Jefferson Elementary

Jefferson Elementary is an elementary-level community of mid-sized scale in Redondo Beach, California, one of the schools within Redondo Beach Unified, enrolling 555 students in grades K through 5.

Jefferson Elementary is one of 14 schools operated by Redondo Beach Unified, a district that caters to 9,454 students overall.

Demographically, Jefferson Elementary lists that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 22% multiracial, 17% Asian, 15% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 31% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 9% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Jefferson Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 74.4%; this one delivers 82.2%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Jefferson Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Towers Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Jefferson Elementary at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 77.0%.

Jefferson Elementary operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Jefferson Elementary has shrank 13%, going from 639 students in 2018 to 555 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 53% to 44%. Class-load math has tightened: from 26.6:1 in 2018 to 25.2:1 in 2025.

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