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Jefferson City School District, MO: schools, enrollment and spending
Jefferson City School District runs 18 public schools with 8,491 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 11.6 students per teacher is 1.4 lower than the Missouri figure of 13.0.Listed in NCES data as "JEFFERSON CITY".
At a glance
- Schools
- 18
- Students
- 8,491
- Teachers (FTE)
- 733
- Students per teacher
- 11.6
- MO: 13.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 315 E Dunklin St, Jefferson City, MO 65101
- Phone
- (573)659-3000
- County
- Cole County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2916190
- State district ID
- MO-026006
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,459
- School counselors (FTE)
- 29.0About 293 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 33.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.6
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 (8,752), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $138.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $21.4 million
- State revenue
- $25.1 million
- Local revenue
- $91.6 million
- Total spending
- $122.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,961
- Salaries
- $62.6 million51.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $148.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 15.5%
- State: 18.2%
- Local: 66.3%
Missouri overall
- Federal: 11.8%
- State: 28.7%
- Local: 59.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,961
Missouri$14,065
United States$16,826
Schools in Jefferson City School District
By level: 4 high, 2 middle, 11 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Belair Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 363 | 12.1 |
| Callaway Hills ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 224 | 10.7 |
| Capital City High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,314 | 13.7 |
| Cedar Hill Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 313 | 11.2 |
| Clarence Lawson Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 440 | 12.2 |
| East ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 286 | 9.9 |
| Jefferson City High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,353 | 13.3 |
| Lewis and Clark Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 966 | 11.6 |
| Moreau Heights Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 324 | 10.1 |
| Nichols Career Ctr. | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| North Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 367 | 13.1 |
| Pioneer Trail Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 396 | 11.3 |
| Prenger Family Ctr. | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| South ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 302 | 11.6 |
| Southwest Early Childhood Ctr | Prekindergarten | PK | 305 | 10.2 |
| Thomas Jefferson Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 927 | 11.9 |
| Thorpe J. Gordon ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 294 | 10.5 |
| West Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 317 | 12.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Cole County
- Blair Oaks R-Ii School District 1,163 students
- Mo Schls for the Sev Disabled 652 students
- Cole Co. R-V School District 629 students
- Cole Co. R-I School District 604 students
- Division of Youth Service 496 students
- Department of Corrections 0 students
- Mo Virtual Instruction Program 0 students
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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.