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Elementary · Regular · Grades 3 to 5

South Elementary, Kennett, MO

CEP schoolSouth Elementary is a public elementary school in Kennett, part of Kennett 39 School District. It enrolled 420 students in 2024-25, with 13.1 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "SOUTH ELEM.".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
420
Teachers (FTE)
32.0
Students per teacher
13.1
Grades
3 to 5

This school's ratio is 0.8 higher than the district figure of 12.3. The Missouri average across schools is 13.0. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school13.1
District12.3
Missouri13.0
United States15.3

School details

Address
920 S Kennett St, Kennett, MO 63857
Phone
(573)717-1130
District
Kennett 39 School District
County
Dunklin County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Town: Remote
NCES school ID
291650000902
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
420
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
420100.0% of enrollment.
Direct certification
195Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

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 Kennett 39 School District

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.