H Kenneth Kirchner School

Public school in Jefferson City, Missouri · MO Schools for the Severely Disabled · Grades K–12

H Kenneth Kirchner School serves 16 students in grades K–12 in Jefferson City (Cole County). It is one of 25 schools in MO Schools for the Severely Disabled. By enrollment it is the 35th largest of 42 public schools in Missouri (median 28 students). With 3.2 students per full-time teacher, it has fewer students per teacher than the typical Missouri school (5.5).

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 42 Missouri schools with enrollment listed on this site.

students

3.2

students per teacher

37.5%

free/reduced lunch eligible

K–12

grades

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 5 full-time-equivalent teachers.

School facts

School type	Special Education School
Level	Other
Grades	K–12
District	MO Schools for the Severely Disabled
County	Cole County
Area type	City, small
School meals	National School Lunch Program, free or reduced price for eligible students
NCES school ID	290002203043

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.

Compared with the district and Missouri

	This school	MO Schools for the Severely Disabled	Missouri schools (median)
Students	16	652	28
Students per teacher	3.2	5.1	5.5
Free or reduced-price lunch eligible	37.5%	58.4%	51.8%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 5% of Missouri schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.

H Kenneth Kirchner School in context

Size

Of the 25 schools in MO Schools for the Severely Disabled, H Kenneth Kirchner School is the 20th largest, with 2.5% of the district's students. The 8 nearest schools are a median 52.5 miles away and have a median of 30 students, so H Kenneth Kirchner School is smaller than most of them.

NCES lists it as a special education school, one that focuses mainly on students with disabilities.

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 12 with 6 students, and its smallest is grade 2 with 1, against an average of 3 per grade. This year grade 12 has 500% more students than grade 2 (6 against 1). 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 75% of enrollment, a lower share than across MO Schools for the Severely Disabled (80.1%). Black students are next, at 12.5%.

37.5% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 58.4% across MO Schools for the Severely Disabled and a median of 51.8% for Missouri schools. 18.8% 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

H Kenneth Kirchner School has 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 3.2 students per teacher. At the median Missouri school ratio of 5.5, a school with 16 students would have about 2.9 teachers, so H Kenneth Kirchner School has 2.1 more.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Missouri schools (5.5).

Location

NCES classifies its location as city, small, which means it is inside a principal city of fewer than 100,000 people. The nearest other school is Dogwood Hills School, 27.8 miles away in the same district. No other school is within 10 miles.

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

Students by race and ethnicity

Students by race and ethnicity
White	75%
Black	12.5%
Hispanic	12.5%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Students by grade

Students by grade
Grade 2	1
Grade 3	1
Grade 7	1
Grade 8	5
Grade 10	2
Grade 12	6

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Location and contact

1403 Riverside Dr., Jefferson City, MO 65101
Phone: (573)751-7142
Website: dese.mo.gov

Red: H Kenneth Kirchner School. Blue: the nearest schools.

Nearby schools

School	District	Distance	Students	Per teacher	Free/reduced lunch
Dogwood Hills School	MO Schools for the Severely Disabled	27.8 mi	16	8	68.8%
Juvenile Justice Center	Columbia 93	31.8 mi	24	12	54.2%
Greenways Academy	Boonville R-I	42.3 mi	105	10.4	37.1%
B W Robinson School	MO Schools for the Severely Disabled	48.5 mi	28	3.5	50%
Missouri Digital Academy	Laquey R-V	56.4 mi	1,377	17.2	25.5%
E W Thompson	MO Schools for the Severely Disabled	60.9 mi	11	2.8	72.7%
Autumn Hill School	MO Schools for the Severely Disabled	61.4 mi	32	5.3	65.6%
Franklin County Specl. Education Coop.	St. Clair R-XIII	62.8 mi	114	5	2.6%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.

Other schools in MO Schools for the Severely Disabled

School	Level	Grades	Students
Autumn Hill School	Other	K–12	32
B W Robinson School	Other	K–12	28
Boonslick	Other	K–12	23
Bootheel School	Other	K–12	26
Cedar Ridge School	Other	K–12	21
Crowley Ridge School	Other	K–12	12
Current River School	Other	K–12	11
Dale M Thompson/Trails West S	Other	K–12	22
Dogwood Hills School	Other	K–12	16
E W Thompson	Other	K–12	11
Greene Valley School	Other	K–12	35
Helen M Davis School	Other	K–12	43
Lakeview Woods School	Other	K–12	30
Lillian Schaper School	Other	K–12	13
Mapaville School	Other	K–12	37
Maple Valley School	Other	K–12	35
Mississippi Valley School	Other	K–12	25
New Dawn School	Other	K–12	28
Oakview School	Other	K–12	22
Ozark Horizon School	Other	K–12	17
Parkview School	Other	K–12	25
Shady Grove School	Other	K–12	39
Special Acres School	Other	K–12	22
Verelle Peniston School	Other	K–12	15