Jefferson Academy

As a reasonably sized elementary campus in Hanford, California, Jefferson Academy serves 501 students from grades K through 8, overseen by Hanford Elementary.

Hanford Elementary runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 5,460 students. Jefferson Academy is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Jefferson Academy lists that nearly all students (85%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 10% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Kings County as a whole is about 58% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 27.8:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Kings County (around 74%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Jefferson Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.0%, the actual is 63.3%, a residual of +12.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, Kings County reports that median household income runs about $70,995, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Kings County runs 67 public schools (combined enrollment of about 28,742 students), of which Jefferson Academy is one.

The closest other public school is Woodrow Wilson Junior High, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Jefferson Academy comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 33.4%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Jefferson Academy's enrollment has climbed 8% since 2018, when it stood at 465 (now 501). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 22% to 10% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Jefferson Academy typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.