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Enrollment
501
Elementary
DISTRICT 442 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HANFORD ELEMENTARY·NCES 061647002079
Jefferson Academy
1264 Middleton St., Hanford, CA 93230 · (559) 585-3700 · Kings County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL501 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of California public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-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
27.8:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
240 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 63 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 24% smaller than its 8th grade class (63).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
68.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.2pp since 2014
Math
59.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 26.1% | 42.0% | 20.4% | 11.4% |
| Math | 32.1% | 27.8% | 25.0% | 15.1% |
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 | 68.2% | 59.9% |
| 2023-24 | 67.3% | 58.8% |
| 2022-23 | 60.6% | 52.4% |
| 2021-22 | 66.4% | 50.8% |
| 2020-21 | 62.8% | 51.8% |
| 2018-19 | 72.4% | 65.2% |
| 2017-18 | 76.3% | 69.5% |
| 2016-17 | 76.0% | 67.5% |
| 2015-16 | 80.0% | 60.0% |
| 2014-15 | 68.0% | 55.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
63.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 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 Jefferson Academy
Jefferson Academy's state test result (63.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Academy this school | 501 | 47.9% | 63.4% |
| River Glen San Jose | 463 | 46.9% | 46.6% |
| Hollister Prep Hollister | 538 | 47.2% | N/A |
| Valley Vista Elementary Bonita | 513 | 53.6% | 39.6% |
| Leffingwell Elementary Whittier | 551 | 53.4% | 72.3% |
| Ocean View Elementary Whittier | 668 | 51.2% | 69.2% |
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 Jefferson Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.4% | #954 of 5,151 | #3 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.9% | #1,070 of 5,172 ▼ 5 | #3 of 30 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.2% | #841 of 5,172 ▲ 12 | #2 of 30 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #1,506 of 5,116 | #11 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 501 | #2,419 of 5,915 | #13 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 27.8:1 | #5,223 of 5,352 | #31 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.0% | #4,134 of 5,354 | #24 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.9% | #4,007 of 5,625 | #27 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.7% | #616 of 1,139 | N/A |
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
501
-9 (-2%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 558
Student : Teacher
27.8:1
was 26.8:1
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 | 501 | 18 | 27.8:1 | 48% (240) |
| 2023-24 | 492 | 18 | 27.3:1 | 51% (253) |
| 2022-23 | 486 | 18 | 27.0:1 | 48% (234) |
| 2020-21 | 510 | 19 | 26.8:1 | 46% (236) |
| 2017-18 | 465 | 17 | 27.4:1 | 46% (214) |
| 2015-16 | 401 | 15 | 26.7:1 | 45% (180) |
| 2000-01 | 348 | 16 | 21.8:1 | 95% (330) |
| 1990-91 | 558 | 20 | 27.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (465 to 501); teachers up 6% (17 to 18).
About Jefferson Academy
Jefferson Academy is a mid-sized elementary school in Hanford, California, under Hanford Elementary. It offers kindergarten through 8 and has 501 students enrolled.
A total of 12 schools make up Hanford Elementary, with 5,460 students enrolled.
At Jefferson Academy, 85% of students are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 10% White and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Kings County is roughly 58% Hispanic. The diversity index for Jefferson Academy is 26%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Jefferson Academy has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 27.8:1. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 5.5 students per teacher. At Jefferson Academy, 48% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 26 points below the 74% average for public schools in Kings County.
Jefferson Academy holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 91% of California public elementary schools.
Jefferson Academy scores 63.4% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 51.5%.
Census data for Kings County show median household income comes to about $70,995, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 14%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. There are 67 public schools in the county, enrolling about 28,742, Jefferson Academy among them.
Woodrow Wilson Junior High is the nearest public school to Jefferson Academy, about 0.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Jefferson Academy is ahead of the 35.0% nearby average, ranking 1st of 4.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Small.
Jefferson Academy had 510 students in 2020-21 and 501 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Kings County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
153,298
Census ACS
Median income
$70,995
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
67
28,742 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hanford Elementary
- Martin Luther King Jr. ElementaryElementary · 624 students
- Monroe ElementaryElementary · 611 students
- John F. Kennedy Junior HighMiddle · 531 students
- Joseph M. SimasElementary · 514 students
- Woodrow Wilson Junior HighMiddle · 505 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryElementary · 490 students
Other schools in Hanford
- Hanford HighHigh · 1,498 students
- Hanford West HighHigh · 1,331 students
- Sierra Pacific HighHigh · 1,183 students
- Kings Valley Academy IICombined · 1,090 students
- Kings River-Hardwick ElementaryElementary · 860 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. ElementaryElementary · 624 students
Other Jefferson Academy schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Jefferson Academy. Jefferson Academy is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Jefferson AcademyJefferson, GA · 935 students
- Jefferson AcademyKAYSVILLE, UT · 502 students
- Jefferson AcademyBROOMFIELD, CO · 331 students
Nearby schools
- Woodrow Wilson Junior High0.3 mi · 505
- Earl F. Johnson High (Continuation)0.4 mi · 50
- Hanford Online Charter0.6 mi · 137
- Hanford High0.6 mi · 1,498
- Hanford Community Day0.6 mi · 38
- Hanford West High0.7 mi · 1,331
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson AcademyHow large is Jefferson Academy?
Jefferson Academy enrolls approximately 501 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Jefferson Academy serve?
Jefferson Academy serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Jefferson Academy?
Approximately 27.8:1 students per teacher at Jefferson Academy.
How diverse is Jefferson Academy?
Jefferson Academy reports a student body of 10% White, 85% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Jefferson Academy in?
Jefferson Academy is part of Hanford Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.