Jefferson Elementary

Jefferson Elementary is one of the low-enrollment elementary schools in Fresno, California, overseen by Fresno Unified, with 383 students on its rolls from grades K through 6.

Fresno Unified comprises 100 schools with combined enrollment of 67,873 students; Jefferson Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Jefferson Elementary reports that 84% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest reads as 6% Asian, 4% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Fresno County's rate of about 75%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Jefferson Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 23.0%; this one delivers 50.3%, a residual of +27.2 points.

In the area at large, census data for Fresno County shows median household income runs about $74,201, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Jefferson Elementary is one of 368 public schools in Fresno County (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students).

Nearest neighbor: Akira Yokomi Elementary, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Jefferson Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Jefferson Elementary at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 26.7%.

Jefferson Elementary operates from an urban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 19%: 474 students in 2018 compared to 383 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 22.6:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 in 2025.

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