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Joe D. Esther Elementary, Lebanon, MO

Joe D. Esther Elementary is a public elementary school in Lebanon, part of Lebanon R-Iii School District. It enrolled 609 students in 2024-25, with 11.7 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "JOE D. ESTHER ELEM.".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
609
Teachers (FTE)
52.0
Students per teacher
11.7
Grades
K to 1

This school's ratio is 2.0 lower than the district figure of 13.7. The Missouri average across schools is 13.0. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school11.7
District13.7
Missouri13.0
United States15.3

School details

Address
1200 Clark St, Lebanon, MO 65536
Phone
(417)657-6200
District
Lebanon R-Iii School District
County
Laclede County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Town: Remote
NCES school ID
291827000975
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
360
Reduced-price lunch
79
Free or reduced-price lunch
43972.1% of enrollment.
Direct certification
217Students 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.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Lebanon R-Iii School District

Elementary schools elsewhere in Lebanon

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

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.