Thomas Jefferson School
Saint Louis · MO · Private independent · K-12 combined
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Great Circle Edgewood Children'S Center → John Burroughs School → Mary Institute & St Louis Country Day School → Logos School → Whitfield School → Miriam Academy → Crossroads College Preparatory School → Hw Kia →How Thomas Jefferson School compares for families
What families should know about Thomas Jefferson School.
- ▸ LocallyMO sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Great Circle Edgewood Children'S Center, John Burroughs School, Mary Institute & St Louis Country Day School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Your state's public flagship
University of Missouri-Columbia
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $20,268/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Their published matriculation list
Where their graduates enrolled
Thomas Jefferson School publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 62 colleges, ordered by the number of students enrolled.
Years, as the document states them
2021 - 2025
College · Students
and 32 more
These graduates went on to the colleges above.
Check your kid's odds at these colleges →We'll load the 10 colleges the class chose most often — add your name, email and your child's numbers and we'll see where your child lands at each.
As published, source linked As published by Thomas Jefferson School — "Matriculations to Colleges and Universities (2021 - 2025)" -- TJS.org PDF, linked as "VIEW COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES & MATRIC ↗. Found at: single-page PDF; domestic colleges then an 'INTERNATIONAL' section; counts in parentheses, no parens = 1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Private school enrollment comes from the NCES Private School Universe Survey (PSS), which is collected every other year — not annually like public-school data. The most recent published collection is 2021–22; NCES targeted spring 2026 for the 2023–24 release — we'll load it as soon as it's published.
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -0.6%/year, projecting from 2022's 81 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Circle Edgewood Children'S Center Saint Louis |
Private | 4.4 | 71 | -69.0% |
| John Burroughs School Saint Louis |
Private | 7.3 | 639 | +7.8% |
| Mary Institute & St Louis Country Day School Saint Louis |
Private | 8.1 | 1,225 | +3.0% |
| Logos School Olivette |
Private | 8.9 | 113 | +24.2% |
| Whitfield School Saint Louis |
Private | 9.1 | 433 | -6.3% |
| Miriam Academy Saint Louis |
Private | 9.7 | 67 | +3.1% |
| Crossroads College Preparatory School Saint Louis |
Private | 9.8 | 122 | -45.3% |
| Hw Kia Saint Louis |
Private | 10.7 | 45 | — |