Elementary · Missouri

Jefferson Elem.

Free meals for all

Jefferson Elem., a public elementary school in Cape Girardeau, Missouri: grades pre-k–5, 494 students, 10.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Cape Girardeau 63.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 494
Teachers (FTE): 45.7
Students per teacher: 10.8
Grades: Pre-K–5; Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 74% of elementary schools in Missouri

Median 12.3 · 1,203 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 88% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 86% of elementary schools in Missouri

Median 327 · 1,203 schools compared

Larger than 65% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Small city
Run by: Cape Girardeau 63

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Cape Girardeau 63.

Location

Address: 520 S Minnesota, Cape Girardeau, MO 63703
Phone: (573)334-2030
City or town: Cape Girardeau
County: Cape Girardeau County

Website Quality of life in Cape Girardeau Schools in Cape Girardeau

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Alma Schrader Elem.Free meals for all	K–4	332	10.7	2.2 mi
Clippard Elem.Free meals for all	Pre-K–4	383	10.2	2.2 mi
Franklin Elem.Free meals for all	Pre-K–4	241	9.4	2.2 mi
Blanchard Elem.Free meals for all	Pre-K–4	326	11.7	2.4 mi
Scott City Elem.	Pre-K–4	282	12.0	5.8 mi
Nell Holcomb Elem.	Pre-K–8	249	8.6	7.1 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

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