Enrollment
214
Elementary
DISTRICT 226 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORMANDY SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE·NCES 292265001243
JEFFERSON ELEM.
4315 CARDWELL DR, ST LOUIS, MO 63121 · (314) 493-0100 · St. Louis County
GRADES 01–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL214 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Missouri public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
16.5:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
214 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 33 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 24% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 17% |
This year's 1st grade class (33) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (37).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
JEFFERSON ELEM.→NORMANDY HIGH
Based on grade levels within NORMANDY SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
15.1%
MO avg 44.9% . +0.5pp since 2021
Math
11.1%
MO avg 43.8% . -1.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are down about 2 points.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.1% | 11.1% |
| 2023-24 | 8.2% | 8.9% |
| 2022-23 | 16.6% | 6.7% |
| 2021-22 | 14.6% | 12.9% |
% 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
8.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 8% 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 (8.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JEFFERSON ELEM. this school | 214 | 100.0% | 8.0% |
| THE LEADERSHIP SCHOOL Pagedale | 220 | 100.0% | 15.9% |
| HODGEN ELEM. ST LOUIS | 206 | 100.0% | 13.6% |
| COLUMBIA ELEM. COMM. ED. CTR. ST LOUIS | 216 | 100.0% | 9.6% |
| HAMILTON ELEM. COMMUNITY ED. ST LOUIS | 243 | 100.0% | 5.5% |
| BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST. LOUIS | 233 | 100.0% | 8.9% |
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 St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.0% | #974 of 1,002 | #124 of 133 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.1% | #957 of 1,019 ▲ 15 | #117 of 138 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.1% | #948 of 1,018 ▲ 45 | #119 of 138 ▲ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.7pp | #360 of 943 | #41 of 130 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 214 | #926 of 1,294 | #147 of 165 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #906 of 950 | #128 of 149 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.2% | #787 of 953 | #136 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #129 of 1,165 | #30 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.1% | #250 of 684 | #31 of 103 |
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
214
-90 (-30%) vs 2020
-56% since 1990-91, when it was 486
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 214 | 13 | 16.5:1 | 100% (214) |
| 2023-24 | 323 | 15 | 21.5:1 | 100% (323) |
| 2022-23 | 262 | 17.3 | 15.1:1 | 99% (259) |
| 2020-21 | 304 | 24 | 12.7:1 | 60% (182) |
| 2017-18 | 258 | 19 | 13.6:1 | 100% (258) |
| 2015-16 | 222 | 20 | 11.1:1 | 99% (219) |
| 2010-11 | 264 | 15 | 17.6:1 | 84% (221) |
| 2000-01 | 404 | 25 | 16.2:1 | 71% (288) |
| 1990-91 | 486 | 19 | 25.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JEFFERSON ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (258 to 214); teachers down 32% (19 to 13).
About JEFFERSON ELEM.
JEFFERSON ELEM. is a small elementary school that serves part of ST LOUIS, Missouri. Enrolled students number 214 students, in grades 1 through 8. Enrollment is 32% lower than the average for elementary schools in Missouri, which is about 315.
Within NORMANDY SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE, JEFFERSON ELEM. is one of 7 schools. The district enrolls 2,440 students.
JEFFERSON ELEM.'s enrollment is 93% Black. The remaining shares are 3% Hispanic. St. Louis County as a whole is about 24% Black, so the school's share is higher. JEFFERSON ELEM.'s diversity index is 14%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at the school number 13 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 16.5:1. On average, elementary schools in Missouri have 12.4:1, compared with 16.5:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 100% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 43% for public schools in St. Louis County.
Measured against Missouri public elementary schools, JEFFERSON ELEM. receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for JEFFERSON ELEM. is 22.4%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 8.0%.
Across St. Louis County, the median household income is $82,936, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 47%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. In all, St. Louis County has 275 public schools and roughly 134,601 students.
The next-closest public school is NMS @ Lucas Crossing, about 0.7 miles away. JEFFERSON ELEM. is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. JEFFERSON ELEM.'s average proficiency of 8.0% compares with 43.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
JEFFERSON ELEM.'s enrollment dropped from 304 in 2020-21 to 214 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 12.7:1 to 16.5:1.
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St. Louis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
995,569
Census ACS
Median income
$82,936
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
275
134,601 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in NORMANDY SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE
- NORMANDY HIGHHigh · 688 students
- NMS @ Lucas CrossingMiddle · 620 students
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- BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 233 students
- BEL-NORElementary · 205 students
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- WEBSTER GROVES HIGHHigh · 1,253 students
Other JEFFERSON Elementary schools
143 other US public schools in 31 states are named JEFFERSON Elementary. JEFFERSON ELEM. is the 135th largest of the 144.
- JEFFERSON ELEM.CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO · 494 students
- JEFFERSON ELEM.FARMINGTON, MO · 343 students
- JEFFERSON ELEM.JOPLIN, MO · 218 students
- JEFFERSON ELEM.ST LOUIS, MO · 125 students
- JEFFERSON ELEM.CONCEPTION JCT, MO · 83 students
Nearby schools
- NMS @ Lucas Crossing0.7 mi · 620
- NORMANDY EARLY LEARNING CENTER0.8 mi · 236
- BERMUDA ELEMENTARY1.2 mi · 164
- THE INNOVATION SCHOOL AT CV1.3 mi · 143
- BEL-NOR1.3 mi · 205
- FAIRVIEW INTERMEDIATE1.4 mi · 134
Frequently asked questions
About JEFFERSON ELEM.How many students attend JEFFERSON ELEM.?
JEFFERSON ELEM. enrolls approximately 214 students in grades 01-08.
Is JEFFERSON ELEM. an elementary, middle, or high school?
JEFFERSON ELEM. is an elementary school covering grades 01-08.
How many students per teacher at JEFFERSON ELEM.?
Approximately 16.5:1 students per teacher at JEFFERSON ELEM..
How diverse is JEFFERSON ELEM.?
JEFFERSON ELEM. reports a student body of 2% White, 3% Hispanic, 93% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees JEFFERSON ELEM.?
JEFFERSON ELEM. is overseen by NORMANDY SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE in St. Louis County.
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