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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Thomas Jefferson Elementary administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
815
Elementary
DISTRICT 644 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GLENDALE UNIFIED·NCES 061524001934
Thomas Jefferson Elementary
1540 Fifth St., Glendale, CA 91201 · (818) 243-4279 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL815 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 55% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
24.7:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
511 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 132 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 135 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 110 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 123 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 112 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 112 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (132) is 18% larger than its 6th grade class (112).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
49.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.3pp since 2014
Math
48.2%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 23.3% | 26.4% | 22.4% | 28.0% |
| Math | 27.5% | 20.6% | 27.5% | 24.3% |
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 | 49.7% | 48.2% |
| 2023-24 | 46.3% | 45.6% |
| 2022-23 | 51.9% | 44.5% |
| 2021-22 | 54.7% | 52.3% |
| 2018-19 | 58.2% | 55.5% |
| 2017-18 | 51.0% | 47.6% |
| 2016-17 | 52.5% | 50.0% |
| 2015-16 | 53.0% | 49.0% |
| 2014-15 | 53.0% | 52.0% |
% 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
47.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 (47.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary this school | 815 | 62.7% | 47.4% |
| Balboa Elementary Glendale | 799 | 60.2% | 48.2% |
| R. D. White Elementary Glendale | 948 | 62.4% | 50.4% |
| Gateway International Sacramento | 628 | 65.6% | N/A |
| Evergreen Elementary Cottonwood | 541 | 60.1% | 52.0% |
| Vista Grande Elementary El Cajon | 633 | 61.3% | 50.9% |
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 | 47.4% | #1,895 of 5,151 | #432 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.2% | #1,706 of 5,172 ▲ 73 | #402 of 1,129 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #2,061 of 5,172 ▲ 100 | #469 of 1,129 ▲ 25 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.6pp | #637 of 5,116 | #99 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 815 | #345 of 5,915 | #53 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.7:1 | #4,245 of 5,352 | #960 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.2% | #4,413 of 5,354 | #873 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.7% | #3,346 of 5,625 | #919 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.3% | #265 of 1,139 | #50 of 181 |
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
815
+143 (+21%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 695
Student : Teacher
24.7:1
was 24.9:1
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 | 815 | 33 | 24.7:1 | 63% (511) |
| 2023-24 | 796 | 34 | 23.4:1 | 77% (609) |
| 2022-23 | 750 | 29 | 25.9:1 | 70% (523) |
| 2020-21 | 672 | 27 | 24.9:1 | 68% (458) |
| 2017-18 | 683 | 26 | 26.3:1 | 77% (523) |
| 2015-16 | 650 | 27 | 24.1:1 | 75% (489) |
| 2010-11 | 569 | N/A | N/A | 75% (429) |
| 2000-01 | 737 | 37 | 19.9:1 | 88% (651) |
| 1990-91 | 695 | 26 | 26.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomas Jefferson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (683 to 815); teachers up 27% (26 to 33).
About Thomas Jefferson Elementary
Thomas Jefferson Elementary is one of the public schools in Glendale, California. It is a high-enrollment elementary school. It teaches 815 students in kindergarten through 6. It has 75% more students than the average for elementary schools in California (about 465).
Thomas Jefferson Elementary is run by Glendale Unified, whose 32 schools enroll 25,294 students.
Thomas Jefferson Elementary is 89% White by enrollment. Next come 6% Hispanic and 2% Asian. That compares with about 31% White among all Los Angeles County residents. The diversity index for Thomas Jefferson Elementary is 20%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
A staff of 33 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 24.7:1. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 2.4 students per teacher. By family income, 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Thomas Jefferson Elementary lands at B, ahead of 55% of California public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Thomas Jefferson Elementary is 4.6 points above its prediction. Actual: 47.4%. Predicted: 42.8%.
The school's county is Los Angeles County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 2,244 public schools in the county, enrolling about 1,265,907, Thomas Jefferson Elementary among them.
About 0.7 miles separate Thomas Jefferson Elementary from the closest public school, Balboa Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Thomas Jefferson Elementary is 5th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES assigns Thomas Jefferson Elementary the locale City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 672 to 815, a 21% gain.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Thomas Jefferson Elementary. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Glendale Unified
- Crescenta Valley HighHigh · 2,624 students
- Glendale HighHigh · 2,066 students
- Herbert Hoover HighHigh · 1,590 students
- Eleanor J. Toll MiddleMiddle · 1,412 students
- Rosemont MiddleMiddle · 1,221 students
- Woodrow Wilson MiddleMiddle · 1,182 students
Other schools in Glendale
- Glendale HighHigh · 2,066 students
- Herbert Hoover HighHigh · 1,590 students
- Eleanor J. Toll MiddleMiddle · 1,412 students
- Woodrow Wilson MiddleMiddle · 1,182 students
- Mark Keppel ElementaryElementary · 955 students
- R. D. White ElementaryElementary · 948 students
Other Thomas Jefferson Elementary schools
27 other US public schools in 15 states are named Thomas Jefferson Elementary. Thomas Jefferson Elementary is the largest of the 28.
- Thomas Jefferson ElementaryBurbank, CA · 758 students
- Thomas Jefferson ElementaryBellflower, CA · 457 students
- Thomas Jefferson ElementaryRoseville, CA · 302 students
- Thomas Jefferson ElementaryLouisa, VA · 672 students
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary SchoolJoliet, IL · 646 students
Nearby schools
- Balboa Elementary0.7 mi · 799
- Benjamin Franklin Elementary0.8 mi · 608
- Mark Keppel Elementary0.9 mi · 955
- Eleanor J. Toll Middle0.9 mi · 1,412
- Herbert Hoover High1.0 mi · 1,590
- Joaquin Miller Elementary1.1 mi · 730
Frequently asked questions
About Thomas Jefferson ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Thomas Jefferson Elementary?
Thomas Jefferson Elementary enrolls approximately 815 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Thomas Jefferson Elementary serve?
Thomas Jefferson Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Thomas Jefferson Elementary?
Approximately 24.7:1 students per teacher at Thomas Jefferson Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Thomas Jefferson Elementary?
At Thomas Jefferson Elementary, the student body is approximately 89% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Thomas Jefferson Elementary in?
Thomas Jefferson Elementary is part of Glendale Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.