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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Jefferson Elementary?
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Enrollment
510
Elementary
DISTRICT 619 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BAKERSFIELD CITY·NCES 060363000306
Jefferson Elementary
816 Lincoln St., Bakersfield, CA 93305 · (661) 631-5340 · Kern County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL510 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 19% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
20.4:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
496 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 75 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 9% larger than its 6th grade class (75).
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
21.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.3pp since 2014
Math
16.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 4.9% | 16.4% | 23.1% | 55.6% |
| Math | 4.1% | 12.7% | 21.6% | 61.6% |
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 | 21.3% | 16.8% |
| 2023-24 | 19.7% | 11.0% |
| 2022-23 | 14.7% | 10.4% |
| 2021-22 | 14.1% | 6.0% |
| 2018-19 | 32.8% | 21.2% |
| 2017-18 | 29.6% | 22.1% |
| 2016-17 | 27.8% | 18.6% |
| 2015-16 | 21.0% | 17.0% |
| 2014-15 | 21.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
17.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Elementary
Jefferson Elementary's state test result (17.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Elementary this school | 510 | 97.3% | 17.3% |
| Major Lynn Mokler Paramount | 510 | 96.7% | 25.7% |
| Judith F. Baca Arts Academy Los Angeles | 495 | 97.8% | 31.3% |
| Graciano Gomez Elementary San Bernardino | 481 | 97.1% | 20.1% |
| Don Stowell Elementary Merced | 501 | 96.0% | 17.7% |
| Wadsworth Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 506 | 96.2% | 21.0% |
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 Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.3% | #4,798 of 5,151 | #132 of 148 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.8% | #4,588 of 5,172 ▲ 389 | #115 of 150 ▲ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.3% | #4,770 of 5,172 ▼ 13 | #132 of 150 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.0pp | #747 of 5,116 | #22 of 147 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 510 | #2,303 of 5,915 | #105 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.4:1 | #1,142 of 5,352 | #48 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.2% | #4,470 of 5,354 | #108 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.3% | #174 of 5,625 | #13 of 153 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.2% | #3,292 of 3,837 | #76 of 95 |
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
510
-37 (-7%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 658
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
was 22.8:1
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 | 510 | 25 | 20.4:1 | 97% (496) |
| 2023-24 | 506 | 25.2 | 20.1:1 | 99% (501) |
| 2022-23 | 533 | 23.5 | 22.7:1 | 95% (509) |
| 2020-21 | 547 | 24 | 22.8:1 | 99% (540) |
| 2017-18 | 538 | 23 | 23.4:1 | 98% (525) |
| 2015-16 | 460 | 23 | 20.0:1 | 99% (456) |
| 2010-11 | 524 | N/A | N/A | 99% (517) |
| 2000-01 | 517 | 29 | 17.8:1 | 99% (511) |
| 1990-91 | 658 | 24 | 27.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (538 to 510); teachers up 9% (23 to 25).
About Jefferson Elementary
Jefferson Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school serving families in Bakersfield, California. School enrollment was 510 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 6.
Bakersfield City has 44 schools and 28,365 students, and Jefferson Elementary is one of those schools.
About 90% of the student body at Jefferson Elementary is Hispanic. The remaining students are 6% White and 4% Black. Among people living in Kern County, the Hispanic share is about 57%. Jefferson Elementary's diversity index is 19%, against a US figure of 70%.
At Jefferson Elementary, 25 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 20.4:1. That is lower than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Roughly 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Kern County is 76%.
The allk12 Grade for Jefferson Elementary is C-. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 19% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Jefferson Elementary's average proficiency rate on state tests of 17.3% is 5.3 points below the 22.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Kern County (population about 915,075), the median household income is $70,210, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Jefferson Elementary is one of 279 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, Longfellow Elementary is the closest, at about 0.8 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Jefferson Elementary. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Jefferson Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 7% enrollment decrease, from 547 in 2020-21 to 510 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 22.8:1 to 20.4:1.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Jefferson Elementary. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Kern County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
915,075
Census ACS
Median income
$70,210
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
279
197,431 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bakersfield City
- Curran MiddleMiddle · 973 students
- Colonel Howard Nichols ElementaryElementary · 960 students
- Voorhies ElementaryElementary · 915 students
- Walter Stiern MiddleMiddle · 891 students
- Horace Mann ElementaryElementary · 870 students
- Bessie E. Owens ElementaryElementary · 867 students
Other schools in Bakersfield
- Bakersfield HighHigh · 3,069 students
- Ridgeview HighHigh · 2,575 students
- Highland HighHigh · 2,530 students
- Stockdale HighHigh · 2,398 students
- Liberty HighHigh · 2,369 students
- East Bakersfield HighHigh · 2,331 students
Other Jefferson Elementary schools
143 other US public schools in 31 states are named Jefferson Elementary. Jefferson Elementary is the 24th largest of the 144.
- Jefferson ElementaryRiverside, CA · 886 students
- Jefferson ElementaryLennox, CA · 716 students
- Jefferson ElementaryCompton, CA · 642 students
- Jefferson ElementaryCalexico, CA · 625 students
- Jefferson ElementarySanta Ana, CA · 616 students
Nearby schools
- Longfellow Elementary0.8 mi · 780
- Myra A. Noble Elementary0.8 mi · 813
- Williams Elementary0.9 mi · 452
- Washington Middle0.9 mi · 639
- College Heights Elementary1.0 mi · 761
- Abraham Lincoln Jr. High1.2 mi · 527
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson ElementaryHow many students attend Jefferson Elementary?
Jefferson Elementary enrolls approximately 510 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Jefferson Elementary serve?
Jefferson Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Jefferson Elementary have?
Jefferson Elementary employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jefferson Elementary?
At Jefferson Elementary, the student body is approximately 6% White, 90% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Two or more.
What district is Jefferson Elementary in?
Jefferson Elementary is part of Bakersfield City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.