Enrollment
302
Elementary
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON CITY·NCES 291619000755
SOUTH ELEM.
707 LINDEN DR, JEFFERSON CITY, MO 65109 · (573) 659-3185 · Cole County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL302 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 73% of Missouri public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
11.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
302 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 58 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
48.2%
MO avg 44.9% . +7.9pp since 2021
Math
40.6%
MO avg 43.8% . +14.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 8 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 19.4% | 28.8% | 36.4% | 15.2% |
| Math | 16.1% | 24.5% | 34.7% | 24.5% |
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 | 48.2% | 40.6% |
| 2023-24 | 37.9% | 31.9% |
| 2022-23 | 40.4% | 29.4% |
| 2021-22 | 40.3% | 26.6% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
39.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 22% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Missouri's top 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 SOUTH ELEM.
SOUTH ELEM.'s state test result (39.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH ELEM. this school | 302 | 100.0% | 39.4% |
| BETTY WHEELER CLASSICAL JR. AC ST LOUIS | 260 | 100.0% | 88.1% |
| WEST BLVD. ELEM. COLUMBIA | 327 | 100.0% | 33.1% |
| DOBBS ELEMENTARY KANSAS CITY | 320 | 100.0% | 21.3% |
| CLIPPARD ELEM. CAPE GIRARDEAU | 383 | 100.0% | 34.0% |
| FLYNN PARK ELEM. UNIVERSITY CITY | 323 | 100.0% | 39.0% |
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 SOUTH ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Cole County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #542 of 1,002 | #9 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #543 of 1,019 ▲ 169 | #8 of 12 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.2% | #372 of 1,018 ▲ 268 | #8 of 12 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.0pp | #88 of 943 | #4 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 302 | #692 of 1,294 | #10 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #180 of 950 | #7 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.1% | #28 of 953 | #1 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #94 of 1,165 | #2 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.3% | #459 of 684 | #8 of 10 |
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
302
+18 (+6%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 344
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 302 | 26.8 | 11.3:1 | 100% (302) |
| 2023-24 | 321 | 28.2 | 11.4:1 | 99% (319) |
| 2022-23 | 312 | 26.4 | 11.8:1 | 99% (309) |
| 2020-21 | 284 | 24 | 11.8:1 | 99% (281) |
| 2017-18 | 333 | 25.5 | 13.1:1 | 96% (321) |
| 2015-16 | 316 | 23 | 13.7:1 | 99% (313) |
| 2010-11 | 272 | 21 | 12.9:1 | 73% (199) |
| 2000-01 | 262 | 23 | 11.4:1 | 54% (142) |
| 1990-91 | 344 | 21 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTH ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (333 to 302); teachers up 5% (25.5 to 26.8).
About SOUTH ELEM.
SOUTH ELEM. is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend, and enrollment is 302 students.
JEFFERSON CITY, which runs SOUTH ELEM., has 16 schools and 8,491 students.
Black students are the largest group at SOUTH ELEM., with 38% of enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 34% White, 15% multiracial, 7% Asian, and 5% Hispanic. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 10%. SOUTH ELEM. has a diversity index of 71%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 11.3 students per teacher and 26.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is under the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 100%. That is higher than the 47% average for public schools in Cole County.
The allk12 Grade for SOUTH ELEM. is B+. Compared with Missouri public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 73% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
SOUTH ELEM. is 17.0 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in Missouri.
Census estimates describe Cole County this way: median household income is about $74,876, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Cole County number 28 and enroll about 10,312.
The nearest public school is THORPE J. GORDON ELEM., at about 0.6 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, SOUTH ELEM. is 7th among 7 schools close by.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The number of students climbed from 284 to 302 over 4 years.
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Cole County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
77,032
Census ACS
Median income
$74,876
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
10,312 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in JEFFERSON CITY
- JEFFERSON CITY HIGHHigh · 1,353 students
- CAPITAL CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,314 students
- LEWIS AND CLARK MIDDLEMiddle · 966 students
- THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLEMiddle · 927 students
- CLARENCE LAWSON ELEM.Elementary · 440 students
- PIONEER TRAIL ELEMENTARYElementary · 396 students
Other schools in JEFFERSON CITY
- JEFFERSON CITY HIGHHigh · 1,353 students
- CAPITAL CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,314 students
- LEWIS AND CLARK MIDDLEMiddle · 966 students
- THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLEMiddle · 927 students
- CLARENCE LAWSON ELEM.Elementary · 440 students
- BLAIR OAKS HIGHHigh · 421 students
Other SOUTH Elementary schools
43 other US public schools in 18 states are named SOUTH Elementary. SOUTH ELEM. is the 31st largest of the 44.
- SOUTH ELEM.ELDON, MO · 552 students
- SOUTH ELEM.OZARK, MO · 505 students
- SOUTH ELEM.JACKSON, MO · 433 students
- SOUTH ELEM.KENNETT, MO · 420 students
- SOUTH ELEM.NEOSHO, MO · 285 students
Nearby schools
- THORPE J. GORDON ELEM.0.6 mi · 294
- JEFFERSON CITY HIGH0.7 mi · 1,353
- SOUTHWEST EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR0.8 mi · 305
- CEDAR HILL ELEM.1.4 mi · 313
- MOREAU HEIGHTS ELEM.1.4 mi · 324
- EAST ELEM.1.6 mi · 286
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTH ELEM.What is the total enrollment at SOUTH ELEM.?
SOUTH ELEM. enrolls approximately 302 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does SOUTH ELEM. serve?
SOUTH ELEM. serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does SOUTH ELEM. have?
SOUTH ELEM. employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
What is the student diversity at SOUTH ELEM.?
Student demographics at SOUTH ELEM. are roughly 34% White, 5% Hispanic, 38% Black, 7% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Is SOUTH ELEM. public or private?
SOUTH ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by JEFFERSON CITY.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.