Jefferson Elementary

Located at 1037 East Duff Ave., in Reedley, California, Jefferson Elementary is an average-sized elementary campus that instructs 477 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within Kings Canyon Joint Unified.

Kings Canyon Joint Unified runs 21 schools in total, collectively educating 9,696 students. Jefferson Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Jefferson Elementary shows that 84% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder consists of 9% multiracial, 5% White. By comparison, Fresno County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Jefferson Elementary shows 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Fresno County (around 75%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Jefferson Elementary ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 22.5%; Jefferson Elementary posts 39.5%, +17.0 points above that line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Fresno County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $74,201 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Fresno County's 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), Jefferson Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Mountain View (Alternative), around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Jefferson Elementary at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 53.3%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 17%: 408 students in 2018 compared to 477 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 96% to 84% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 24.0:1 in 2018 to 22.7:1 in 2025.

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