Moreau Heights Elementary School

Size

Of the 11 elementary schools in Jefferson City School District, Moreau Heights Elementary School is the 5th largest, with 3.8% of the district's students. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 2.7 miles away and have a median of 298 students, so Moreau Heights Elementary School is close to their typical size.

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 5 with 59 students, and its smallest is kindergarten with 48, against an average of 54 per grade. This year grade 5 has 23% more students than kindergarten (59 against 48). 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 53.4% of enrollment, a lower share than across Jefferson City (60%). Black students are next, at 26.2%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

64.5% 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. 31.8% 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

Moreau Heights Elementary School has 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 10 students per teacher. At the median Missouri elementary school ratio of 12.3, a school with 324 students would have about 26.3 teachers, so Moreau Heights Elementary School has 6.2 more.

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 city, small, which means it is inside a principal city of fewer than 100,000 people. The nearest other elementary school is Thorpe J. Gordon Elementary School, 0.9 miles away in the same district. There are 8 elementary schools within 5 miles and 12 within 10 miles.

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