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Alumni: what's one memory from Jefferson Elementary that still sticks with you?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
555
Elementary
DISTRICT 535 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·REDONDO BEACH UNIFIED·NCES 060003204956
Jefferson Elementary
600 Harkness Ln., Redondo Beach, CA 90278 · (310) 798-8631 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL555 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 82% of California public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
25.2:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
48 students
DISTRICT 18% · 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 | 157 | 28% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (157) is 78% larger than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
78.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.0pp since 2014
Math
79.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +12.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 5 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 | 47.6% | 30.4% | 13.6% | 8.4% |
| Math | 50.0% | 29.2% | 15.6% | 5.2% |
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 | 78.0% | 79.2% |
| 2023-24 | 81.8% | 82.5% |
| 2022-23 | 78.2% | 82.2% |
| 2021-22 | 81.8% | 80.2% |
| 2018-19 | 80.5% | 80.3% |
| 2017-18 | 84.0% | 82.1% |
| 2016-17 | 79.8% | 82.5% |
| 2015-16 | 84.0% | 83.0% |
| 2014-15 | 73.0% | 67.0% |
% 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
80.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 (80.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Elementary this school | 555 | 8.6% | 80.5% |
| Lafayette Elementary Lafayette | 515 | 9.7% | 83.0% |
| Daves Avenue Elementary Los Gatos | 549 | 5.3% | 81.8% |
| Aurelia Pennekamp Elementary Manhattan Beach | 469 | 4.9% | 87.0% |
| Donald L. Rheem Elementary Moraga | 441 | 8.4% | 84.2% |
| Alta Vista Elementary Redondo Beach | 547 | 13.5% | 75.9% |
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 Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.5% | #205 of 5,151 | #47 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.2% | #265 of 5,172 ▼ 113 | #60 of 1,129 ▼ 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #362 of 5,172 ▼ 176 | #86 of 1,129 ▼ 39 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.4pp | #1,087 of 5,116 | #173 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 555 | #1,800 of 5,915 | #352 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.2:1 | #4,538 of 5,352 | #1,025 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.4% | #585 of 5,354 | #98 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.6% | #5,503 of 5,625 | #1,262 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #2,269 of 3,837 | #653 of 947 |
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
555
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-14% since 2000-01, when it was 642
Student : Teacher
25.2:1
was 25.2:1
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 | 555 | 22 | 25.2:1 | 9% (48) |
| 2023-24 | 582 | 24 | 24.2:1 | 10% (56) |
| 2022-23 | 551 | 22.5 | 24.5:1 | 9% (49) |
| 2020-21 | 554 | 22 | 25.2:1 | 5% (30) |
| 2017-18 | 639 | 24 | 26.6:1 | 6% (38) |
| 2015-16 | 639 | 25 | 25.6:1 | 5% (33) |
| 2010-11 | 618 | N/A | N/A | 8% (48) |
| 2000-01 | 642 | 29 | 22.1:1 | 7% (47) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (639 to 555); teachers down 8% (24 to 22).
About Jefferson Elementary
Jefferson Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Redondo Beach, California. A total of 555 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 5.
Redondo Beach Unified is made up of 14 schools with 9,454 students in all.
Jefferson Elementary has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 44%. The remaining students are 22% multiracial, 17% Asian, and 15% Hispanic. Among people living in Los Angeles County, the White share is about 31%. Jefferson Elementary's diversity index is 70%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 25.2:1, with 22 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is higher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Jefferson Elementary is 9%. It compares with 70% for public schools in Los Angeles County.
The allk12 Grade for Jefferson Elementary is A-. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 82% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Jefferson Elementary's average proficiency rate on state tests of 80.5% is 6.0 points above the 74.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
According to the American Community Survey, in Los Angeles County, the median household income is $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. There are 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, enrolling about 1,265,907 students in all.
Of nearby public schools, Towers Elementary is the closest, at about 0.5 miles. Jefferson Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Jefferson Elementary comes in 2nd of 5 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal data place Jefferson Elementary in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 554 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 555.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Jefferson Elementary. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Redondo Beach Unified
- Redondo Union HighHigh · 2,921 students
- Adams MiddleMiddle · 1,165 students
- Parras (Nick G.) MiddleMiddle · 1,031 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 776 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 626 students
- Alta Vista ElementaryElementary · 547 students
Other schools in Redondo Beach
- Redondo Union HighHigh · 2,921 students
- Adams MiddleMiddle · 1,165 students
- Parras (Nick G.) MiddleMiddle · 1,031 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 776 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 626 students
- Alta Vista ElementaryElementary · 547 students
Other Jefferson Elementary schools
143 other US public schools in 31 states are named Jefferson Elementary. Jefferson Elementary is the 18th 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
- Towers Elementary0.5 mi · 599
- Beryl Heights Elementary0.6 mi · 422
- Birney Elementary0.7 mi · 432
- Hermosa View Elementary0.8 mi · 394
- Redondo Beach Learning Academy0.9 mi · 6
- Patricia Dreizler Continuation High0.9 mi · 41
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson ElementaryHow many students attend Jefferson Elementary?
Jefferson Elementary enrolls approximately 555 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Jefferson Elementary serve?
Jefferson Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jefferson Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jefferson Elementary is approximately 25.2:1 (22 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Jefferson Elementary?
Jefferson Elementary reports a student body of 44% White, 15% Hispanic, 1% Black, 17% Asian, 22% Two or more.
Who oversees Jefferson Elementary?
Jefferson Elementary is overseen by Redondo Beach Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.