Enrollment
235
Elementary
DISTRICT 392 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JOLIET PSD 86·NCES 172058002346
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School
2651 Glenwood Ave, Joliet, IL 60435 · (815) 725-0262 · Will County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL235 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.5:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
221 students
DISTRICT 96% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 11 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 19 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 16% larger than its 5th grade class (38).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
35.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.5pp since 2023
Math
34.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +13.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.5% | 34.7% |
| 2023-24 | 21.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
31.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 17% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 School
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School's state test result (31.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary School this school | 235 | 94.0% | 31.4% |
| Eastlawn Elementary School Rantoul | 276 | 89.1% | 7.3% |
| Pleasant Acres Elementary School Rantoul | 293 | 94.5% | 13.7% |
| Mark Twain Primary School Kankakee | 192 | 93.8% | 8.1% |
| Steuben Elementary School Kankakee | 234 | 93.6% | 16.8% |
| Fairmont School Lockport | 300 | 99.0% | 31.7% |
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 Thomas Jefferson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Will County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #1,230 of 1,925 | #76 of 94 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #1,125 of 2,077 ▲ 15 | #74 of 100 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #1,497 of 2,077 ▲ 39 | #83 of 100 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 235 | #1,901 of 2,419 | #105 of 116 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.5:1 | #30 of 2,035 | #2 of 107 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.7% | #516 of 2,042 | #41 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.0% | #182 of 2,132 | #13 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -48.5% | #18 of 1,461 | #4 of 71 |
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
235
-155 (-40%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 308
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 | 235 | 27.7 | 8.5:1 | 94% (221) |
| 2023-24 | 264 | 28.3 | 9.3:1 | 92% (244) |
| 2022-23 | 381 | 26.3 | 14.5:1 | 97% (371) |
| 2020-21 | 390 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 456 | 29.4 | 15.5:1 | 100% (456) |
| 2015-16 | 469 | 26 | 18.0:1 | 99% (466) |
| 2010-11 | 472 | 25 | 18.9:1 | 69% (324) |
| 2000-01 | 408 | 25 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 308 | 22 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomas Jefferson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 48% (456 to 235); teachers down 6% (29.4 to 27.7).
About Thomas Jefferson Elementary School
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, a small elementary school, is located in Joliet, Illinois. It educates 235 students in kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 38% smaller than the 381 average for elementary schools in Illinois.
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School is one school in Joliet PSD 86, a system of 20 schools with 9,333 students.
A majority of students at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, 56%, are Hispanic. The remaining shares are 20% Black, 16% White, and 7% multiracial. Will County as a whole is about 20% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 62%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.5:1 at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, with 27.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois is higher than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 94%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Will County is 44%.
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School is in the top 10% of Illinois schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 17.2%. The school's actual rate is 31.4%, 14.2 points higher.
Census estimates describe Will County this way: median household income is about $109,984, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 209 public schools in Will County, with a combined enrollment of about 113,008.
Carl Sandburg Elementary is the closest public school, about 1.0 miles away in a straight line. Thomas Jefferson Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 31.4% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 8 nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Thomas Jefferson Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 40%, from 390 to 235.
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Will County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
701,462
Census ACS
Median income
$109,984
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
209
113,008 students
Quick facts
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Other Thomas Jefferson Elementary schools
27 other US public schools in 15 states are named Thomas Jefferson Elementary. Thomas Jefferson Elementary School is the 27th largest of the 28.
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary SchoolJoliet, IL · 646 students
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary SchoolHoffman Estates, IL · 394 students
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary SchoolMilan, IL · 277 students
- Thomas Jefferson ElementaryGlendale, CA · 815 students
- Thomas Jefferson ElementaryBurbank, CA · 758 students
Nearby schools
- Carl Sandburg Elementary1.0 mi · 371
- Troy Craughwell School1.0 mi · 526
- Joliet West High School1.1 mi · 3,451
- Marycrest Early Childhood Center1.1 mi · 142
- Hufford Junior High School1.4 mi · 1,072
- Pershing Elementary School1.6 mi · 621
Frequently asked questions
About Thomas Jefferson Elementary SchoolHow large is Thomas Jefferson Elementary School?
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School enrolls approximately 235 students in grades KG-05.
Is Thomas Jefferson Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Thomas Jefferson Elementary School have?
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School?
Student demographics at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School are roughly 16% White, 56% Hispanic, 20% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Thomas Jefferson Elementary School public or private?
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Joliet PSD 86.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.