Enrollment
294
Elementary
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON CITY·NCES 291619000757
THORPE J. GORDON ELEM.
1101 JACKSON, JEFFERSON CITY, MO 65101 · (573) 659-3170 · Cole County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL294 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 78% 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.
- A+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
10.5:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
294 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 | 51 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
69%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
48.5%
MO avg 44.9% . +19.4pp since 2021
Math
47.8%
MO avg 43.8% . +24.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 19 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 25 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 23.5% | 25.0% | 37.8% | 13.5% |
| Math | 22.8% | 25.0% | 25.7% | 26.4% |
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 | 48.5% | 47.8% |
| 2023-24 | 43.2% | 29.0% |
| 2022-23 | 31.3% | 31.3% |
| 2021-22 | 29.1% | 23.1% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
41.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% 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 19 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 THORPE J. GORDON ELEM.
THORPE J. GORDON ELEM.'s state test result (41.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| THORPE J. GORDON ELEM. this school | 294 | 100.0% | 41.5% |
| EAST ELEM. JEFFERSON CITY | 286 | 100.0% | 24.3% |
| WING ELEM. SIKESTON | 359 | 100.0% | 27.1% |
| FRANKLIN ELEM. CAPE GIRARDEAU | 241 | 100.0% | 43.0% |
| THOMAS BENTON ELEM. COLUMBIA | 232 | 100.0% | 31.1% |
| BORDER STAR MONTESSORI KANSAS CITY | 251 | 100.0% | 51.3% |
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 THORPE J. GORDON ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Cole County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #493 of 1,002 | #8 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #390 of 1,019 ▲ 371 | #5 of 12 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #365 of 1,018 ▲ 150 | #7 of 12 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +22.1pp | #7 of 943 | #1 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 294 | #713 of 1,294 | #11 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #81 of 950 | #5 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.2% | #50 of 953 | #3 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #95 of 1,165 | #3 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.3% | #342 of 684 | #6 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
294
-10 (-3%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 349
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 294 | 28 | 10.5:1 | 100% (294) |
| 2023-24 | 297 | 31.3 | 9.5:1 | 100% (296) |
| 2022-23 | 281 | 27.2 | 10.3:1 | 99% (278) |
| 2020-21 | 304 | 26 | 11.7:1 | 99% (301) |
| 2017-18 | 339 | 25.3 | 13.4:1 | 98% (331) |
| 2015-16 | 281 | 24 | 11.7:1 | 99% (278) |
| 2010-11 | 272 | 21 | 12.9:1 | 77% (210) |
| 2000-01 | 316 | 21 | 15.1:1 | 52% (164) |
| 1990-91 | 349 | 19 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for THORPE J. GORDON ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (339 to 294); teachers up 11% (25.3 to 28).
About THORPE J. GORDON ELEM.
THORPE J. GORDON ELEM. is an elementary school located in JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, in Cole County. The school has 294 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 5.
JEFFERSON CITY includes 16 schools. Together they enroll 8,491 students.
White students make up 37% of enrollment at THORPE J. GORDON ELEM., the largest share of any group. Other reported shares: 37% Black, 15% multiracial, and 10% Hispanic. That compares with about 80% White among all Cole County residents. A diversity index of 69% means there is a 69% chance two randomly chosen students at THORPE J. GORDON ELEM. are from different groups.
The school's 28 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.5:1. Across elementary schools in Missouri, the average ratio is 12.4:1. Lunch program data show 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 47% average for public schools in Cole County is 53 points lower.
On the allk12 Grade, THORPE J. GORDON ELEM. lands at A-, ahead of 78% of Missouri public elementary schools.
THORPE J. GORDON ELEM. outperforms its prediction by 19.0 points. The model expects 22.4% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Missouri; the school's rate is 41.5%.
The school's county is Cole County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $74,876 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. THORPE J. GORDON ELEM. shares Cole County with 27 other public schools.
JEFFERSON CITY HIGH sits about 0.1 miles from THORPE J. GORDON ELEM.. THORPE J. GORDON ELEM. has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 60.5% proficiency; THORPE J. GORDON ELEM. posts 41.5%.
In the federal locale system, THORPE J. GORDON ELEM. is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment was 294 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 304. Its ratio of students to teachers was 11.7:1 in 2020-21, and 10.5:1 in 2024-25.
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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
Nearby schools
- JEFFERSON CITY HIGH0.1 mi · 1,353
- SOUTH ELEM.0.6 mi · 302
- MOREAU HEIGHTS ELEM.0.9 mi · 324
- EAST ELEM.1.1 mi · 286
- SOUTHWEST EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR1.2 mi · 305
- H KENNETH KIRCHNER SCHOOL1.5 mi · 16
Frequently asked questions
About THORPE J. GORDON ELEM.How large is THORPE J. GORDON ELEM.?
THORPE J. GORDON ELEM. enrolls approximately 294 students in grades KG-05.
Is THORPE J. GORDON ELEM. an elementary, middle, or high school?
THORPE J. GORDON ELEM. is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does THORPE J. GORDON ELEM. have?
THORPE J. GORDON ELEM. employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.5:1.
What is the student diversity at THORPE J. GORDON ELEM.?
Student demographics at THORPE J. GORDON ELEM. are roughly 37% White, 10% Hispanic, 37% Black, 1% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Is THORPE J. GORDON ELEM. public or private?
THORPE J. GORDON ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by JEFFERSON CITY.
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