THORPE J. GORDON ELEM.

THORPE J. GORDON ELEM. operates as a moderately sized elementary-level community in JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, operated by JEFFERSON CITY. Current enrollment sits at 294 students spanning grades K through 5.

Within JEFFERSON CITY, which oversees 16 schools and 8,491 students, THORPE J. GORDON ELEM. is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, THORPE J. GORDON ELEM. lists that the largest single group is White at 37%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 37% Black, 15% multiracial, 10% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

On the resource side, THORPE J. GORDON ELEM. records 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.5:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Cole County's rate of about 47%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), THORPE J. GORDON ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.6%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Cole County) records that median household income runs about $74,876, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Cole County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,312 students), THORPE J. GORDON ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

JEFFERSON CITY HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, THORPE J. GORDON ELEM. comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 60.5%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at THORPE J. GORDON ELEM. has ticked down 13%, going from 339 students in 2018 to 294 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 46% to 37% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for THORPE J. GORDON ELEM. typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.