Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5
Thorpe J. Gordon Elementary, Jefferson City, MO
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 294
- Teachers (FTE)
- 28.0
- Students per teacher
- 10.5
- Grades
- K to 5
This school's ratio is 1.1 lower than the district figure of 11.6. The Missouri average across schools is 13.0. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.
School details
- Address
- 1101 Jackson, Jefferson City, MO 65101
- Phone
- (573)659-3170
- District
- Jefferson City School District
- County
- Cole County
- Level
- Elementary
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Virtual
- No
- Locale
- City: Small
- NCES school ID
- 291619000757
School meals
- Free lunch
- 294
- Reduced-price lunch
- 0
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 294100.0% of enrollment.
- Direct certification
- 113Students 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 Jefferson City School District
- Clarence Lawson Elementary 440 students
- Pioneer Trail Elementary 396 students
- North Elementary 367 students
- Belair Elementary 363 students
- Moreau Heights Elementary 324 students
- West Elementary 317 students
- Cedar Hill Elementary 313 students
- South Elementary 302 students
- East Elementary 286 students
- Callaway Hills Elementary 224 students
Elementary schools elsewhere in Jefferson City
- Blair Oaks Intermediate Blair Oaks R-Ii School District
- Blair Oaks Elementary Blair Oaks R-Ii School District
- Mocap Elem.School Mo Virtual Instruction Program
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.