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Jefferson High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
7 Blue Jay Way
Festus, MO 63028
Phone
(636) 933-6900
District
JEFFERSON CO. R-VII
County
JEFFERSON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
326
Classroom Teachers
22

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Missouri

9

(10 is best)

Better than 82.6% of all MO schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

Jefferson High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

80 60 40 20 0
58%
47%
69%
54%
47%
39%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
15
14
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 81 24.8%
Grade 10 87 26.7%
Grade 11 72 22.1%
Grade 12 86 26.4%
Total 326 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 93.7% 95.9% 72.9%
Black 2.2% 1.1% 16.0%
Hispanic 2.8% 2.4% 8.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.9% 0.4% 2.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.3% 0.8%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 14.7% 19.0% 43.7%
Free lunch eligible 11.7% 14.6% 39.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 3.1% 4.4% 4.7%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 6,449 6,177,957
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 117.9 89
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.4% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.5% 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 26.9% 32.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.9% 25.2%
65 OR OLDER 21.3% 17.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 2,455 2,458,324
Single Parent Households With Children 5.1% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.4% 91.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 28.2% 31.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 16.5% 14.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 23.5% 16.1%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.5% 13.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.7% 17.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 21.5% 16.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 6.6% 12.3%
$15,000 or less 3.9% 9.3%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,702 $6,334,922 46.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $411 $456,621 3.4%
Staff $164 $182,204 1.3%
General Administration $1,614 $1,793,154 13.3%
School Administration $581 $645,491 4.8%
Operation $987 $1,096,557 8.1%
Transportation $561 $623,271 4.6%
Other $295 $327,745 2.4%
Total Support $4,613 $5,125,043 38.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,837 $2,040,907 15.1%
Total Expenditures $12,152 $13,500,872 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,511 $5,795,155,054 47.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $803 $714,661,677 5.9%
Staff $451 $401,478,432 3.3%
General Administration $659 $586,244,964 4.8%
School Administration $683 $607,519,509 5.0%
Operation $1,159 $1,031,529,375 8.4%
Transportation $563 $501,220,569 4.1%
Other $256 $227,837,374 1.9%
Total Support $4,573 $4,070,502,909 33.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,631 $2,341,852,253 19.2%
Total Expenditures $13,715 $12,207,556,350 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%

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