Enrollment
344
Elementary
DISTRICT 364 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DIXON USD 170·NCES 171233001484
Jefferson Elementary School
800 4th Ave, Dixon, IL 61021 · (815) 934-9661 · Lee County
GRADES 02–03ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL344 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 27% of Illinois public elementary schools
- C+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 Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
202 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 163 | 47% |
| Grade 3 | 181 | 53% |
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 69% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Dixon USD 170. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
33.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +18.7pp since 2023
Math
48.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +33.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 34 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 Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 33 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.7% | 48.3% |
| 2023-24 | 15.0% | 15.0% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. 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
32.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% typical for Illinois 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 Illinois'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 Elementary School
Jefferson Elementary School's state test result (32.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Elementary School this school | 344 | 58.7% | 32.3% |
| Central Intermediate School Roxana | 365 | 57.5% | 33.5% |
| South Jacksonville Elementary School South Jacksonville | 311 | 58.5% | 43.0% |
| Madison School Dixon | 323 | 56.0% | 38.8% |
| Milford Grade School West Campus Milford | 354 | 60.2% | 32.0% |
| Mt Carmel Elementary School Mount Carmel | 361 | 57.3% | N/A |
Matched among Illinois 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 Jefferson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Lee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #1,181 of 1,925 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #718 of 2,077 ▲ 684 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #1,560 of 2,077 ▲ 196 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 344 | #1,294 of 2,419 | #2 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #1,154 of 2,035 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.2% | #1,226 of 2,042 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.7% | #1,051 of 2,132 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #759 of 1,461 | N/A |
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
344
-51 (-13%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 588
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 | 344 | 25 | 13.8:1 | 59% (202) |
| 2023-24 | 331 | 22.3 | 14.8:1 | 61% (202) |
| 2022-23 | 310 | 23.9 | 13.0:1 | 55% (171) |
| 2020-21 | 395 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 396 | 23.2 | 17.1:1 | 59% (234) |
| 2015-16 | 419 | 24 | 17.5:1 | 62% (261) |
| 2010-11 | 386 | 22 | 17.6:1 | 48% (187) |
| 2000-01 | 393 | 29 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 588 | 32 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (396 to 344); teachers up 8% (23.2 to 25).
About Jefferson Elementary School
Jefferson Elementary School sits in Dixon, Illinois, and is classified as an elementary school. The school enrolls 344 students in grades 2 through 3.
Dixon USD 170 runs 5 schools with a combined 2,436 students. Jefferson Elementary School is one of them.
More than half of enrollment at Jefferson Elementary School is White: 78%. Next come 10% multiracial, 6% Black, and 5% Hispanic. The diversity index for Jefferson Elementary School is 37%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at Jefferson Elementary School, there are about 13.8 students; the school has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is close to this figure. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 59%. It compares with 51% for public schools in Lee County.
Among Illinois public elementary schools, Jefferson Elementary School outscored 27%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Jefferson Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 32.3% is 5.3 points below the 37.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Looking at the county, Lee County, median household income comes to about $70,292, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. The county has 19 public schools and about 3,778 students.
About 0.5 miles separate Jefferson Elementary School from the closest public school, Dixon High School. Within five miles are 4 other public schools. Jefferson Elementary School is 7th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's locale code, Town: Distant, means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 395 (2020-21) to 344 (2024-25).
This page is set up for the Jefferson Elementary School community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Lee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
33,869
Census ACS
Median income
$70,292
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
3,778 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dixon USD 170
- Dixon High SchoolHigh · 760 students
- Reagan Middle SchoolMiddle · 585 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 424 students
- Madison SchoolElementary · 323 students
- TJ Dempsey Therapeutic Day SchoolCombined
Other schools in Dixon
- Dixon High SchoolHigh · 760 students
- Reagan Middle SchoolMiddle · 585 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 424 students
- Madison SchoolElementary · 323 students
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Other Jefferson Elementary schools
143 other US public schools in 31 states are named Jefferson Elementary. Jefferson Elementary School is the 82nd largest of the 144.
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolCharleston, IL · 698 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolBerwyn, IL · 453 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolSterling, IL · 450 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolMarion, IL · 376 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolMorton, IL · 354 students
Nearby schools
- Dixon High School0.5 mi · 760
- Washington Elementary School1.0 mi · 424
- Reagan Middle School1.9 mi · 585
- Madison School1.9 mi · 323
- Centennial Elementary School9.8 mi · 294
- Franklin Elementary School9.9 mi · 407
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson Elementary SchoolHow large is Jefferson Elementary School?
Jefferson Elementary School enrolls approximately 344 students in grades 02-03.
What age range does Jefferson Elementary School serve?
Jefferson Elementary School serves students from grade 02 through grade 03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jefferson Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jefferson Elementary School is approximately 13.8:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jefferson Elementary School?
At Jefferson Elementary School, the student body is approximately 78% White, 5% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Jefferson Elementary School public or private?
Jefferson Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Dixon USD 170.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.