Enrollment
83
Elementary
DISTRICT 70 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON C-123·NCES 291620000759
JEFFERSON ELEM.
37614 US HWY 136, CONCEPTION JCT, MO 64434 · (660) 944-2417 · Nodaway County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL83 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.1:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 7.1:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
27 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
JEFFERSON ELEM.→JEFFERSON HIGH
Based on grade levels within JEFFERSON C-123. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
45.6%
MO avg 49.5% . -4.9pp since 2023
Math
16.8%
MO avg 48.7% . -75.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 46 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 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 76 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
58.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.7%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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
83
+22 (+36%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
8.1:1
was 5.7:1
% White
99%
was 100%
% Hispanic
0%
was 0%
% Black
1%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About JEFFERSON ELEM.
JEFFERSON ELEM. operates as an one-room-style elementary school in CONCEPTION JCT, Missouri, run under JEFFERSON C-123. Current enrollment sits at 83 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 74% smaller than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.
Within JEFFERSON C-123, which oversees 2 schools and 139 students, JEFFERSON ELEM. is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, JEFFERSON ELEM. logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (99%).
On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Roughly 33% of students at JEFFERSON ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
After controlling for student poverty, JEFFERSON ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.7%.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Nodaway County indicate the typical household earns roughly $59,315 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. JEFFERSON ELEM. is one of 17 public schools in Nodaway County (combined enrollment of about 2,410 students).
Nearest neighbor: JEFFERSON HIGH, around 0.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 7 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts JEFFERSON ELEM. at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 46.8%.
The school occupies a countryside site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JEFFERSON ELEM. has rose 36%, going from 61 students in 2018 to 83 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 5.7:1 in 2018 to 8.1:1 today.
On this page, members of the JEFFERSON ELEM. community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Nodaway County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
20,774
Census ACS
Median income
$59,315
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
2,410 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- JEFFERSON HIGH0.0 mi · 56
- NORTHEAST NODAWAY HIGH6.5 mi · 81
- Northeast Nodaway Elementary6.5 mi · 117
- STANBERRY HIGH8.2 mi · 153
- STANBERRY ELEM.8.2 mi · 222
- SOUTH NODAWAY HIGH9.0 mi · 71
Frequently asked questions
About JEFFERSON ELEM.How large is JEFFERSON ELEM.?
JEFFERSON ELEM. enrolls approximately 83 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does JEFFERSON ELEM. serve?
JEFFERSON ELEM. serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at JEFFERSON ELEM.?
The student-to-teacher ratio at JEFFERSON ELEM. is approximately 8.1:1 (10 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at JEFFERSON ELEM.?
Student demographics at JEFFERSON ELEM. are roughly 99% White, 1% Black.
What district is JEFFERSON ELEM. in?
JEFFERSON ELEM. is part of JEFFERSON C-123.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.