Regular local school district · Cape Girardeau County
Cape Girardeau 63 School District, MO: schools, enrollment and spending
Cape Girardeau 63 School District runs 9 public schools with 4,310 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 11.3 students per teacher is 1.7 lower than the Missouri figure of 13.0.Listed in NCES data as "CAPE GIRARDEAU 63".
At a glance
- Schools
- 9
- Students
- 4,310
- Teachers (FTE)
- 381
- Students per teacher
- 11.3
- MO: 13.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 301 N Clark St, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
- Phone
- (573)335-1867
- County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2907120
- State district ID
- MO-016096
- Total staff (FTE)
- 744
- School counselors (FTE)
- 15.0About 287 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 14.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.3
Missouri13.0
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (4,306), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $62.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $9.0 million
- State revenue
- $14.2 million
- Local revenue
- $39.0 million
- Total spending
- $56.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,169
- Salaries
- $28.5 million50.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $56.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 14.5%
- State: 22.8%
- Local: 62.6%
Missouri overall
- Federal: 11.8%
- State: 28.7%
- Local: 59.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,169
Missouri$14,065
United States$16,826
Schools in Cape Girardeau 63 School District
By level: 2 high, 2 middle, 5 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Alma Schrader ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 4 | 332 | 11.1 |
| Blanchard ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 326 | 12.1 |
| Cape Girardeau Car Tech Ctr. | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| Central HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,278 | 14.4 |
| Central Junior HighCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 633 | 11.7 |
| Central MiddleCEP school | Middle | 5 to 6 | 623 | 13.3 |
| Clippard ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 383 | 10.4 |
| Franklin ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 241 | 9.6 |
| Jefferson ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 494 | 11.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Cape Girardeau County
- Jackson R-Ii School District 5,748 students
- Oak Ridge R-Vi School District 365 students
- Nell Holcomb R-Iv School District 249 students
- Delta R-V School District 225 students
More in Missouri
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.