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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 8

Nell Holcomb Elementary, Cape Girardeau, MO

Nell Holcomb Elementary is a public elementary school in Cape Girardeau, part of Nell Holcomb R-Iv School District. It enrolled 249 students in 2024-25, with 8.6 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "NELL HOLCOMB ELEM.".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
249
Teachers (FTE)
29.0
Students per teacher
8.6
Grades
PK to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 8.6. The Missouri average across schools is 13.0. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school8.6
District8.6
Missouri13.0
United States15.3

School details

Address
6547 State Hwy 177, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
Phone
(573)334-3644
District
Nell Holcomb R-Iv School District
County
Cape Girardeau County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID
290732000194
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
77
Reduced-price lunch
15
Free or reduced-price lunch
9236.9% of enrollment.
Direct certification
47Students 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

Elementary schools elsewhere in Cape Girardeau

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.