JEFFERSON ELEM.

JEFFERSON ELEM. operates as a medium-sized elementary-level community in FARMINGTON, Missouri, overseen by FARMINGTON R-VII. Current enrollment sits at 343 students spanning grades 1 through 4.

JEFFERSON ELEM. is one of 8 schools operated by FARMINGTON R-VII, a district that hosts 3,937 students overall.

On the student-mix side, JEFFERSON ELEM. reports that nearly all students (96%) are White.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, JEFFERSON ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.3%, the actual is 32.0%, a residual of -18.3 points.

Across the wider county, census data for St. Francois County shows median household earnings sit near $57,477, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, St. Francois County runs 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,962 students), of which JEFFERSON ELEM. is one.

Nearest neighbor: WASHINGTON-FRANKLIN ELEM., around 0.8 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts JEFFERSON ELEM. at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 38.3%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JEFFERSON ELEM. has stayed largely flat, going from 342 students in 2018 to 343 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

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