Enrollment
317
Elementary
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON CITY·NCES 291619000758
WEST ELEM.
100 DIX RD, JEFFERSON CITY, MO 65109 · (573) 659-3195 · Cole County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL317 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
172 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
63.8%
MO avg 49.5% . -4.7pp since 2023
Math
76.6%
MO avg 48.7% . +22.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 22 points.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). 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
61.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.3%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
317
-61 (-16%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 15.2:1
% White
62%
was 62%
% Hispanic
8%
was 6%
% Black
17%
was 22%
% Asian
3%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About WEST ELEM.
WEST ELEM. operates as a medium-sized elementary school in JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, one of the schools within JEFFERSON CITY. Current enrollment sits at 317 students spanning grades K through 5.
JEFFERSON CITY comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 8,491 students; WEST ELEM. is among them.
Looking at the student body, WEST ELEM. lists that 62% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 17% Black, 10% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 3% Asian. By comparison, Cole County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. The state averages about 12.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WEST ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.3%; this one delivers 61.9%.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Cole County put the typical household earns roughly $74,876 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. WEST ELEM. is one of 28 public schools in Cole County (combined enrollment of about 10,312 students).
SOUTHWEST EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, WEST ELEM. comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 56.6%.
Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WEST ELEM. has edged down 16%, going from 378 students in 2018 to 317 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 22% to 17%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.
On this page, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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
- SOUTHWEST EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR1.1 mi · 305
- BELAIR ELEM.1.3 mi · 363
- SOUTH ELEM.1.7 mi · 302
- CEDAR HILL ELEM.1.9 mi · 313
- CAPITAL CITY HIGH SCHOOL2.1 mi · 1,314
- THORPE J. GORDON ELEM.2.3 mi · 294
Frequently asked questions
About WEST ELEM.How many students attend WEST ELEM.?
WEST ELEM. enrolls approximately 317 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does WEST ELEM. serve?
WEST ELEM. serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at WEST ELEM.?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at WEST ELEM..
How diverse is WEST ELEM.?
WEST ELEM. reports a student body of 62% White, 8% Hispanic, 17% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is WEST ELEM. public or private?
WEST 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.