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How has Jefferson Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
507
Elementary
DISTRICT 511 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DINUBA UNIFIED·NCES 060006501238
Jefferson Elementary
1660 East Sierra Way, Dinuba, CA 93618 · (559) 595-7360 · Tulare County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL507 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
411 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 72 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 8% larger than its 6th grade class (72).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Jefferson Elementary→Washington Intermediate
Based on grade levels within Dinuba Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
45.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +13.0pp since 2014
Math
37.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +11.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 13 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 20.1% | 24.8% | 22.1% | 32.9% |
| Math | 13.0% | 24.6% | 30.6% | 31.9% |
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 | 45.0% | 37.5% |
| 2023-24 | 53.6% | 43.7% |
| 2022-23 | 52.1% | 41.6% |
| 2021-22 | 45.1% | 37.3% |
| 2018-19 | 46.7% | 43.9% |
| 2017-18 | 47.3% | 42.9% |
| 2016-17 | 40.8% | 38.9% |
| 2015-16 | 42.0% | 38.0% |
| 2014-15 | 32.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
44.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 (44.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Elementary this school | 507 | 81.1% | 44.6% |
| Rose Ferrero Elementary Soledad | 530 | 81.7% | 44.4% |
| Wilson Elementary Dinuba | 545 | 80.7% | 44.7% |
| Hemet Dual Language Academy Hemet | 476 | 81.7% | 35.8% |
| Mar Vista Elementary Oxnard | 464 | 81.5% | 27.4% |
| Roosevelt Elementary Salinas | 560 | 81.1% | 22.2% |
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 Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Tulare County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #2,097 of 5,151 | #15 of 102 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #2,482 of 5,172 ▼ 566 | #24 of 102 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #2,450 of 5,172 ▼ 802 | #28 of 102 ▼ 21 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.1pp | #3,283 of 5,116 | #87 of 102 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 507 | #2,341 of 5,915 | #49 of 110 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.6:1 | #1,863 of 5,352 | #43 of 100 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.0% | #5,052 of 5,354 | #87 of 100 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.1% | #2,085 of 5,625 | #62 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.1% | #1,184 of 3,837 | #14 of 77 |
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
507
-111 (-18%) vs 2020
-30% since 2000-01, when it was 720
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
was 25.8:1
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 | 507 | 23.5 | 21.6:1 | 81% (411) |
| 2023-24 | 548 | 23.5 | 23.3:1 | 78% (426) |
| 2022-23 | 561 | 24 | 23.4:1 | 78% (435) |
| 2020-21 | 618 | 24 | 25.8:1 | 92% (569) |
| 2017-18 | 651 | 24.5 | 26.6:1 | 86% (561) |
| 2015-16 | 686 | 23 | 29.8:1 | 83% (570) |
| 2010-11 | 606 | N/A | N/A | 97% (585) |
| 2000-01 | 720 | 37 | 19.5:1 | 93% (671) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (651 to 507); teachers down 4% (24.5 to 23.5).
About Jefferson Elementary
Jefferson Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Dinuba Unified, located in Dinuba, California. Enrollment totals 507 students across kindergarten through 6.
Dinuba Unified has 6,242 students in 10 schools, and Jefferson Elementary is one of those schools.
By race and ethnicity, Jefferson Elementary is 96% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 3% White. The school's Hispanic share is 29 points above the 67% share among Tulare County residents. A diversity index of 8% means there is an 8% chance two randomly chosen students at Jefferson Elementary are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jefferson Elementary is 21.6:1, based on 23.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Lunch program data show 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 32.0%. Jefferson Elementary scores 44.6%.
Looking at the county, Tulare County, median household income comes to about $71,300, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 17% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 15%. The county has 196 public schools and about 101,494 students.
About 0.7 miles separate Jefferson Elementary from the closest public school, Ronald Reagan Academy. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Jefferson Elementary places 2nd out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
In the federal locale system, Jefferson Elementary is coded Town: Distant, for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 507, compared with 618 in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 25.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 21.6:1.
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Tulare County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
478,693
Census ACS
Median income
$71,300
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
196
101,494 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dinuba Unified
- Dinuba HighHigh · 2,115 students
- Washington IntermediateMiddle · 916 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryElementary · 604 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 563 students
- Wilson ElementaryElementary · 545 students
- John F. Kennedy ElementaryElementary · 488 students
Other schools in Dinuba
- Dinuba HighHigh · 2,115 students
- Washington IntermediateMiddle · 916 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryElementary · 604 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 563 students
- Wilson ElementaryElementary · 545 students
- John F. Kennedy ElementaryElementary · 488 students
Other Jefferson Elementary schools
143 other US public schools in 31 states are named Jefferson Elementary. Jefferson Elementary is the 25th 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
- Ronald Reagan Academy0.7 mi · 71
- Sierra Vista High (Continuation)0.8 mi · 77
- Wilson Elementary0.9 mi · 545
- John F. Kennedy Elementary1.1 mi · 488
- Dinuba High1.1 mi · 2,115
- Washington Intermediate1.2 mi · 916
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Jefferson Elementary?
Jefferson Elementary enrolls approximately 507 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Jefferson Elementary serve?
Jefferson Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Jefferson Elementary?
Approximately 21.6:1 students per teacher at Jefferson Elementary.
How diverse is Jefferson Elementary?
Jefferson Elementary reports a student body of 3% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Jefferson Elementary public or private?
Jefferson Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Dinuba Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.