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What's the biggest difference between Jefferson Elementary and what you expected?
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Enrollment
616
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA ANA UNIFIED·NCES 063531005991
Jefferson Elementary
1522 West Adams St., Santa Ana, CA 92704 · (714) 431-3800 · Orange County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL616 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
20.4:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
515 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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 | 151 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (151) is 76% larger than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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
27.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.2pp since 2014
Math
31.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +10.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.7% | 16.5% | 18.4% | 54.4% |
| Math | 12.1% | 19.1% | 29.8% | 39.0% |
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 | 27.2% | 31.3% |
| 2023-24 | 29.7% | 37.9% |
| 2022-23 | 29.6% | 29.1% |
| 2021-22 | 30.2% | 29.8% |
| 2018-19 | 26.2% | 31.3% |
| 2017-18 | 28.1% | 29.9% |
| 2016-17 | 29.3% | 33.0% |
| 2015-16 | 31.0% | 28.0% |
| 2014-15 | 23.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
31.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 (31.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Elementary this school | 616 | 83.6% | 31.4% |
| Sunkist Elementary Anaheim | 665 | 84.2% | 22.1% |
| Cypress Elementary Fontana | 572 | 85.3% | 19.8% |
| Rio Vista Elementary Anaheim | 647 | 83.9% | 28.0% |
| Ruth Grimes Elementary Bloomington | 606 | 85.5% | 44.3% |
| Dr. Reynaldo J. Carreon Jr. Academy Indio | 592 | 81.1% | 30.4% |
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 Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #3,343 of 5,151 | #308 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #3,100 of 5,172 ▼ 749 | #297 of 382 ▼ 35 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.2% | #4,250 of 5,172 ▼ 435 | #353 of 382 ▼ 27 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.7pp | #1,583 of 5,116 | #117 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 616 | #1,258 of 5,915 | #90 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.4:1 | #1,183 of 5,352 | #47 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.1% | #4,582 of 5,354 | #349 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.6% | #1,820 of 5,625 | #92 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.1% | #2,144 of 3,837 | #207 of 324 |
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
616
-35 (-5%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 870
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
was 22.4:1
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 | 616 | 30.1 | 20.4:1 | 84% (515) |
| 2023-24 | 609 | 30.4 | 20.1:1 | 67% (411) |
| 2022-23 | 609 | 31.5 | 19.3:1 | 64% (388) |
| 2020-21 | 651 | 29 | 22.4:1 | 76% (496) |
| 2017-18 | 717 | 33 | 21.7:1 | 76% (546) |
| 2015-16 | 773 | 35 | 22.1:1 | 80% (619) |
| 2010-11 | 961 | N/A | N/A | 81% (783) |
| 2000-01 | 1,008 | 50 | 20.2:1 | 66% (664) |
| 1990-91 | 870 | 34 | 25.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (717 to 616); teachers down 9% (33 to 30.1).
About Jefferson Elementary
Jefferson Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Santa Ana, California, (ZIP code 92704). It had 616 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in California enroll about 465 students on average.
The Santa Ana Unified system has 51 schools and 35,993 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Jefferson Elementary is 91%. Enrollment also includes 4% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 57 points above the 34% share among Orange County residents. The diversity index for Jefferson Elementary is 17%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 20.4:1 is based on 30.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 84%. For comparison, public schools in Orange County average 55%.
On the allk12 Grade, Jefferson Elementary lands at C, ahead of 34% of California public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Jefferson Elementary is +0.9 points: 31.4% actual, 30.6% predicted.
American Community Survey estimates for Orange County show that median household income comes to about $116,289, roughly 44% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Orange County counts 649 public schools with about 430,458 students.
Jefferson Elementary is about 0.4 miles from McFadden Institute of Technology, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Jefferson Elementary ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Jefferson Elementary's location as City: Large.
Enrollment was 616 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 651. The ratio of students to teachers went from 22.4:1 to 20.4:1 over the same years.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,165,820
Census ACS
Median income
$116,289
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
649
430,458 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Santa Ana Unified
- Santa Ana HighHigh · 2,505 students
- Segerstrom HighHigh · 2,376 students
- Valley HighHigh · 1,908 students
- Hector G. GodinezHigh · 1,687 students
- Century HighHigh · 1,519 students
- Saddleback HighHigh · 1,451 students
Other schools in Santa Ana
- Santa Ana HighHigh · 2,505 students
- Segerstrom HighHigh · 2,376 students
- OCSAHigh · 2,346 students
- Foothill HighHigh · 2,126 students
- Valley HighHigh · 1,908 students
- Hector G. GodinezHigh · 1,687 students
Other Jefferson Elementary schools
143 other US public schools in 31 states are named Jefferson Elementary. Jefferson Elementary is the 12th 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 ElementaryCorona, CA · 561 students
Nearby schools
- McFadden Institute of Technology0.4 mi · 1,074
- Adams Elementary0.6 mi · 320
- Saddleback High0.7 mi · 1,451
- Washington Elementary0.8 mi · 529
- Segerstrom High0.8 mi · 2,376
- Douglas MacArthur Fundamental Intermediate0.9 mi · 1,005
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Jefferson Elementary?
Jefferson Elementary enrolls approximately 616 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Jefferson Elementary serve?
Jefferson Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 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 2% White, 91% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Jefferson Elementary in?
Jefferson Elementary is part of Santa Ana Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.