10.5% |
| 2021-22 | 21.9% | 13.1% |
% 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
21.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% 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 JEFFERSON ELEM.
JEFFERSON ELEM.'s state test result (21.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JEFFERSON ELEM. this school | 494 | 100.0% | 21.6% |
| CARUTHERSVILLE ELEMENTARY CARUTHERSVILLE | 475 | 100.0% | 18.4% |
| WING ELEM. SIKESTON | 359 | 100.0% | 27.1% |
| MCNAIR ELEM. HAZELWOOD | 417 | 100.0% | 34.2% |
| H. BYRON MASTERSON ELEM. KENNETT | 417 | 100.0% | N/A |
| ELIOT BATTLE ELEMENTARY COLUMBIA | 344 | 100.0% | 13.4% |
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 JEFFERSON ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Cape Girardeau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.6% | #859 of 1,002 | #12 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.6% | #904 of 1,019 ▼ 20 | #12 of 13 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #874 of 1,018 ▼ 115 | #12 of 13 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.9pp | #383 of 943 | #9 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 494 | #170 of 1,294 | #2 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #113 of 950 | #5 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.3% | #65 of 953 | #2 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #38 of 1,165 | #4 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +89.3% | #4 of 251 | N/A |
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
494
+113 (+30%) vs 2020
+40% since 1990-91, when it was 352
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 494 | 45.7 | 10.8:1 | 100% (494) |
| 2023-24 | 470 | 45.1 | 10.4:1 | 100% (470) |
| 2022-23 | 483 | 43.6 | 11.1:1 | 10% (49) |
| 2020-21 | 381 | 35 | 10.9:1 | 99% (378) |
| 2017-18 | 261 | 30.2 | 8.7:1 | 89% (232) |
| 2015-16 | 361 | 32 | 11.3:1 | 93% (336) |
| 2010-11 | 346 | 28 | 12.4:1 | 75% (259) |
| 2000-01 | 435 | 39 | 11.2:1 | 74% (320) |
| 1990-91 | 352 | 23 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JEFFERSON ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students up 89% (261 to 494); teachers up 51% (30.2 to 45.7).
About JEFFERSON ELEM.
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Missouri, is home to JEFFERSON ELEM., a large elementary school. Its enrollment is 494 students, spread over pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 315 students for elementary schools in Missouri.
Across its 8 schools, CAPE GIRARDEAU 63 enrolls 4,310 students. JEFFERSON ELEM. is one of those schools.
Black students account for 45% of enrollment at JEFFERSON ELEM., more than any other group. Other groups make up 28% White, 16% multiracial, and 10% Hispanic. County-wide, 7% of Cape Girardeau County residents are Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 68%.
Staffing at JEFFERSON ELEM. comes to 45.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 10.8:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Missouri is 12.4:1. JEFFERSON ELEM. counts 100% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Cape Girardeau County averages 62%, lower than here.
JEFFERSON ELEM. holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 26% of Missouri public elementary schools.
A school with JEFFERSON ELEM.'s lunch-eligibility share in Missouri is predicted to score 22.4%. JEFFERSON ELEM. scores 21.6%, within a point of that line.
Looking at the county, Cape Girardeau County, median household income comes to about $68,464, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The county has 27 public schools and about 11,025 students.
JEFFERSON ELEM.'s nearest public school is PARKVIEW SCHOOL (about 0.6 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, JEFFERSON ELEM. is 7th among 7 schools close by.
For locale, NCES codes JEFFERSON ELEM. as City: Small.
A 30% rise took enrollment from 381 in 2020-21 to 494 in 2024-25.
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Cape Girardeau County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
82,735
Census ACS
Median income
$68,464
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
11,025 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CAPE GIRARDEAU 63
- CENTRAL HIGHHigh · 1,278 students
- CENTRAL JR. HIGHMiddle · 633 students
- CENTRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 623 students
- CLIPPARD ELEM.Elementary · 383 students
- ALMA SCHRADER ELEM.Elementary · 332 students
- BLANCHARD ELEM.Elementary · 326 students
Other schools in CAPE GIRARDEAU
- CENTRAL HIGHHigh · 1,278 students
- CENTRAL JR. HIGHMiddle · 633 students
- CENTRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 623 students
- CLIPPARD ELEM.Elementary · 383 students
- ALMA SCHRADER ELEM.Elementary · 332 students
- BLANCHARD ELEM.Elementary · 326 students
Other JEFFERSON Elementary schools
143 other US public schools in 31 states are named JEFFERSON Elementary. JEFFERSON ELEM. is the 29th largest of the 144.
- JEFFERSON ELEM.FARMINGTON, MO · 343 students
- JEFFERSON ELEM.JOPLIN, MO · 218 students
- JEFFERSON ELEM.ST LOUIS, MO · 214 students
- JEFFERSON ELEM.ST LOUIS, MO · 125 students
- JEFFERSON ELEM.CONCEPTION JCT, MO · 83 students
Nearby schools
- PARKVIEW SCHOOL0.6 mi · 25
- CENTRAL JR. HIGH0.7 mi · 633
- CENTRAL MIDDLE0.9 mi · 623
- GIRARDOT CENTER FOR YOUTH1.4 mi · 24
- CENTRAL HIGH2.0 mi · 1,278
- ALMA SCHRADER ELEM.2.2 mi · 332
Frequently asked questions
About JEFFERSON ELEM.How large is JEFFERSON ELEM.?
JEFFERSON ELEM. enrolls approximately 494 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does JEFFERSON ELEM. serve?
JEFFERSON ELEM. serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at JEFFERSON ELEM.?
The student-to-teacher ratio at JEFFERSON ELEM. is approximately 10.8:1 (46 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at JEFFERSON ELEM.?
Student demographics at JEFFERSON ELEM. are roughly 28% White, 10% Hispanic, 45% Black, 0% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Is JEFFERSON ELEM. public or private?
JEFFERSON ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by CAPE GIRARDEAU 63.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.