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Jefferson Elementary

Public Grades 1-8

880^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 900 Missouri Elementary Schools

Better than 2% of Missouri elementary schools

Summary

Jefferson Elementary is a public elementary school located in Saint Louis, Missouri, serving grades 1-8 with a total enrollment of 323 students. The school is part of the Normandy Schools Collaborative district, which is ranked 362 out of 367 districts in Missouri and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Jefferson Elementary has consistently high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 40.8% to 57.0% over the past few years, which is significantly higher than the state average and the rates of nearby schools like Washington Elementary (50.4%) and Bel-Nor (50.4%). The school's academic performance, as measured by the percentage of students proficient or better on the Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) tests, is extremely low compared to the state and district averages. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 2.2% of 3rd-grade students were proficient or better in mathematics, compared to 8.8% for the Normandy Schools Collaborative district and 41.4% for the state.

Jefferson Elementary has a relatively high per-student spending of $16,895 in the 2021-2022 school year, which is higher than the state average but lower than some nearby schools like Normandy Early Learning Center ($22,897). The school's consistently low performance, with its statewide ranking ranging from 837 out of 901 schools in 2020-2021 to 942 out of 1,052 schools in 2018-2019, indicates a persistent and systemic issue that may be related to the high-poverty student population and the overall low performance of the Normandy Schools Collaborative district.

214

Students ?

16.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$18,452

Per pupil spending ?

100%

Free/discounted lunch ?

4315 Cardwell Dr
Saint Louis, MO 63121-2503

(314) 493-0100

District: Normandy Schools Collaborative

Students who attend Jefferson Elementary usually attend:

High:

Normandy High

Racial breakdown:

African American:

92.5%

Hispanic:

3.3%

White:

1.9%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 9th percentile in 2015 → 2nd in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Missouri average (8% vs 42% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (2nd percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 7 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school8%

District avg10%

Missouri avg42%

880^th of 900

Missouri public elementary schools ?

Bottom 2%▼ down 7 pts since 2015

From bottom 9% (2015) to bottom 2% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

4^th of 4Elementary Schools in the Normandy Schools Collaborative

362^nd of 367Normandy Schools Collaborative among Missouri districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Missouri percentile	Rating
2025	4.9	880 of 900	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	5.0	883 of 906	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.5	859 of 898	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	7.2	862 of 908	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	8.0	837 of 901	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	14.1	942 of 1052	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.3	911 of 1045	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	34.6	730 of 1032	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	30.6	656 of 865	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	12.5	963 of 1058	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	6.8	1040 of 1089	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	21.5	963 of 1108	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	7.7	1030 of 1085	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	7.6	1042 of 1088	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	6.5	1033 of 1066	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	12.5	981 of 1053	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	13.6	1020 of 1084	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	12.6	1023 of 1080	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	9.3	1035 of 1074	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Missouri percentile	Rating
2025	19.3	176 of 190	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	21.4	168 of 191	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.7	148 of 185	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.4	138 of 184	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	46.1	76 of 163	53.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	45.1	132 of 250	47.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	53.2	96 of 243	60.5%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Missouri percentile	Rating
2025	10.9	617 of 638	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.0	601 of 625	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	14.5	569 of 611	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	17.1	486 of 532	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	18.9	509 of 574	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.0	780 of 907	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.8	705 of 887	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Missouri percentile	Rating
2023	12.2	415 of 459	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	11.7	420 of 459	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	18.6	382 of 454	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Missouri percentile	Rating
2023	38.2	93 of 153	39.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	39.5	89 of 148	39.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	62.8	36 of 135	73.3%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Missouri percentile	Rating
2023	22.1	332 of 382	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.3	304 of 365	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	35.5	265 of 371	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

African American (2025)7th percentile+5 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)3rd percentile~ school

Middle school

African American (2023)39th percentile+30 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2023)13th percentile+4 vs school

By subject vs Missouri (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics10%-32 vs state

English Language Arts6%-37 vs state

Science4%-38 vs state

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Schools Near Jefferson Elementary

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MAP Mathematics (2025)			MAP Science (2025)	MAP English Language Arts (2025)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	MAP Mathematics 4th Grade	MAP Mathematics 5th Grade	MAP Science 5th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Jefferson Elementary	Public	1-8	4315 Cardwell Dr	Saint Louis	63121	St. Louis County	Normandy Schools Collaborative	No	No	No	Yes	(314) 493-0100	214	13	16.4	100.0%	4 (1.9%)	198 (92.5%)	7 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	4.9	880^th of 900 public elementary schools	2.2%		5	883^rd of 906 public elementary schools	2.5%	3	2.2	16.7	9.0	4.5	8.2		4.5	$18,452	$3,193	$15,260
Bermuda Elementary	Public	PK, KG-2	5835 Bermuda Dr	Saint Louis	63121	St. Louis County	Ferguson-Florissant R-II	No	No	No	Yes	(314) 524-4821	164	17	9.9	100.0%	7 (4.3%)	146 (89.0%)	4 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.3%)								(n/a)								$27,557	$326	$27,231
Normandy Early Learning Center	Public	PK-K	3101 Nordic Drive	Saint Louis	63121	St. Louis County	Normandy Schools Collaborative	No	No	No	Yes	(314) 493-0140	236	28	8.4	100.0%	2 (0.8%)	214 (90.7%)	18 (7.6%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)								(n/a)								$23,564	$4,774	$18,790
Bel-Nor	Public	1-5	3101 Nordic Dr.	Saint Louis	63121	St. Louis County	Normandy Schools Collaborative	No	No	No	Yes	(314) 493-0140	205	19	11.0	100.0%	7 (3.4%)	168 (82.0%)	26 (12.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	9.7	824^th of 900 public elementary schools	8.4%		6.5	867^th of 906 public elementary schools	4.3%	43	15.0	13.8	15.6	13.5		11.5	18.2	$22,191	$3,681	$18,510
Fairview Primary	Public	PK, KG-3	7047 Emma	Jennings	63136	St. Louis County	Jennings	No	No	No	Yes	(314) 653-8070	284	17	16.3	100.0%	2 (0.7%)	260 (91.5%)	10 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.2%)								(n/a)					50.9			$9,189	$183	$9,006
Barack Obama Elementary School	Public	1-8	3883 Jennings Station Road	Saint Louis	63121	St. Louis County	Normandy Schools Collaborative	No	No	No	Yes	(314) 493-0850	233	18	13.3	100.0%	1 (0.4%)	213 (91.4%)	14 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.1%)	6	866^th of 900 public elementary schools	3.8%		6	871^st of 906 public elementary schools	3.9%	5		4.2	8.8	8.8		10.3	15.3	$20,961	$3,123	$17,838
Woodland Elementary	Public	PK, KG-3	8420 Sunbury	Jennings	63136	St. Louis County	Jennings	No	No	No	Yes	(314) 653-8170	197	12	15.9	100.0%	2 (1.0%)	193 (98.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)								(n/a)	21.8				19.7			$9,619	$62	$9,557
The Leadership School	Public, Charter	K-4	1785 Pennsylvania Ave	Saint Louis	63133	St. Louis County	The Leadership School	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(314) 492-2301	220	18	12.5	100.0%	2 (0.9%)	206 (93.6%)	5 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.2%)	12.8	794^th of 900 public elementary schools	11.8%					(n/a)	10.7	16.0			13.2	29.6		$17,745	$4,113	$13,632
Herzog Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	5831 Pamplin Pl	Saint Louis	63147	St. Louis city	St. Louis City	No	No	No	Yes	(314) 385-2212	201	15	13.4	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	198 (98.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	5.5	873^rd of 900 public elementary schools	3.0%		4.5	889^th of 906 public elementary schools	1.9%	16				10.8		7.2	10.8	$20,461	$301	$20,160
Central Elementary	Public	PK, KG-2	201 Wesley Ave	Ferguson	63135	St. Louis County	Ferguson-Florissant R-II	No	No	No	Yes	(314) 521-4981	250	17	14.7	69.2%	9 (3.6%)	222 (88.8%)	7 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.8%)								(n/a)								$15,129	$123	$15,006

Frequently Asked Questions about Jefferson Elementary

What is the racial makeup of Jefferson Elementary?

Students at Jefferson Elementary are 93% African American, 3% Hispanic, 2% White, 1% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Jefferson Elementary attend?

Students who attend Jefferson Elementary usually go on to attend:

High : Normandy High

What district is Jefferson Elementary in?

Normandy Schools Collaborative

Is Jefferson Elementary a good school?

Jefferson Elementary ranks in the bottom 2.2% of Missouri elementary schools.

How many students attend Jefferson Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 214 students attended Jefferson Elementary.

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