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What's one thing Jefferson Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
556
Elementary
DISTRICT 645 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLOVIS UNIFIED·NCES 060903000911
Jefferson Elementary
1880 Fowler Ave., Clovis, CA 93611 · (559) 327-7000 · Fresno County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL556 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
371 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 98 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 7% smaller than its 6th grade class (98).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
59.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.1pp since 2014
Math
40.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 31.1% | 28.0% | 23.6% | 17.3% |
| Math | 18.6% | 21.7% | 28.6% | 31.1% |
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 | 59.1% | 40.3% |
| 2023-24 | 60.8% | 42.7% |
| 2022-23 | 47.9% | 36.7% |
| 2021-22 | 44.4% | 36.3% |
| 2018-19 | 62.5% | 47.7% |
| 2017-18 | 63.0% | 54.2% |
| 2016-17 | 59.7% | 46.2% |
| 2015-16 | 56.0% | 46.0% |
| 2014-15 | 51.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
51.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 (51.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Elementary this school | 556 | 66.7% | 51.1% |
| James Earl Carter Elementary Palm Desert | 487 | 63.2% | 55.2% |
| New Haven Elementary Manteca | 514 | 61.7% | 32.8% |
| Sherwood Elementary Modesto | 489 | 68.9% | 36.0% |
| Cielo Vista Elementary Rancho Santa Margarita | 487 | 65.3% | 40.2% |
| Mary Lou Dieterich Elementary Modesto | 532 | 61.7% | 42.0% |
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 Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #1,648 of 5,151 | #47 of 185 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #2,273 of 5,172 ▼ 282 | #65 of 185 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.1% | #1,397 of 5,172 ▼ 189 | #38 of 185 ▼ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.3pp | #698 of 5,116 | #39 of 182 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 556 | #1,793 of 5,915 | #92 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #643 of 5,352 | #52 of 190 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.4% | #1,459 of 5,354 | #41 of 190 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.7% | #3,136 of 5,625 | #156 of 199 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.4% | #2,222 of 3,837 | #67 of 135 |
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
556
-91 (-14%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 690
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 24.9:1
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 | 556 | 28.8 | 19.3:1 | 67% (371) |
| 2023-24 | 559 | 27 | 20.7:1 | 74% (415) |
| 2022-23 | 582 | 26.2 | 22.2:1 | 73% (427) |
| 2020-21 | 647 | 26 | 24.9:1 | 79% (509) |
| 2017-18 | 642 | 23 | 27.9:1 | 65% (418) |
| 2015-16 | 595 | 20 | 29.8:1 | 69% (412) |
| 2010-11 | 558 | N/A | N/A | 55% (308) |
| 2000-01 | 613 | 29 | 21.1:1 | 43% (262) |
| 1990-91 | 690 | 29 | 23.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (642 to 556); teachers up 25% (23 to 28.8).
About Jefferson Elementary
This page covers Jefferson Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school in Clovis, California. The school had 556 students in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25.
Jefferson Elementary is one of 51 schools in Clovis Unified, which enrolls 43,611 students in total.
Hispanic students are the majority at Jefferson Elementary, with 53% of enrollment. Other groups make up 25% White, 12% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 2% Black. County-wide, about 55% of residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 63% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
With 28.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Jefferson Elementary was 19.3:1. This ratio sits 3.0 below the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 67%. Compared with the 75% average for public schools in Fresno County, the school's rate is lower.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Jefferson Elementary is +10.6 points: 51.1% actual, 40.4% predicted.
Census Bureau estimates for Fresno County show that the median household income is $74,201, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. There are 368 public schools in Fresno County, enrolling about 206,072 students in all.
The closest public school, Clovis High, is about 0.6 miles from Jefferson Elementary. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Jefferson Elementary places 7th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
In the federal locale system, Jefferson Elementary is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 91 fewer students in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 24.9:1 to 19.3:1.
Posts about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Fresno County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,016,725
Census ACS
Median income
$74,201
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
368
206,072 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clovis Unified
- Clovis East HighHigh · 3,113 students
- Clovis HighHigh · 2,779 students
- Buchanan HighHigh · 2,551 students
- Clovis North HighHigh · 2,360 students
- Clovis West HighHigh · 2,184 students
- Reyburn IntermediateMiddle · 1,785 students
Other schools in Clovis
- Clovis East HighHigh · 3,113 students
- Clovis HighHigh · 2,779 students
- Buchanan HighHigh · 2,551 students
- Reyburn IntermediateMiddle · 1,785 students
- Clark IntermediateMiddle · 1,437 students
- Alta Sierra IntermediateMiddle · 1,374 students
Other Jefferson Elementary schools
143 other US public schools in 31 states are named Jefferson Elementary. Jefferson Elementary is the 17th 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
- Clovis High0.6 mi · 2,779
- Clovis Elementary0.7 mi · 709
- Gettysburg Elementary0.7 mi · 626
- Sierra Vista Elementary1.2 mi · 465
- Clark Intermediate1.3 mi · 1,437
- Miramonte Elementary1.3 mi · 539
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson ElementaryHow large is Jefferson Elementary?
Jefferson Elementary enrolls approximately 556 students in grades KG-06.
Is Jefferson Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jefferson Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Jefferson Elementary?
Approximately 19.3:1 students per teacher at Jefferson Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Jefferson Elementary?
Student demographics at Jefferson Elementary are roughly 25% White, 53% Hispanic, 2% Black, 12% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Jefferson Elementary in?
Jefferson Elementary is part of Clovis Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.