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Festus Intermediate School

Serves grades 4 - 6

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
1501 Mid Meadow Ln
Festus, MO 63028
Phone
(636) 937-4750
District
FESTUS R-VI
County
JEFFERSON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
800
Classroom Teachers
41

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Missouri

10

(10 is best)

Better than 94.1% of all MO schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Festus Intermediate School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 4

80 60 40 20 0
75%
44%
72%
44%
77%
44%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

80 60 40 20 0
62%
41%
67%
44%
57%
37%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 6

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
55%
41%
52%
40%
57%
42%
55%
41%
52%
40%
57%
42%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
19
17
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 4 288 36.0%
Grade 5 269 33.6%
Grade 6 243 30.4%
Total 800 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 95.6% 94.6% 71.8%
Black 2.5% 2.8% 16.2%
Hispanic 1.5% 1.4% 8.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.3% 0.8% 2.3%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.1% 0.3% 0.8%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 38.9% 36.2% 48.9%
Free lunch eligible 31.0% 29.3% 42.1%
Reduced lunch eligible 7.9% 7.0% 6.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 19,316 6,196,156
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 641.0 89
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.8% 5.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.5% 19.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 32.8% 32.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.4% 25.0%
65 OR OLDER 15.6% 17.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 7,355 2,484,834
Single Parent Households With Children 10.8% 8.1%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 90.2% 91.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 24.1% 31.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 16.8% 15.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.2% 16.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.2% 13.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 15.8% 17.5%
$30,000 - $49,999 17.5% 16.2%
$15,000 - $29,999 7.7% 11.5%
$15,000 or less 11.7% 8.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,833 $20,277,000 59.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $444 $1,545,000 4.5%
Staff $198 $689,000 2.0%
General Administration $533 $1,852,000 5.4%
School Administration $427 $1,485,000 4.3%
Operation $900 $3,127,000 9.1%
Transportation $422 $1,467,000 4.3%
Other $3 $12,000 0.0%
Total Support $2,928 $10,177,000 29.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,121 $3,897,000 11.3%
Total Expenditures $9,882 $34,351,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,013 $6,250,581,000 45.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $891 $794,032,000 5.8%
Staff $509 $453,483,000 3.3%
General Administration $778 $693,526,000 5.1%
School Administration $720 $641,715,000 4.7%
Operation $1,272 $1,133,809,000 8.3%
Transportation $642 $572,323,000 4.2%
Other $294 $261,597,000 1.9%
Total Support $5,106 $4,550,485,000 33.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,189 $2,842,348,000 20.8%
Total Expenditures $15,308 $13,643,414,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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