Enrollment
329
Elementary
DISTRICT 431 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELMHURST SD 205·NCES 171397001750
Jefferson Elementary School
360 E Crescent Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126 · (630) 834-6261 · DuPage County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL329 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
3%
9 students
DISTRICT 15% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
83.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +5.7pp since 2023
Math
83.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +11.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.3% | 83.3% |
| 2023-24 | 77.6% | 71.8% |
% 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
79.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 (79.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Elementary School this school | 329 | 2.7% | 79.4% |
| Jackson Elementary School Elmhurst | 422 | 5.9% | 75.2% |
| Edison Elementary School Elmhurst | 318 | 3.1% | 78.2% |
| Horace Mann Elementary School Oak Park | 419 | 4.3% | 81.8% |
| Thomas Metcalf School Normal | 459 | 7.0% | 71.5% |
| Patton Elementary School Arlington Heights | 399 | 8.8% | 74.9% |
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 DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.4% | #30 of 1,925 | #7 of 112 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.3% | #44 of 2,077 ▼ 2 | #12 of 141 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.3% | #85 of 2,077 ▼ 50 | #20 of 141 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 329 | #1,364 of 2,419 | #108 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #478 of 2,035 | #41 of 146 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.8% | #987 of 2,042 | #108 of 146 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 2.7% | #2,132 of 2,132 | #123 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.2% | #653 of 1,461 | #40 of 92 |
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
329
-45 (-12%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 277
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 | 329 | 27.9 | 11.8:1 | 3% (9) |
| 2023-24 | 335 | 29.3 | 11.4:1 | 6% (20) |
| 2022-23 | 355 | 29.2 | 12.2:1 | 5% (17) |
| 2020-21 | 374 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 388 | 28.5 | 13.6:1 | 4% (16) |
| 2015-16 | 374 | 27 | 13.8:1 | 5% (20) |
| 2010-11 | 347 | 24 | 14.5:1 | 1% (4) |
| 2000-01 | 301 | 20 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 277 | 16 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (388 to 329); teachers down 2% (28.5 to 27.9).
About Jefferson Elementary School
Jefferson Elementary School is an elementary school located in Elmhurst, Illinois, in DuPage County. The grade span is kindergarten through 5, and enrollment is 329 students.
Jefferson Elementary School sits within Elmhurst SD 205, which has 13 schools and 8,280 students.
A majority of students at Jefferson Elementary School, 71%, are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 10% Asian, 9% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. Jefferson Elementary School has a diversity index of 47%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 11.8 students per teacher and 27.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is under the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 3%. That is lower than the 34% average for public schools in DuPage County.
Jefferson Elementary School scores 79.4% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 69.9%.
Census estimates describe DuPage County this way: median household income is about $112,096, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 52%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of DuPage County number 277 and enroll about 138,557.
The closest other public school is Early Childhood, about 0.7 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 79.4% is above the 69.9% average for nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Jefferson Elementary School went from 374 students to 329.
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DuPage County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,024
Census ACS
Median income
$112,096
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
138,557 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Elmhurst SD 205
- York Comm High SchoolHigh · 2,590 students
- Bryan Middle SchoolMiddle · 687 students
- Sandburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 633 students
- Conrad Fischer Elementary SchoolElementary · 584 students
- Hawthorne Elementary SchoolElementary · 568 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 527 students
Other schools in Elmhurst
- York Comm High SchoolHigh · 2,590 students
- Bryan Middle SchoolMiddle · 687 students
- Sandburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 633 students
- Conrad Fischer Elementary SchoolElementary · 584 students
- Hawthorne Elementary SchoolElementary · 568 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 527 students
Other Jefferson Elementary schools
143 other US public schools in 31 states are named Jefferson Elementary. Jefferson Elementary School is the 90th 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
- Early Childhood0.7 mi · 271
- Sandburg Middle School0.8 mi · 633
- Bryan Middle School0.9 mi · 687
- Edison Elementary School0.9 mi · 318
- Jackson Elementary School1.1 mi · 422
- Lincoln Elementary School1.2 mi · 527
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Jefferson Elementary School?
Jefferson Elementary School enrolls approximately 329 students in grades KG-05.
Is Jefferson Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jefferson Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Jefferson Elementary School?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at Jefferson Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Jefferson Elementary School?
Student demographics at Jefferson Elementary School are roughly 71% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 10% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Jefferson Elementary School public or private?
Jefferson Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Elmhurst SD 205.
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