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Jefferson City

A public school district in Jefferson City, Missouri, with 18 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

8,491
Students enrolled
733.1
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
1,459.7
All staff, full-time equivalent
$12,522
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 8,491 in 2024–25
Ranks 1,083rd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 21st of 555 in Missouri. Larger than 93% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $12,522 in fiscal year 2023
More than 20% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.

Spending and revenue

Jefferson City spent $12,522 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,047 in fiscal year 2005

Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.

U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards

The figures behind this chart
Jefferson City spent $12,522 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,047 in fiscal year 2005. Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2023$12,522$108.7 million8,683
FY2022$11,977$104.3 million8,706
FY2021$11,701$102.4 million8,752
FY2020$10,871$97.8 million8,998
FY2019$10,474$94.5 million9,024
FY2018$10,011$90.8 million9,067
FY2017$9,661$86.6 million8,968
FY2016$9,438$84.9 million8,991
FY2015$9,168$83.8 million9,142
FY2014$8,866$80.7 million9,107
FY2013$8,791$80.2 million9,126
FY2012$8,706$77.8 million8,937
FY2011$8,517$75.7 million8,891
FY2010$8,604$74.3 million8,640
FY2009$8,427$70.0 million8,311
FY2008$8,318$68.4 million8,221
FY2007$7,862$64.7 million8,235
FY2006$7,246$59.9 million8,268
FY2005$7,047$57.9 million8,210

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Jefferson City by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$17.1 million11.5%
State$29.6 million19.8%
Local$102.4 million68.7%
Total$149.0 million

Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.

The district’s schools

18 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Jefferson City
SchoolStudents
Belair Elementary363
Callaway Hills Elementary224
Capital City High School1,314
Cedar Hill Elementary313
Clarence Lawson Elementary440
East Elementary286
Jefferson City High1,353
Lewis and Clark Middle966
Moreau Heights Elementary324
Nichols Career Center0
North Elementary367
Pioneer Trail Elementary396
Prenger Family Center0
South Elementary302
Southwest Early Childhood Center305
Thomas Jefferson Middle927
Thorpe J. Gordon Elementary294
West Elementary317

The district’s entry

Name as NCES lists it
JEFFERSON CITY
Status
Open
Type
Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
Charter status
Not a charter district
Grades
Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
NCES district ID
2916190

Elsewhere

Sources

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