Jefferson Elementary

Located at 10322 Condon Ave., in Lennox, California, Jefferson Elementary is a sizable K-5 school that works with 716 students (grades K through 5), overseen by Lennox. Enrollment runs roughly 54% larger than the state mean of about 465.

Jefferson Elementary is one of 6 schools operated by Lennox, a district that educates 3,941 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Jefferson Elementary lists that nearly all students (96%) are Hispanic. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Jefferson Elementary has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, 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 23.8%; this one delivers 43.5%, a residual of +19.7 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Jefferson Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Felton Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Jefferson Elementary comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 33.7%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 21%: 903 students in 2018 compared to 716 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.