Enrollment
240
Elementary
DISTRICT 297 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLYMOUTH COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP·NCES 180906001498
Jefferson Elementary School
401 E Klinger Ave, Plymouth, IN 46563 · (574) 936-2443 · Marshall County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL240 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 73% of Indiana public elementary schools
- BTest 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
13.7:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
143 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 15 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 18% smaller than its 4th grade class (49).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
Based on grade levels within Plymouth Community School Corp. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
44.1%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
56.9%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for Indiana 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 Indiana'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 (46.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Elementary School this school | 240 | 59.6% | 46.1% |
| Bristol Elementary School Bristol | 296 | 58.4% | 24.7% |
| Emerson Elementary School Seymour | 257 | 56.4% | 54.3% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Goshen | 344 | 55.5% | 85.6% |
| David Turnham Education Center Dale | 299 | 52.2% | 52.8% |
| Premier Arts Academy Elkhart | 286 | 58.4% | 20.2% |
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 Marshall County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #382 of 983 | #3 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.9% | #292 of 986 | #2 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #351 of 986 | #3 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 240 | #945 of 1,079 | #9 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #256 of 991 | #2 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.9% | #445 of 996 | #2 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.6% | #367 of 1,058 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.8% | #128 of 597 | N/A |
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
240
-44 (-15%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 321
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 240 | 17.5 | 13.7:1 | 60% (143) |
| 2023-24 | 275 | 18.5 | 14.9:1 | 75% (207) |
| 2022-23 | 303 | 19.5 | 15.5:1 | 68% (206) |
| 2020-21 | 284 | 19 | 14.9:1 | 69% (196) |
| 2017-18 | 311 | 17 | 18.3:1 | 77% (239) |
| 2015-16 | 335 | 18 | 18.6:1 | 72% (240) |
| 2010-11 | 307 | 16 | 19.2:1 | 57% (174) |
| 2000-01 | 227 | 12 | 18.9:1 | 42% (96) |
| 1990-91 | 321 | 15 | 21.4:1 | 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 low-enrollment elementary school with its address in Plymouth, Indiana. The school enrolls 240 students, from pre-K through 4. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Indiana) has about 436 students.
Jefferson Elementary School is a school in Plymouth Community School Corp. The district has 7 schools and 3,168 students.
Jefferson Elementary School is 65% White by enrollment. Smaller groups are 28% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 2% Black. County-wide, 88% of Marshall County residents are White. The school's diversity index is 50%, meaning two students picked at random have a 50% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at Jefferson Elementary School total 17.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.7:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. The school counts 143 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 60%.
The allk12 Grade for Jefferson Elementary School is B+. Compared with Indiana public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 73% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
After adjusting for student poverty, Jefferson Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Indiana schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 46.1%; the prediction is 33.4%.
Marshall County has these Census figures: the median household income is $71,808, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. In all, Marshall County has 16 public schools and roughly 7,661 students.
Plymouth High School is the public school closest to Jefferson Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. There are 6 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Jefferson Elementary School at 2nd of 8.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Distant.
Federal data show a 15% enrollment decrease, from 284 in 2020-21 to 240 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.9:1 in 2020-21 to 13.7:1 in 2024-25.
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Marshall County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,284
Census ACS
Median income
$71,808
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
7,661 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Plymouth Community School Corp
- Plymouth High SchoolHigh · 1,034 students
- Lincoln Junior High SchoolMiddle · 498 students
- Riverside IntermediateMiddle · 450 students
- Menominee Elementary SchoolElementary · 379 students
- Webster Elementary SchoolElementary · 310 students
- Washington Discovery AcademyElementary · 257 students
Other schools in Plymouth
- Plymouth High SchoolHigh · 1,034 students
- Lincoln Junior High SchoolMiddle · 498 students
- Riverside IntermediateMiddle · 450 students
- Menominee Elementary SchoolElementary · 379 students
- Webster Elementary SchoolElementary · 310 students
- Washington Discovery AcademyElementary · 257 students
Other Jefferson Elementary schools
143 other US public schools in 31 states are named Jefferson Elementary. Jefferson Elementary School is the 126th largest of the 144.
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolWinona Lake, IN · 481 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolGoshen, IN · 344 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolJefferson, GA · 1,011 students
- Jefferson ElementaryRiverside, CA · 886 students
- Jefferson ElementaryLennox, CA · 716 students
Nearby schools
- Plymouth High School0.4 mi · 1,034
- Riverside Intermediate0.5 mi · 450
- Lincoln Junior High School0.9 mi · 498
- Washington Discovery Academy1.4 mi · 257
- Webster Elementary School1.5 mi · 310
- Menominee Elementary School1.9 mi · 379
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Jefferson Elementary School?
Jefferson Elementary School enrolls approximately 240 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Jefferson Elementary School serve?
Jefferson Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many teachers does Jefferson Elementary School have?
Jefferson Elementary School employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jefferson Elementary School?
At Jefferson Elementary School, the student body is approximately 65% White, 28% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Jefferson Elementary School public or private?
Jefferson Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Plymouth Community School Corp.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.