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Enrollment
468
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUVAL·NCES 120048000654
THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY
8233 NEVADA ST, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32220 · (904) 693-7500 · Duval County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL468 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% of Florida public elementary schools
- B-Test 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
217 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 50%
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 | 58 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
56.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.8pp since 2023
Math
60.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +7.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.8% | 60.8% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 53.2% |
% 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
56.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY
THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY's state test result (56.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY this school | 468 | 46.4% | 56.0% |
| ARCHER ELEMENTARY ARCHER | 413 | 50.6% | 57.4% |
| SEASIDE CHARTER NORTH CAMPUS JACKSONVILLE | 496 | 41.1% | 36.4% |
| CHAIRES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 466 | 43.8% | 58.5% |
| ODYSSEY PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMY PALM BAY | 462 | 42.6% | 59.5% |
| BRATT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CENTURY | 472 | 43.9% | 54.8% |
Matched among Florida 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 Florida | In Duval County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,045 of 2,136 | #46 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.8% | #1,067 of 2,149 ▲ 162 | #47 of 122 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.8% | #991 of 2,149 ▲ 84 | #41 of 122 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 468 | #1,542 of 2,267 | #65 of 128 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #1,518 of 2,077 | #50 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.5% | #785 of 2,108 | #69 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.4% | #1,405 of 2,188 | #86 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.1% | #989 of 1,374 | #59 of 80 |
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
468
+23 (+5%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 558
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 468 | 27 | 17.3:1 | 46% (217) |
| 2023-24 | 460 | 28 | 16.4:1 | 54% (249) |
| 2022-23 | 446 | 29 | 15.4:1 | 57% (254) |
| 2020-21 | 445 | 30 | 14.8:1 | 50% (222) |
| 2017-18 | 515 | 33 | 15.6:1 | 49% (251) |
| 2015-16 | 538 | 32 | 16.8:1 | 51% (276) |
| 2010-11 | 533 | 32 | 16.7:1 | 56% (301) |
| 2000-01 | 580 | 32 | 18.1:1 | 54% (315) |
| 1990-91 | 558 | 26 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY.
About THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY
In JACKSONVILLE, Florida, THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY is a small elementary school. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 468 students. The school is 23% below the average for elementary schools in Florida.
DUVAL has 131,562 students spread across 206 schools.
About 56% of the student body at THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY is White. Enrollment also includes 23% Black, 13% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 61, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 27 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 17.3:1. The ratio is within a point of the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Of all students at THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY, 46% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 47% average for public schools in Duval County.
THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 43% of Florida public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 57.9% at THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 56.0%.
For the population of Duval County, the median household earns about $71,277 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Across Duval County, 220 public schools serve about 141,209 students.
JOSEPH STILWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 1.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY places 1st of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 5%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.8:1 to 17.3:1 over the same years.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Duval County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,023,153
Census ACS
Median income
$71,277
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
220
141,209 students
Quick facts
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- SANDALWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,627 students
- MANDARIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,343 students
- FIRST COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,098 students
- ENGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,896 students
Other Thomas Jefferson Elementary schools
27 other US public schools in 15 states are named Thomas Jefferson Elementary. THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY is the 10th largest of the 28.
- Thomas Jefferson ElementaryGlendale, CA · 815 students
- Thomas Jefferson ElementaryBurbank, CA · 758 students
- Thomas Jefferson ElementaryLouisa, VA · 672 students
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary SchoolJoliet, IL · 646 students
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary SchoolTulsa, OK · 574 students
Nearby schools
- JOSEPH STILWELL MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 489
- CRYSTAL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 883
- DUVAL MYCROSCHOOL OF INTEGRATED ACADEMICS AND TECHNOLOGIES2.4 mi · 213
- EDWARD H. WHITE HIGH SCHOOL2.7 mi · 1,663
- NORMANDY VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.8 mi · 503
- RAMONA BOULEVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.8 mi · 292
Frequently asked questions
About THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARYHow many students attend THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY?
THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 468 students in grades KG-05.
Is THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 17.3:1 students per teacher at THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY.
What is the student diversity at THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY are roughly 56% White, 13% Hispanic, 23% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY in?
THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY is part of DUVAL.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.