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What do students at Jefferson Elementary actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
886
Elementary
DISTRICT 671 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVERSIDE UNIFIED·NCES 063315005146
Jefferson Elementary
4285 Jefferson St., Riverside, CA 92504 · (951) 352-8218 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL886 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
25.7:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
766 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 | 155 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 132 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 128 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 115 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 118 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 137 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (155) is 13% larger than its 6th grade class (137).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
36.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.9pp since 2014
Math
23.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -11.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.1% | 22.9% | 25.5% | 37.5% |
| Math | 8.0% | 15.3% | 26.7% | 50.0% |
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 | 36.9% | 23.3% |
| 2023-24 | 32.9% | 23.6% |
| 2022-23 | 30.6% | 23.3% |
| 2021-22 | 33.4% | 20.0% |
| 2018-19 | 39.5% | 30.8% |
| 2017-18 | 45.1% | 36.5% |
| 2016-17 | 41.6% | 31.9% |
| 2015-16 | 38.0% | 34.0% |
| 2014-15 | 33.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
29.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 (29.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Elementary this school | 886 | 86.5% | 29.1% |
| Innovative Horizons Charter Perris | 894 | 85.6% | 29.4% |
| Railroad Canyon Elementary Lake Elsinore | 873 | 83.2% | 31.5% |
| Triple Crown Elementary Perris | 971 | 85.1% | 46.4% |
| Maple Elementary Hesperia | 988 | 84.0% | 27.2% |
| Mountain View Elementary Riverside | 851 | 82.8% | 33.8% |
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 Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #3,629 of 5,151 | #178 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.3% | #3,969 of 5,172 ▼ 188 | #196 of 283 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.9% | #3,227 of 5,172 ▲ 234 | #162 of 283 ▲ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.4pp | #2,161 of 5,116 | #137 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 886 | #188 of 5,915 | #27 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.7:1 | #4,731 of 5,352 | #270 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.2% | #4,215 of 5,354 | #226 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.5% | #1,527 of 5,625 | #116 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.6% | #2,487 of 3,837 | #129 of 207 |
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
886
-67 (-7%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 1,083
Student : Teacher
25.7:1
was 25.1:1
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 | 886 | 34.5 | 25.7:1 | 86% (766) |
| 2023-24 | 916 | 37.1 | 24.7:1 | 64% (585) |
| 2022-23 | 920 | 39 | 23.6:1 | 87% (798) |
| 2020-21 | 953 | 38 | 25.1:1 | 84% (804) |
| 2017-18 | 1,002 | 40.2 | 24.9:1 | 85% (856) |
| 2015-16 | 1,012 | 38 | 26.6:1 | 84% (852) |
| 2010-11 | 930 | N/A | N/A | 74% (689) |
| 2000-01 | 971 | 52 | 18.7:1 | 73% (704) |
| 1990-91 | 1,083 | 41 | 26.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (1,002 to 886); teachers down 14% (40.2 to 34.5).
About Jefferson Elementary
Riverside, California, is home to Jefferson Elementary, a large elementary school. A federal count lists 886 students at the school, in kindergarten through 6. An average school in this group (elementary schools in California) has about 465 students.
Riverside Unified includes 48 schools. Together they enroll 38,002 students.
Hispanic students are the large majority at Jefferson Elementary, with 87% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 4% White, 4% Black, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Riverside County's population at about 51%. Jefferson Elementary has a diversity index of 24%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 25.7:1 comes from the school's 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is lower than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 86% of students at Jefferson Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Riverside County is 74%.
Jefferson Elementary is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (29.1% versus 28.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
According to the American Community Survey, in Riverside County, median household income is about $93,074, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 543 public schools operate in Riverside County, serving about 424,872 students.
Ramona High is the public school closest to Jefferson Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. Jefferson Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Jefferson Elementary ranks 7th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 29.1% against a local average of 32.0%.
Jefferson Elementary is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment was 953 in 2020-21 and 886 in 2024-25, a decrease of 67 students.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Riverside County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,478,600
Census ACS
Median income
$93,074
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
543
424,872 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Riverside Unified
- Martin Luther King Jr. HighHigh · 2,699 students
- Polytechnic HighHigh · 2,484 students
- Ramona HighHigh · 2,142 students
- John W. North HighHigh · 2,011 students
- Arlington HighHigh · 1,920 students
- Mark Twain ElementaryElementary · 1,033 students
Other schools in Riverside
- Martin Luther King Jr. HighHigh · 2,699 students
- Polytechnic HighHigh · 2,484 students
- Ramona HighHigh · 2,142 students
- John W. North HighHigh · 2,011 students
- Arlington HighHigh · 1,920 students
- Norte Vista HighHigh · 1,804 students
Other Jefferson Elementary schools
143 other US public schools in 31 states are named Jefferson Elementary. Jefferson Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 144.
- Jefferson ElementaryLennox, CA · 716 students
- Jefferson ElementaryCompton, CA · 642 students
- Jefferson ElementaryCalexico, CA · 625 students
- Jefferson ElementarySanta Ana, CA · 616 students
- Jefferson ElementaryCorona, CA · 561 students
Nearby schools
- Ramona High0.6 mi · 2,142
- Adams Elementary0.7 mi · 487
- Sierra Middle0.8 mi · 829
- Monroe Elementary0.9 mi · 596
- Madison Elementary1.0 mi · 675
- Mountain View Elementary1.1 mi · 851
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson ElementaryHow large is Jefferson Elementary?
Jefferson Elementary enrolls approximately 886 students in grades KG-06.
Is Jefferson Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jefferson Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jefferson Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jefferson Elementary is approximately 25.7:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jefferson Elementary?
At Jefferson Elementary, the student body is approximately 4% White, 87% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Jefferson Elementary in?
Jefferson Elementary is part of Riverside Unified.
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