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Alumni: what's one memory from Jefferson Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
488
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANGER UNIFIED·NCES 063525005972
Jefferson Elementary
1110 Tucker St., Sanger, CA 93657 · (559) 524-6250 · Fresno County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL488 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
23.3:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
438 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 | 86 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 64 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 34% larger than its 6th grade class (64).
Student demographics
10%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
47.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +27.8pp since 2014
Math
40.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +27.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 28 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 28 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 19.9% | 27.9% | 22.5% | 29.7% |
| Math | 21.7% | 19.2% | 28.6% | 30.4% |
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 | 47.8% | 40.9% |
| 2023-24 | 41.9% | 37.7% |
| 2022-23 | 39.1% | 33.8% |
| 2021-22 | 37.5% | 30.4% |
| 2018-19 | 37.8% | 30.4% |
| 2017-18 | 33.7% | 21.7% |
| 2016-17 | 25.4% | 23.4% |
| 2015-16 | 32.0% | 20.0% |
| 2014-15 | 20.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
41.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 27% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in California's top 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 (41.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Elementary this school | 488 | 89.8% | 41.7% |
| Theodore Roosevelt Elementary Indio | 490 | 90.4% | 19.0% |
| Echo Valley Elementary Salinas | 502 | 89.2% | 18.8% |
| Frank Ledesma Elementary Soledad | 464 | 89.7% | 27.0% |
| Tweedy Elementary South Gate | 471 | 90.2% | 35.6% |
| Whittier Elementary Costa Mesa | 454 | 89.4% | 26.4% |
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 Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #2,329 of 5,151 | #68 of 185 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #2,227 of 5,172 ▲ 141 | #63 of 185 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #2,207 of 5,172 ▲ 317 | #65 of 185 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.4pp | #566 of 5,116 | #30 of 182 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 488 | #2,593 of 5,915 | #119 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.3:1 | #3,247 of 5,352 | #143 of 190 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.9% | #4,935 of 5,354 | #175 of 190 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.8% | #1,132 of 5,625 | #81 of 199 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.3% | #267 of 1,139 | #16 of 49 |
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
488
-16 (-3%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 455
Student : Teacher
23.3:1
was 24.0:1
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 | 488 | 20.9 | 23.3:1 | 90% (438) |
| 2023-24 | 508 | 20.8 | 24.5:1 | 89% (454) |
| 2022-23 | 496 | 20.9 | 23.8:1 | 90% (448) |
| 2020-21 | 504 | 21 | 24.0:1 | 84% (423) |
| 2017-18 | 409 | 17.3 | 23.6:1 | 93% (381) |
| 2015-16 | 415 | 16 | 25.9:1 | 95% (394) |
| 2010-11 | 380 | N/A | N/A | 94% (358) |
| 2000-01 | 409 | 21 | 19.5:1 | 96% (392) |
| 1990-91 | 455 | 17 | 26.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (409 to 488); teachers up 21% (17.3 to 20.9).
About Jefferson Elementary
Jefferson Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school for students in Sanger, California. The school serves 488 students in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25.
The district for Jefferson Elementary is Sanger Unified, with 20 schools and 13,313 students.
Jefferson Elementary enrolls a student body that is 95% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 2% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Fresno County's population at about 55%. The chance that two students picked at random at Jefferson Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 10%.
Federal staffing data show 20.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at Jefferson Elementary and a ratio of 23.3:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, lower than at this school. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 90% of enrollment. That is 15 points above the 75% average for public schools in Fresno County.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Jefferson Elementary receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Jefferson Elementary ranks in the top 10% in California. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 41.7%, against a prediction of 26.9%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Fresno County show that median household income is about $74,201, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. Jefferson Elementary is one of 368 public schools in Fresno County, which together enroll about 206,072 students.
Of nearby public schools, Wilson Elementary is the closest, at about 0.6 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Jefferson Elementary comes in 2nd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Town: Fringe.
The number of students dropped from 504 to 488 over 4 years.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Fresno County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,016,725
Census ACS
Median income
$74,201
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
368
206,072 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sanger Unified
- Sanger HighHigh · 2,426 students
- Washington Academic MiddleMiddle · 1,539 students
- Sanger West HighHigh · 1,438 students
- John S. Wash ElementaryElementary · 838 students
- Fairmont ElementaryElementary · 744 students
- Sequoia ElementaryElementary · 696 students
Other schools in Sanger
- Sanger HighHigh · 2,426 students
- Washington Academic MiddleMiddle · 1,539 students
- Fairmont ElementaryElementary · 744 students
- Sanger Academy CharterElementary · 609 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 505 students
- Ronald W. Reagan ElementaryElementary · 472 students
Other Jefferson Elementary schools
143 other US public schools in 31 states are named Jefferson Elementary. Jefferson Elementary is the 31st 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
- Wilson Elementary0.6 mi · 448
- Community Day0.6 mi · 34
- Washington Academic Middle0.9 mi · 1,539
- Lincoln Elementary0.9 mi · 505
- Kings River High (Continuation)1.1 mi · 89
- Jackson Elementary1.3 mi · 374
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Jefferson Elementary?
Jefferson Elementary enrolls approximately 488 students in grades KG-06.
Is Jefferson Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jefferson Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Jefferson Elementary have?
Jefferson Elementary employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Jefferson Elementary?
Student demographics at Jefferson Elementary are roughly 2% White, 95% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Jefferson Elementary in?
Jefferson Elementary is part of Sanger Unified.
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