Enrollment
354
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MORTON CUSD 709·NCES 172680002862
Jefferson Elementary School
220 E Jefferson St, Morton, IL 61550 · (309) 263-2650 · Tazewell County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL354 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
133 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 54 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 17% smaller than its 6th grade class (54).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
Based on grade levels within Morton CUSD 709. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
69.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +12.2pp since 2023
Math
51.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.3% | 51.5% |
| 2023-24 | 57.1% | 40.5% |
% 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
59.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 (59.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Elementary School this school | 354 | 37.6% | 59.9% |
| McKinley Elementary School Ottawa | 364 | 40.9% | 61.5% |
| Southwest Elementary School Geneseo | 357 | 38.1% | 51.2% |
| Stone Creek School Roscoe | 360 | 31.7% | 55.8% |
| McGaughey Elementary School Mount Zion | 371 | 38.8% | N/A |
| Johnsburg Elementary School Johnsburg | 386 | 34.7% | 43.8% |
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 Tazewell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.9% | #326 of 1,925 | #5 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #630 of 2,077 ▼ 98 | #9 of 25 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.3% | #369 of 2,077 ▼ 73 | #5 of 25 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 354 | #1,243 of 2,419 | #6 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #1,758 of 2,035 | #11 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.1% | #1,231 of 2,042 | #2 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.6% | #1,609 of 2,132 | #18 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.8% | #1,431 of 1,461 | #16 of 16 |
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
354
+30 (+9%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 424
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 | 354 | 21.9 | 16.2:1 | 38% (133) |
| 2023-24 | 356 | 21.2 | 16.8:1 | 33% (119) |
| 2022-23 | 365 | 21.9 | 16.7:1 | 28% (102) |
| 2020-21 | 324 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 357 | 20.3 | 17.6:1 | 29% (104) |
| 2015-16 | 357 | 20 | 17.9:1 | 30% (107) |
| 2010-11 | 308 | 16 | 19.3:1 | 26% (79) |
| 2000-01 | 346 | 24 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 424 | 23 | 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 1% (357 to 354); teachers up 8% (20.3 to 21.9).
About Jefferson Elementary School
Jefferson Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Morton CUSD 709 in Morton, Illinois. The school reports 354 students in pre-K through 6.
Morton CUSD 709 has 6 schools and 3,247 students, and Jefferson Elementary School is one of those schools.
Jefferson Elementary School is 79% White by enrollment. The remaining students are 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 3% Black. Among people living in Tazewell County, the White share is about 93%. Pick two students at random and there is a 37% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Jefferson Elementary School counts 21.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 16.2 students for each one. This ratio sits 2.2 above the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. About 38% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That tracks the 39% average for public schools in Tazewell County.
Jefferson Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (59.9%) and its predicted rate (49.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools.
Tazewell County has these Census figures: the median household income is $77,982, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Tazewell County is home to 56 public schools and about 18,581 public school students.
The school nearest to Jefferson Elementary School is Morton High School, at a distance of about 0.4 miles. Other public schools within five miles number 5. On average proficiency, Jefferson Elementary School is 6th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
Under the NCES locale system, Jefferson Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment has grown by 30 students since 2020-21, to 354.
Topics for discussion here include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Tazewell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
130,290
Census ACS
Median income
$77,982
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
18,581 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Morton CUSD 709
- Morton High SchoolHigh · 1,061 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 517 students
- Morton Jr High SchoolMiddle · 504 students
- Grundy Elementary SchoolElementary · 465 students
- Lettie Brown Elementary SchoolElementary · 346 students
- Morton AcademyCombined
Other schools in Morton
- Morton High SchoolHigh · 1,061 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 517 students
- Morton Jr High SchoolMiddle · 504 students
- Grundy Elementary SchoolElementary · 465 students
- Lettie Brown Elementary SchoolElementary · 346 students
- Morton AcademyCombined
Other Jefferson Elementary schools
143 other US public schools in 31 states are named Jefferson Elementary. Jefferson Elementary School is the 78th 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 SchoolDixon, IL · 344 students
Nearby schools
- Morton High School0.4 mi · 1,061
- Morton Jr High School0.4 mi · 504
- Grundy Elementary School0.6 mi · 465
- Lincoln Elementary School0.8 mi · 517
- Lettie Brown Elementary School2.5 mi · 346
- Don D Shute Elementary School5.0 mi · 206
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson Elementary SchoolHow large is Jefferson Elementary School?
Jefferson Elementary School enrolls approximately 354 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Jefferson Elementary School serve?
Jefferson Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does Jefferson Elementary School have?
Jefferson Elementary School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Jefferson Elementary School?
Student demographics at Jefferson Elementary School are roughly 79% White, 7% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Jefferson Elementary School?
Jefferson Elementary School is overseen by Morton CUSD 709 in Tazewell County.
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