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If you could change one rule at JEFFERSON SCHOOLS K-12, what would it be?
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Enrollment
669
Combined
DISTRICT 351 · STATE 353
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON·NCES 120099001084
JEFFERSON SCHOOLS K-12
50 DAVID RD, MONTICELLO, FL 32344 · (850) 997-3555 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL669 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of Florida public K-12 schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
493 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 5 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 41 | 6% |
| Grade 7 | 49 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 59 | 9% |
| Grade 9 | 43 | 6% |
| Grade 10 | 46 | 7% |
| Grade 11 | 49 | 7% |
| Grade 12 | 42 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 8% smaller than its 8th grade class (59).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 70% · 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
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
40.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +8.1pp since 2023
Math
40.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.2% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.1% | 37.4% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. 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
38.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Florida 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 Florida'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 SCHOOLS K-12
JEFFERSON SCHOOLS K-12's state test result (38.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JEFFERSON SCHOOLS K-12 this school | 669 | 73.7% | 38.2% |
| GRACEVILLE SCHOOL GRACEVILLE | 400 | 64.3% | 41.1% |
| VILLAGE ACADEMY ON THE ART & SARA JO KOBACKER CAMPUS DELRAY BEACH | 648 | 82.9% | 40.7% |
| MALONE SCHOOL MALONE | 559 | 54.9% | 61.5% |
| LAUREL HILL SCHOOL LAUREL HILL | 432 | 69.2% | 54.5% |
| FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 519 | 100.0% | 41.0% |
Matched among Florida K-12 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 SCHOOLS K-12 ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Florida |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #24 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #23 of 25 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #24 of 25 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 669 | #17 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #15 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.8% | #19 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.7% | #13 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +79.8% | #2 of 15 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
669
+329 (+97%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 926
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 669 | 49 | 13.7:1 | 74% (493) |
| 2023-24 | 663 | 47 | 14.1:1 | 61% (406) |
| 2022-23 | 715 | 50 | 14.3:1 | 58% (413) |
| 2020-21 | 340 | 19 | 17.9:1 | 77% (262) |
| 2017-18 | 372 | 33 | 11.3:1 | 90% (333) |
| 2015-16 | 437 | 31 | 14.1:1 | 82% (359) |
| 2010-11 | 581 | 36 | 16.1:1 | 76% (443) |
| 2000-01 | 742 | 49 | 15.1:1 | 79% (583) |
| 1990-91 | 926 | 59 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JEFFERSON SCHOOLS K-12.
About JEFFERSON SCHOOLS K-12
Located in MONTICELLO, Florida, JEFFERSON SCHOOLS K-12 is a high-enrollment combined-grade school. Students in pre-K through 12 attend the school, which enrolls 669 students. The average among combined schools in Florida is roughly 353 students; this school is 90% larger than that.
JEFFERSON SCHOOLS K-12 falls under JEFFERSON, which has 2 schools enrolling 701 students.
A majority of students at JEFFERSON SCHOOLS K-12, 57%, are Black. The rest of enrollment is 20% Hispanic, 18% White, and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Jefferson County, the Black share is about 28%. The chance that two students picked at random at JEFFERSON SCHOOLS K-12 belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 60%.
Teacher staffing is 49 full-time equivalents, or about 13.7 students per teacher. The 17.7:1 average for combined schools in Florida is higher than this school's figure. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 74%. Across public schools in Jefferson County, the average is about the same, 74%.
JEFFERSON SCHOOLS K-12 is graded D by allk12, scoring above 12% of Florida public K-12 schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, JEFFERSON SCHOOLS K-12 falls in the middle 80% of Florida schools: 38.2% actual against 44.2% predicted.
Jefferson County census figures show that median household income is about $61,212, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 16%. A total of 6 public schools operate in Jefferson County, serving about 701 students.
The closest public school to JEFFERSON SCHOOLS K-12 is TURNING POINT, about 3.5 miles away. JEFFERSON SCHOOLS K-12 comes in 6th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put JEFFERSON SCHOOLS K-12 in rural territory some distance from an urban area (Rural: Distant).
JEFFERSON SCHOOLS K-12 reported 340 students in 2020-21 and 669 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades. Federal data show the ratio falling from 17.9:1 to 13.7:1.
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Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
15,091
Census ACS
Median income
$61,212
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
701 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in JEFFERSON
- TURNING POINTHigh · 32 students
- BABIES/TAPHigh
- JEFFERSON VIRTUAL FRANCHISECombined
- JEFFERSON VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAMHigh
- JEFFERSON VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAMCombined
Other schools in MONTICELLO
- TURNING POINTHigh · 32 students
- BABIES/TAPHigh
- JEFFERSON VIRTUAL FRANCHISECombined
- JEFFERSON VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAMHigh
- JEFFERSON VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAMCombined
Nearby schools
- TURNING POINT3.5 mi · 32
- GREENVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL14.4 mi · 105
- CHAIRES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL14.9 mi · 466
- JOANN BRIDGES ACADEMY15.9 mi · 13
- WILLIAM J MONTFORD III MIDDLE SCHOOL18.0 mi · 1,016
- BUCK LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL18.1 mi · 696
Frequently asked questions
About JEFFERSON SCHOOLS K-12How many students attend JEFFERSON SCHOOLS K-12?
JEFFERSON SCHOOLS K-12 enrolls approximately 669 students in grades PK-12.
What age range does JEFFERSON SCHOOLS K-12 serve?
JEFFERSON SCHOOLS K-12 serves students from grade PK through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at JEFFERSON SCHOOLS K-12?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at JEFFERSON SCHOOLS K-12.
What is the racial breakdown of students at JEFFERSON SCHOOLS K-12?
At JEFFERSON SCHOOLS K-12, the student body is approximately 18% White, 20% Hispanic, 57% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is JEFFERSON SCHOOLS K-12 in?
JEFFERSON SCHOOLS K-12 is part of JEFFERSON.
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