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Enrollment
551
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN LEANDRO UNIFIED·NCES 063468005834
Jefferson Elementary
14300 Bancroft Ave., San Leandro, CA 94578 · (510) 618-4310 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL551 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
468 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 | 111 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (111) is 31% larger than its 5th grade class (85).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
31.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.3pp since 2014
Math
24.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.2% | 20.1% | 23.9% | 44.8% |
| Math | 7.8% | 17.0% | 28.8% | 46.5% |
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 | 31.3% | 24.7% |
| 2023-24 | 29.1% | 22.5% |
| 2022-23 | 27.7% | 18.9% |
| 2021-22 | 25.8% | 21.4% |
| 2018-19 | 28.9% | 26.6% |
| 2017-18 | 26.4% | 23.8% |
| 2016-17 | 25.5% | 20.1% |
| 2015-16 | 30.0% | 19.0% |
| 2014-15 | 23.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
27.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 (27.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Elementary this school | 551 | 84.9% | 27.0% |
| John R. Williams Stockton | 555 | 84.9% | 25.8% |
| Cleveland Elementary Stockton | 587 | 84.0% | 28.6% |
| Whittier Elementary Long Beach | 526 | 87.3% | 25.5% |
| Olivia Nieto Herrera Elementary Long Beach | 615 | 87.2% | 32.4% |
| Montalvin Manor Elementary San Pablo | 474 | 82.9% | 30.5% |
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 Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #3,856 of 5,151 | #143 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #3,802 of 5,172 ▲ 98 | #143 of 192 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #3,847 of 5,172 ▲ 28 | #140 of 192 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.4pp | #1,853 of 5,116 | #40 of 187 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 551 | #1,858 of 5,915 | #62 of 216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.4:1 | #1,161 of 5,352 | #25 of 201 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.6% | #2,647 of 5,354 | #142 of 201 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.9% | #1,673 of 5,625 | #44 of 211 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.5% | #2,761 of 3,837 | #109 of 138 |
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
551
+11 (+2%) vs 2020
+28% since 1990-91, when it was 431
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
was 23.5:1
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 | 551 | 27 | 20.4:1 | 85% (468) |
| 2023-24 | 558 | 26 | 21.5:1 | 81% (454) |
| 2022-23 | 522 | 24 | 21.8:1 | 81% (423) |
| 2020-21 | 540 | 23 | 23.5:1 | 71% (385) |
| 2017-18 | 609 | 25 | 24.4:1 | 78% (477) |
| 2015-16 | 610 | 23 | 26.5:1 | 76% (465) |
| 2010-11 | 584 | N/A | N/A | 64% (373) |
| 2000-01 | 485 | 27 | 18.0:1 | 41% (199) |
| 1990-91 | 431 | 17 | 25.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (609 to 551); teachers up 8% (25 to 27).
About Jefferson Elementary
Jefferson Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school with an address in San Leandro, California. It teaches 551 students in kindergarten through 5.
San Leandro Unified has a total of 13 schools and 8,834 students, Jefferson Elementary among them.
About 67% of the student body at Jefferson Elementary is Hispanic. Other students are 15% Asian, 9% Black, 4% multiracial, and 4% White. By comparison, Alameda County residents are about 23% Hispanic. A diversity index of 52% means there is a 52% chance two randomly chosen students at Jefferson Elementary are from different groups.
On staff are 27 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 20.4:1. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. About 85% of students at Jefferson Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Alameda County average 49%.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Jefferson Elementary's results are 2.8 points below predicted: 27.0% against 29.8%.
Alameda County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $129,367 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 52%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Public schools in Alameda County number 394, with about 210,511 students.
San Leandro Virtual Academy is about 0.3 miles from Jefferson Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Jefferson Elementary ranks 5th on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (540) to 2024-25 (551). By 2024-25, the school had 20.4 students per teacher, compared with 23.5 in 2020-21.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Jefferson Elementary. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Alameda County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,649,473
Census ACS
Median income
$129,367
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
394
210,511 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in San Leandro Unified
- San Leandro HighHigh · 2,510 students
- John Muir MiddleMiddle · 969 students
- Bancroft MiddleMiddle · 948 students
- Halkin ElementaryElementary · 724 students
- Madison ElementaryElementary · 694 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryElementary · 524 students
Other schools in San Leandro
- San Leandro HighHigh · 2,510 students
- John Muir MiddleMiddle · 969 students
- Bancroft MiddleMiddle · 948 students
- Halkin ElementaryElementary · 724 students
- Madison ElementaryElementary · 694 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryElementary · 524 students
Other Jefferson Elementary schools
143 other US public schools in 31 states are named Jefferson Elementary. Jefferson Elementary is the 20th 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
- San Leandro Virtual Academy0.3 mi · 102
- San Leandro High0.5 mi · 2,510
- McKinley Elementary0.8 mi · 454
- Alameda County Juvenile Hall/Court1.0 mi · 56
- Monroe Elementary1.1 mi · 410
- Bancroft Middle1.2 mi · 948
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson ElementaryHow many students attend Jefferson Elementary?
Jefferson Elementary enrolls approximately 551 students in grades KG-05.
Is Jefferson Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jefferson Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Jefferson Elementary?
Approximately 20.4:1 students per teacher at Jefferson Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Jefferson Elementary?
Student demographics at Jefferson Elementary are roughly 4% White, 67% Hispanic, 9% Black, 15% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Jefferson Elementary in?
Jefferson Elementary is part of San Leandro Unified.
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