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Enrollment
457
Elementary
DISTRICT 476 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLFLOWER UNIFIED·NCES 060444000398
Thomas Jefferson Elementary
10027 East Rose St., Bellflower, CA 90706 · (562) 804-6521 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL457 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
25.0:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
399 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 70 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (70).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
48.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +14.0pp since 2014
Math
34.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +12.4pp 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 34 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 14 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 20.1% | 27.8% | 23.8% | 28.2% |
| Math | 14.1% | 20.3% | 32.3% | 33.3% |
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 | 48.0% | 34.4% |
| 2023-24 | 44.2% | 31.1% |
| 2022-23 | 39.4% | 29.5% |
| 2021-22 | 36.1% | 28.2% |
| 2018-19 | 47.0% | 29.8% |
| 2017-18 | 45.1% | 25.4% |
| 2016-17 | 41.0% | 25.1% |
| 2015-16 | 41.0% | 18.0% |
| 2014-15 | 34.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
39.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Thomas Jefferson Elementary
Thomas Jefferson Elementary's state test result (39.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary this school | 457 | 87.3% | 39.4% |
| Craig Williams Elementary Lakewood | 478 | 87.2% | 30.3% |
| Cleo Gordon Elementary Fairfield | 464 | 90.5% | 17.6% |
| Stevenson Elementary Long Beach | 438 | 88.1% | 36.0% |
| Washington Hawthorne | 418 | 90.2% | 43.7% |
| Bear Gulch Elementary Rancho Cucamonga | 443 | 84.0% | 24.0% |
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 Thomas Jefferson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #2,550 of 5,151 | #621 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #2,796 of 5,172 ▲ 161 | #715 of 1,129 ▲ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #2,193 of 5,172 ▲ 136 | #511 of 1,129 ▲ 23 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.1pp | #732 of 5,116 | #259 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 457 | #2,928 of 5,915 | #597 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.0:1 | #4,446 of 5,352 | #1,005 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.1% | #2,516 of 5,354 | #395 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.3% | #1,428 of 5,625 | #543 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.0% | #1,640 of 3,837 | #548 of 947 |
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
457
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 667
Student : Teacher
25.0:1
was 24.4:1
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 | 457 | 18.3 | 25.0:1 | 87% (399) |
| 2023-24 | 493 | 19.3 | 25.6:1 | 90% (442) |
| 2022-23 | 465 | 19.6 | 23.7:1 | 82% (382) |
| 2020-21 | 463 | 19 | 24.4:1 | 83% (384) |
| 2017-18 | 557 | 23 | 24.2:1 | 86% (480) |
| 2015-16 | 607 | 25 | 24.3:1 | 87% (526) |
| 2010-11 | 725 | N/A | N/A | 89% (646) |
| 2000-01 | 806 | 39 | 20.7:1 | 71% (574) |
| 1990-91 | 667 | 24 | 27.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomas Jefferson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (557 to 457); teachers down 21% (23 to 18.3).
About Thomas Jefferson Elementary
Thomas Jefferson Elementary is a public elementary school in Bellflower, California. The school counts 457 students across kindergarten through 6.
Bellflower Unified has a total of 15 schools and 9,573 students, Thomas Jefferson Elementary among them.
At Thomas Jefferson Elementary, Hispanic students make up 66% of the student body. The next largest groups are 15% Black, 8% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 5% White. The school's Hispanic share is 17 points above the 48% share among Los Angeles County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 53% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.0:1 at Thomas Jefferson Elementary, with 18.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. On average, elementary schools in California have 22.3:1, compared with 25.0:1 here. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 87% of enrollment. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Los Angeles County is 70%.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 28.4%. Thomas Jefferson Elementary scores 39.4%.
Los Angeles County has these Census figures: the median household income is $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. In all, Los Angeles County has 2,244 public schools and roughly 1,265,907 students.
Mayfair High is located about 0.5 miles from Thomas Jefferson Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Thomas Jefferson Elementary is 4th of 7 on proficiency.
Thomas Jefferson Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment at Thomas Jefferson Elementary was 463 in 2020-21 and 457 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
Questions about school safety, transportation, and start times can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bellflower Unified
- Mayfair HighHigh · 2,422 students
- Bellflower HighHigh · 1,997 students
- Intensive Learning CenterElementary · 646 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 579 students
- Esther Lindstrom ElementaryElementary · 552 students
- Stephen Foster ElementaryElementary · 501 students
Other schools in Bellflower
- Bellflower HighHigh · 1,997 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 579 students
- Ramona ElementaryElementary · 454 students
- Frank E. Woodruff ElementaryElementary · 444 students
- Ernie Pyle ElementaryElementary · 341 students
- Albert Baxter ElementaryElementary · 309 students
Other Thomas Jefferson Elementary schools
27 other US public schools in 15 states are named Thomas Jefferson Elementary. Thomas Jefferson Elementary is the 11th largest of the 28.
- Thomas Jefferson ElementaryGlendale, CA · 815 students
- Thomas Jefferson ElementaryBurbank, CA · 758 students
- Thomas Jefferson ElementaryRoseville, CA · 302 students
- Thomas Jefferson ElementaryLouisa, VA · 672 students
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary SchoolJoliet, IL · 646 students
Nearby schools
- Mayfair High0.5 mi · 2,422
- Las Flores Home Education Independent Study Academy0.5 mi · 280
- Esther Lindstrom Elementary0.8 mi · 552
- Craig Williams Elementary0.8 mi · 478
- Bellflower Alternative Education Center0.8 mi · 9
- Stephen Foster Elementary1.0 mi · 501
Frequently asked questions
About Thomas Jefferson ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Thomas Jefferson Elementary?
Thomas Jefferson Elementary enrolls approximately 457 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Thomas Jefferson Elementary serve?
Thomas Jefferson Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Thomas Jefferson Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Thomas Jefferson Elementary is approximately 25.0:1 (18 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Thomas Jefferson Elementary?
Thomas Jefferson Elementary reports a student body of 5% White, 66% Hispanic, 15% Black, 8% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Thomas Jefferson Elementary in?
Thomas Jefferson Elementary is part of Bellflower Unified.
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