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Enrollment
948
Middle
DISTRICT 884 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADERA UNIFIED·NCES 062334003555
Thomas Jefferson Middle
1407 Sunset Ave., Madera, CA 93637 · (559) 673-9286 · Madera County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL948 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.4:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
831 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 438 | 46% |
| Grade 8 | 510 | 54% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
36.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.0pp since 2014
Math
12.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -9.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 1 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.4% | 27.7% | 28.7% | 35.3% |
| Math | 5.1% | 7.8% | 23.0% | 64.1% |
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 | 36.0% | 12.9% |
| 2023-24 | 35.1% | 12.8% |
| 2022-23 | 35.7% | 11.4% |
| 2021-22 | 35.3% | 12.4% |
| 2018-19 | 38.5% | 18.1% |
| 2017-18 | 39.6% | 19.9% |
| 2016-17 | 40.8% | 19.3% |
| 2015-16 | 39.0% | 20.0% |
| 2014-15 | 35.0% | 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
24.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% 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 Middle
Thomas Jefferson Middle's state test result (24.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Jefferson Middle this school | 948 | 87.7% | 24.3% |
| Loma Vista Middle Riverside | 1,027 | 89.1% | 27.6% |
| Harry S. Truman Middle Fontana | 883 | 89.2% | 24.8% |
| Kunst (Tommie) Junior High Santa Maria | 912 | 87.5% | 25.8% |
| Los Banos Junior High Los Banos | 938 | 84.3% | 25.2% |
| Richard E. Byrd Middle Sun Valley | 933 | 89.1% | 31.9% |
Matched among California middle 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 Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Madera County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.3% | #930 of 1,224 | #5 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.9% | #1,067 of 1,227 ▼ 32 | #7 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #824 of 1,227 ▼ 40 | #4 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.6pp | #794 of 1,214 | #5 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 948 | #248 of 1,377 | #1 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #313 of 1,279 | #3 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.2% | #1,050 of 1,278 | #5 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.7% | #357 of 1,329 | #4 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.5% | #136 of 257 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
948
-30 (-3%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 1,189
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 20.8:1
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 | 948 | 50 | 19.0:1 | 88% (831) |
| 2023-24 | 1,026 | 48.2 | 21.3:1 | 85% (876) |
| 2022-23 | 968 | 49.4 | 19.6:1 | 85% (827) |
| 2020-21 | 978 | 47 | 20.8:1 | 86% (844) |
| 2017-18 | 899 | 38.9 | 23.1:1 | 85% (763) |
| 2015-16 | 813 | 35 | 23.2:1 | 79% (641) |
| 2010-11 | 984 | N/A | N/A | 68% (671) |
| 2000-01 | 954 | 47 | 20.3:1 | 63% (603) |
| 1990-91 | 1,189 | 58 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomas Jefferson Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (899 to 948); teachers up 29% (38.9 to 50).
About Thomas Jefferson Middle
Thomas Jefferson Middle is a medium-sized middle school that serves part of Madera, California. The school enrolls 948 students, from grades 7 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in California) has about 659 students.
Thomas Jefferson Middle sits within Madera Unified, which has 28 schools and 19,922 students.
Most students at Thomas Jefferson Middle are Hispanic: 89% of enrollment. The remaining students are 5% White and 2% multiracial. Census figures show Madera County is about 61% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Thomas Jefferson Middle comes in at 20%.
The school reports 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 19.0 students per teacher. For comparison, middle schools in California average 20.7:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 88% of students.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 28.2% for Thomas Jefferson Middle. The school posts 24.3%, 3.9 points below the prediction.
Madera County has these Census figures: median household income is about $76,627, roughly 18% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. The public schools of Madera County number 81 and enroll about 32,251.
John Adams Elementary is the public school closest to Thomas Jefferson Middle, about 0.4 miles away. Thomas Jefferson Middle has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 28.4% on proficiency, and Thomas Jefferson Middle is below that at 24.3%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Small: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Thomas Jefferson Middle had 978 students in 2020-21 and 948 in 2024-25, a 3% decrease. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 20.8:1 to 19.0:1.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Madera County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
160,940
Census ACS
Median income
$76,627
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
81
32,251 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Madera Unified
- Matilda Torres HighHigh · 2,017 students
- Madera HighHigh · 1,869 students
- Madera South HighHigh · 1,859 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleMiddle · 865 students
- Jack G. Desmond MiddleMiddle · 838 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 816 students
Other schools in Madera
- Matilda Torres HighHigh · 2,017 students
- Madera HighHigh · 1,869 students
- Madera South HighHigh · 1,859 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleMiddle · 865 students
- Jack G. Desmond MiddleMiddle · 838 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 816 students
Other Thomas Jefferson Middle schools
17 other US public schools in 12 states are named Thomas Jefferson Middle. Thomas Jefferson Middle is the 3rd largest of the 18.
- Thomas Jefferson MiddleIndio, CA · 591 students
- Thomas Jefferson MiddleWasco, CA · 591 students
- Thomas Jefferson Middle SchoolFAIR LAWN, NJ · 1,100 students
- Thomas Jefferson Middle SchoolEDISON, NJ · 954 students
- Thomas Jefferson MiddleLouisville, KY · 943 students
Nearby schools
- John Adams Elementary0.4 mi · 736
- Madera High0.7 mi · 1,869
- James Madison Elementary0.9 mi · 739
- George Washington Elementary1.0 mi · 578
- Gould Educational Center1.2 mi · 351
- Alpha Elementary1.4 mi · 735
Frequently asked questions
About Thomas Jefferson MiddleHow large is Thomas Jefferson Middle?
Thomas Jefferson Middle enrolls approximately 948 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Thomas Jefferson Middle serve?
Thomas Jefferson Middle serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Thomas Jefferson Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Thomas Jefferson Middle is approximately 19.0:1 (50 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Thomas Jefferson Middle?
At Thomas Jefferson Middle, the student body is approximately 5% White, 89% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Thomas Jefferson Middle in?
Thomas Jefferson Middle is part of Madera Unified.
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