Prekindergarten · Regular · Grades PK

Jefferson R-Vii Preschool, Festus, MO

Jefferson R-Vii Preschool is a public prekindergarten school in Festus, part of Jefferson Co. R-Vii School District. It enrolled 57 students in 2024-25, with 19.0 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "JEFFERSON R-VII PRESCHOOL".

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 57
Teachers (FTE): 3.0
Students per teacher: 19.0
Grades: PK

This school's ratio is 5.9 higher than the district figure of 13.1. The Missouri average across schools is 13.0. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school19.0

District13.1

Missouri13.0

United States15.3

School details

Address: 1265 Dooling Hollow Rd., Festus, MO 63028
Phone: (636)937-6530
District: Jefferson Co. R-Vii School District
County: Jefferson County
Level: Prekindergarten
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID: 291623003305

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 8
Reduced-price lunch: 4
Free or reduced-price lunch: 1221.1% of enrollment.
Direct certification: 4Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision: No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.