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Which teacher or staff member at Jefferson deserves more recognition?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
735
Elementary
DISTRICT 613 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NATOMAS UNIFIED·NCES 060003601108
Jefferson
2001 Pebblewood, Sacramento, CA 95833 · (916) 567-5580 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL735 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-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
25.3:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
578 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 | 94 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 90 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 82 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 65 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 45% larger than its 8th grade class (65).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 77% · 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
30.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.6pp since 2014
Math
21.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.7pp 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 21 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 10 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.8% | 21.8% | 25.3% | 44.1% |
| Math | 7.3% | 14.0% | 26.7% | 52.0% |
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 | 30.6% | 21.3% |
| 2023-24 | 22.7% | 17.3% |
| 2022-23 | 21.0% | 12.2% |
| 2021-22 | 22.8% | 13.6% |
| 2018-19 | 29.1% | 27.9% |
| 2017-18 | 23.1% | 29.1% |
| 2016-17 | 18.1% | 25.3% |
| 2015-16 | 15.0% | 21.0% |
| 2014-15 | 21.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
22.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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
Jefferson's state test result (22.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson this school | 735 | 78.6% | 22.8% |
| Solano Widenmann Leadership Academy Vallejo | 615 | 83.3% | 13.8% |
| Coyote Canyon Elementary Rancho Cucamonga | 817 | 68.9% | 57.2% |
| Pulliam Elementary Stockton | 599 | 84.1% | 15.6% |
| Orchard Park Oakley | 751 | 72.6% | 31.1% |
| George Y. Komure Elementary Stockton | 752 | 81.0% | 21.4% |
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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.8% | #4,299 of 5,151 | #161 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.3% | #4,178 of 5,172 ▲ 280 | #159 of 217 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.6% | #3,925 of 5,172 ▲ 584 | #146 of 217 ▲ 32 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.7pp | #965 of 5,116 | #30 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 735 | #601 of 5,915 | #41 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.3:1 | #4,582 of 5,352 | #183 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.5% | #351 of 5,354 | #71 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.6% | #2,306 of 5,625 | #84 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +31.7% | #122 of 1,139 | #15 of 64 |
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
735
+30 (+4%) vs 2020
-2% since 2000-01, when it was 751
Student : Teacher
25.3:1
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 | 735 | 29 | 25.3:1 | 79% (578) |
| 2023-24 | 731 | 29 | 25.2:1 | 82% (597) |
| 2022-23 | 713 | 28.1 | 25.4:1 | 68% (484) |
| 2020-21 | 705 | 30 | 23.5:1 | 80% (567) |
| 2017-18 | 558 | 22 | 25.4:1 | 84% (471) |
| 2015-16 | 462 | 18 | 25.7:1 | 78% (362) |
| 2010-11 | 562 | N/A | N/A | 76% (428) |
| 2000-01 | 751 | 39 | 19.3:1 | 48% (364) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson.
Since 2017-18: students up 32% (558 to 735); teachers up 32% (22 to 29).
About Jefferson
Jefferson is a large elementary school with an address in Sacramento, California. The school serves 735 students in kindergarten through 8 in 2024-25. For comparison, elementary schools in California average about 465 students.
Enrollment across the 20 schools in Natomas Unified totals 14,902 students.
At Jefferson, the largest share of students is Hispanic, at 45%. Next come 18% Black, 15% Asian, 9% multiracial, and 8% White. The county population is about 24% Hispanic. Jefferson's diversity index is 72%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.3:1 at Jefferson, with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 3.0 above the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 79%. Among public schools in Sacramento County, the average eligibility rate is 63%.
allk12 grades Jefferson a C-. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school with Jefferson's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 33.5%. Jefferson scores 22.8%, 10.6 points below that line.
Census Bureau estimates for Sacramento County show that the median household income is $92,175, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Jefferson is one of 387 public schools in the county.
Nearest public school: Bannon Creek, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Jefferson is 4th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 4% enrollment increase, from 705 in 2020-21 to 735 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 23.5:1 to 25.3:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Jefferson. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Sacramento County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,594,006
Census ACS
Median income
$92,175
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
387
259,342 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Natomas Unified
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- H. Allen Hight ElementaryElementary · 760 students
Other schools in Sacramento
- Highlands Community CharterCombined · 11,713 students
- C. K. McClatchy HighHigh · 2,569 students
- Sheldon HighHigh · 2,368 students
- Inderkum HighHigh · 2,194 students
- Grant Union HighHigh · 1,987 students
- Rio Americano HighHigh · 1,891 students
Other Jefferson schools
12 other US public schools in 8 states are named Jefferson. Jefferson is the largest of the 13.
- JeffersonHawthorne, CA · 549 students
- JeffersonTracy, CA · 388 students
- Jefferson SchoolJefferson, LA · 619 students
- Jefferson SchoolIndependence, KS · 356 students
- JEFFERSON SCHOOLHUNTINGTON, NY · 297 students
Nearby schools
- Bannon Creek0.5 mi · 491
- Larry G. Meeks Academy0.5 mi · 169
- American Lakes0.8 mi · 625
- Natomas High0.8 mi · 1,157
- Discovery High1.1 mi · 130
- Leroy Greene Academy1.3 mi · 755
Frequently asked questions
About JeffersonHow large is Jefferson?
Jefferson enrolls approximately 735 students in grades KG-08.
Is Jefferson an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jefferson is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jefferson?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jefferson is approximately 25.3:1 (29 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Jefferson?
Jefferson reports a student body of 8% White, 45% Hispanic, 18% Black, 15% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Jefferson?
Jefferson is overseen by Natomas Unified in Sacramento County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.