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JEFFERSON CO. R-VII

Festus, Missouri · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

1,036
Students enrolled
5
Public schools
80
Classroom teachers (FTE)
13.0:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 57
  • Kindergarten 63
  • Grade 1 71
  • Grade 2 69
  • Grade 3 73
  • Grade 4 80
  • Grade 5 77
  • Grade 6 84
  • Grade 7 78
  • Grade 8 84
  • Grade 9 79
  • Grade 10 80
  • Grade 11 75
  • Grade 12 66

By race/ethnicity

  • White 94%
  • Two or more races 3%
  • Hispanic/Latino 2%
  • Black or African American 1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

25% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 264 of 1,036 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 19%
  • Reduced-price lunch 7%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$12,978 spent per student on day-to-day operations Missouri median: $13,607 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $6,858
  • Support services $5,519
  • Other (food service, etc.) $601

Where the money comes from

  • Local 81%
  • State 14%
  • Federal 4%

Total revenue $17.2 milliontotal spending $15.6 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Rural: Fringe

Total staff (FTE)

111

District office

1250 DOOLING HOLLOW RD, Festus MO 63028

County

Jefferson County

Official website

NCES District ID

2916230

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About JEFFERSON CO. R-VII

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

Our goal is to provide the Jefferson R-VII community with a way to communicate openly with the school board, superintendent, administration, and faculty. Our children deserve our best and we hope that you will be a part of the teaching and learning process of our district.
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