Jefferson Elementary

Jefferson Elementary is a mid-tier K-5 school in Calexico, California, operated by Calexico Unified. The school serves 625 students in grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 34% above typical.

Jefferson Elementary is one of 12 schools operated by Calexico Unified, a district that educates 8,022 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Jefferson Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (98%). By comparison, Imperial County as a whole is about 86% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Jefferson Elementary has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 26.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Jefferson Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Imperial County (around 77%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Jefferson Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.0%, the actual is 19.1%, a residual of -5.9 points.

Around the school, Imperial County reports that median household income runs about $57,681, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. In all, Imperial County runs 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,513 students), of which Jefferson Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Dool Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Jefferson Elementary comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 20.9%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Jefferson Elementary has declined 17%, going from 749 students in 2018 to 625 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 24.2:1 in 2018 to 26.0:1 in 2025.

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