Jefferson Elementary

Jefferson Elementary is a reasonably sized primary school in San Leandro, California, one of the schools within San Leandro Unified. The school hosts 551 students in grades K through 5.

Across the 13 schools in San Leandro Unified (8,834 students total), Jefferson Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Jefferson Elementary logs that 67% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest looks like 15% Asian, 9% Black, 4% multiracial, 4% White. By comparison, Alameda County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Jefferson Elementary has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Alameda County (around 49%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Jefferson Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 28.9%; this one delivers 25.8%.

In the surrounding community, Alameda County reports that median household income runs about $129,367, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Alameda County runs 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), of which Jefferson Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: San Leandro Virtual Academy, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jefferson Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 28.5%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Jefferson Elementary's enrollment has declined 10% since 2018, when it stood at 609 (now 551). Black enrollment moved from 15% to 9% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 24.4:1 in 2018 to 20.4:1 in 2025.

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