Enrollment
344
Elementary
DISTRICT 347 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIDDLEBURY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 180660001163
Jefferson Elementary School
18565 CR 20, Goshen, IN 46528 · (574) 822-5399 · Elkhart County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL344 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 99% of Indiana public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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 Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
191 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 50%
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 | 78 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 27% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 29% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 57% · 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
Jefferson Elementary School→Heritage Intermediate School→Northridge Middle School→Northridge High School
Based on grade levels within Middlebury Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
82.5%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
88.7%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
85.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.3%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+49.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 36% typical for Indiana 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 49 points, placing it in Indiana'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 Jefferson Elementary School
Jefferson Elementary School's state test result (85.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Elementary School this school | 344 | 55.5% | 85.6% |
| Lakeland Intermediate School LaGrange | 416 | 57.2% | 29.9% |
| David Turnham Education Center Dale | 299 | 52.2% | 52.8% |
| Lincoln Elementary School LaPorte | 353 | 53.3% | 33.0% |
| Handley Elementary School LaPorte | 366 | 52.7% | 59.1% |
| Akron Elementary School Akron | 354 | 57.3% | 36.7% |
Matched among Indiana 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 Indiana | In Elkhart County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.6% | #2 of 983 | #1 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.7% | #3 of 986 | #2 of 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.5% | #3 of 986 | #1 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 344 | #737 of 1,079 | #30 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #94 of 991 | #3 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.8% | #507 of 996 | #26 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.5% | #473 of 1,058 | #19 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.6% | #278 of 597 | #16 of 28 |
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
-35 (-9%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 457
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 28.3 | 12.2:1 | 56% (191) |
| 2023-24 | 375 | 26.3 | 14.3:1 | 53% (200) |
| 2022-23 | 364 | 28 | 13.0:1 | 51% (187) |
| 2020-21 | 379 | 25 | 15.2:1 | 44% (166) |
| 2017-18 | 398 | 27.1 | 14.7:1 | 40% (158) |
| 2015-16 | 428 | 28 | 15.3:1 | 41% (177) |
| 2010-11 | 425 | 23 | 18.5:1 | 39% (164) |
| 2000-01 | 585 | 30 | 19.5:1 | 16% (93) |
| 1990-91 | 457 | 22 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Elementary School.
About Jefferson Elementary School
Jefferson Elementary School is a small elementary school found in Goshen, Indiana. The school counts 344 students across kindergarten through 3. The school's enrollment is 21% smaller than the 436 average for elementary schools in Indiana.
Jefferson Elementary School is part of a district of 7 schools: Middlebury Community Schools, with 4,028 students.
White students are the majority at Jefferson Elementary School, with 71% of enrollment. The school is also 26% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. That is close to the 74% White share among all Elkhart County residents. The school's diversity index is 43%, meaning two students picked at random have a 43% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal data list 28.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Jefferson Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 12.2:1. That is lower than the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. The lunch program counts 56% of students at Jefferson Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Jefferson Elementary School is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 99% of Indiana public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Jefferson Elementary School is in the top 10% of Indiana schools: 85.6% actual against 36.3% predicted.
In Elkhart County (population about 207,132), the median household income is $68,561, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. There are 60 public schools in Elkhart County, enrolling about 33,574 students in all.
Nearest public school: Chamberlain Elementary School, about 3.7 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Jefferson Elementary School is 1st of 6 nearby schools with test data.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Mid-size. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school enrolled 344 students in 2024-25, 35 fewer than the 379 it had in 2020-21. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 15.2:1 to 12.2:1.
Discussion on this page can cover school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Elkhart County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
207,132
Census ACS
Median income
$68,561
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
60
33,574 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Middlebury Community Schools
- Northridge High SchoolHigh · 1,331 students
- Northridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 963 students
- Heritage Intermediate SchoolElementary · 574 students
- Orchard View SchoolElementary · 345 students
- York Elementary SchoolElementary · 260 students
- Middlebury Elementary SchoolElementary · 211 students
Other schools in Goshen
- Goshen High SchoolHigh · 1,717 students
- Fairfield Jr-Sr High SchoolHigh · 944 students
- Goshen Junior High SchoolMiddle · 927 students
- Goshen Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 889 students
- Benton Elementary SchoolElementary · 481 students
- Model Elementary SchoolElementary · 474 students
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 SchoolWinona Lake, IN · 481 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolPlymouth, IN · 240 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolJefferson, GA · 1,011 students
- Jefferson ElementaryRiverside, CA · 886 students
- Jefferson ElementaryLennox, CA · 716 students
Nearby schools
- Chamberlain Elementary School3.7 mi · 342
- West Goshen Elementary School4.4 mi · 387
- Chandler Innovation Academy4.5 mi · 357
- Goshen High School4.5 mi · 1,717
- Northridge High School4.8 mi · 1,331
- Concord Ox Bow Elementary School4.8 mi · 431
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson Elementary SchoolHow large is Jefferson Elementary School?
Jefferson Elementary School enrolls approximately 344 students in grades KG-03.
What age range does Jefferson Elementary School serve?
Jefferson Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 03.
How many students per teacher at Jefferson Elementary School?
Approximately 12.2:1 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, 26% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Jefferson Elementary School public or private?
Jefferson Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Middlebury Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.