Jefferson Elem School

As a micro-enrollment elementary school in Metropolis, Illinois, Jefferson Elem School teaches 114 students from grades K through 6, run under Massac UD 1. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Jefferson Elem School sits 70% leaner than that benchmark.

Massac UD 1 comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 1,826 students; Jefferson Elem School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Jefferson Elem School lists that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Massac County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Jefferson Elem School lists 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Massac County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Jefferson Elem School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 44.7%; this one delivers 82.1%, a residual of +37.4 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Massac County) records that the typical household earns roughly $65,116 per year, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Jefferson Elem School is one of 10 public schools in Massac County (combined enrollment of about 2,026 students).

Franklin Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.6 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Jefferson Elem School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 50.7%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Jefferson Elem School's enrollment has contracted 8% since 2018, when it stood at 124 (now 114). The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 2% to 8% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.

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