Clarence Lawson Elementary School

Size

Of the 11 elementary schools in Jefferson City School District, Clarence Lawson Elementary School is the largest, with 5.2% of the district's students. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 4.2 miles away and have a median of 315 students, so Clarence Lawson Elementary School is larger than most of them.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is grade 3 with 85 students, and its smallest is grade 5 with 66, against an average of 73 per grade. This year grade 5 has 14% fewer students than kindergarten (66 against 77). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

White students are the largest group, at 57.3% of enrollment, about the same share as across Jefferson City (60%). Black students are next, at 15.9%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

50.5% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 55.7% across Jefferson City and a median of 53.6% for Missouri elementary schools. 20% are directly certified for free meals, meaning their families take part in programs such as SNAP or TANF, so no application was needed. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

Clarence Lawson Elementary School has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.2 students per teacher. At the median Missouri elementary school ratio of 12.3, a school with 440 students would have about 35.8 teachers, so Clarence Lawson Elementary School has about as many as that.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Missouri elementary schools (12.3).

Location

NCES classifies its location as rural, fringe, which means it is in rural territory within 5 miles of an urbanized area or 2.5 miles of a town. The nearest other elementary school is Pioneer Trail Elementary School, 1.6 miles away in the same district. There are 5 elementary schools within 5 miles and 11 within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.