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Enrollment
692
Elementary
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COMPTON UNIFIED·NCES 060962011323
Clinton William Jefferson
6500 Compton Blvd., Compton, CA 90221 · (562) 630-7912 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL692 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 93% of California public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
25.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
614 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 59 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 63 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 66 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 58 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (58).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
58.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +27.1pp since 2014
Math
51.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +25.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 27 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 25 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 26.7% | 31.4% | 20.6% | 21.3% |
| Math | 23.4% | 27.8% | 22.3% | 26.5% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.1% | 51.2% |
| 2023-24 | 51.3% | 44.5% |
| 2022-23 | 48.4% | 39.8% |
| 2021-22 | 53.0% | 36.3% |
| 2018-19 | 50.8% | 45.4% |
| 2017-18 | 51.2% | 45.7% |
| 2016-17 | 46.8% | 44.9% |
| 2015-16 | 37.0% | 31.0% |
| 2014-15 | 31.0% | 26.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
52.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+25.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 28% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 25 points, placing it in California's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Clinton William Jefferson
Clinton William Jefferson's state test result (52.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton William Jefferson this school | 692 | 88.7% | 52.9% |
| Will Rogers Elementary Lynwood | 684 | 89.5% | 35.1% |
| Manzanita Elementary Palmdale | 644 | 89.1% | 18.3% |
| Jefferson Elementary Compton | 642 | 86.9% | 47.9% |
| George H. Dunn Elementary Rialto | 609 | 89.3% | 25.4% |
| Alice Birney Elementary Colton | 681 | 90.7% | 17.1% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Clinton William Jefferson ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #1,531 of 5,151 | #347 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #1,509 of 5,172 ▲ 339 | #346 of 1,129 ▲ 79 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.1% | #1,458 of 5,172 ▲ 355 | #329 of 1,129 ▲ 68 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.0pp | #612 of 5,116 | #229 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 692 | #800 of 5,915 | #141 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.3:1 | #4,560 of 5,352 | #1,033 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.9% | #4,998 of 5,354 | #1,078 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.7% | #1,253 of 5,625 | #489 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.9% | #1,205 of 3,837 | #435 of 947 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
692
-161 (-19%) vs 2020
-25% since 2010-11, when it was 923
Student : Teacher
25.3:1
was 25.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 692 | 27.4 | 25.3:1 | 89% (614) |
| 2023-24 | 758 | 27 | 28.0:1 | 95% (717) |
| 2022-23 | 791 | 29 | 27.2:1 | 64% (506) |
| 2020-21 | 853 | 33 | 25.9:1 | 90% (768) |
| 2017-18 | 886 | 31 | 28.6:1 | 84% (740) |
| 2015-16 | 951 | 36 | 26.4:1 | 89% (845) |
| 2010-11 | 923 | N/A | N/A | 88% (816) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clinton William Jefferson.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (886 to 692); teachers down 12% (31 to 27.4).
About Clinton William Jefferson
Clinton William Jefferson is a mid-sized elementary school in Compton, California, administered by Compton Unified. Enrollment stands at 692 students, covering kindergarten through 8. That is 49% above the average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
Clinton William Jefferson is a school in Compton Unified. The district has 36 schools and 16,304 students.
Roughly 95% of students at Clinton William Jefferson are Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 4% Black. Among people living in Los Angeles County, the Hispanic share is about 48%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Clinton William Jefferson scores 9%.
Its staff includes 27.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 25.3 students per teacher. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. Roughly 89% of students at Clinton William Jefferson can receive free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Los Angeles County is 70%.
Among California public elementary schools, Clinton William Jefferson outscored 93%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Clinton William Jefferson is 27.6%. It actually posts 52.9%, which is 25.3 points higher and in the top 10% of California schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Los Angeles County show that median household income comes to about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 2,244, with about 1,265,907 students.
Manuel Dominguez High, about 0.1 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Clinton William Jefferson ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Clinton William Jefferson's location as Suburb: Large.
From 853 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 692 by 2024-25.
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Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Compton Unified
- Manuel Dominguez HighHigh · 1,582 students
- Compton HighHigh · 1,438 students
- Centennial HighHigh · 908 students
- Kelly ElementaryElementary · 685 students
- Dickison ElementaryElementary · 681 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 642 students
Other schools in Compton
- Manuel Dominguez HighHigh · 1,582 students
- Compton HighHigh · 1,438 students
- Centennial HighHigh · 908 students
- KIPP Compton CommunityElementary · 783 students
- Lifeline Education CharterCombined · 698 students
- Kelly ElementaryElementary · 685 students
Nearby schools
- Manuel Dominguez High0.1 mi · 1,582
- Cesar Chavez Continuation High0.1 mi · 263
- Thurgood Marshall0.1 mi · 51
- Mark Keppel0.2 mi · 426
- Frank J. Zamboni0.4 mi · 650
- Los Cerritos0.6 mi · 341
Frequently asked questions
About Clinton William JeffersonHow large is Clinton William Jefferson?
Clinton William Jefferson enrolls approximately 692 students in grades KG-08.
Is Clinton William Jefferson an elementary, middle, or high school?
Clinton William Jefferson is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Clinton William Jefferson have?
Clinton William Jefferson employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.3:1.
How diverse is Clinton William Jefferson?
Clinton William Jefferson reports a student body of 1% White, 95% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is Clinton William Jefferson public or private?
Clinton William Jefferson is a public K-12 school, overseen by Compton Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.