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Enrollment
481
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WARSAW COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 181242001992
Jefferson Elementary School
1 Jefferson Dr, Winona Lake, IN 46590 · (574) 267-7361 · Kosciusko County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL481 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 24% of Indiana public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
13.2:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
249 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 20 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 73 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 18% smaller than its 6th grade class (73).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
30.3%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
34.5%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 30 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 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
32.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.9%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 (32.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Elementary School this school | 481 | 51.8% | 32.2% |
| Washington Elementary School Warsaw | 500 | 51.8% | 48.1% |
| Kankakee Valley Intermediate Sch Wheatfield | 469 | 52.9% | 50.1% |
| Madison Elementary School Warsaw | 475 | 48.4% | 50.4% |
| Jimtown Elementary School Elkhart | 418 | 47.6% | N/A |
| Handley Elementary School LaPorte | 366 | 52.7% | 59.1% |
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 Kosciusko County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #675 of 983 | #12 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #688 of 986 | #13 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #672 of 986 | #12 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 481 | #417 of 1,079 | #4 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #187 of 991 | #3 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.1% | #477 of 996 | #3 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.8% | #561 of 1,058 | #9 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.0% | #577 of 597 | #11 of 11 |
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
481
+49 (+11%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 561
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 481 | 36.3 | 13.2:1 | 52% (249) |
| 2023-24 | 461 | 30.5 | 15.1:1 | 49% (224) |
| 2022-23 | 438 | 30 | 14.6:1 | 49% (213) |
| 2020-21 | 432 | 30 | 14.4:1 | 50% (216) |
| 2017-18 | 486 | 25.6 | 19.0:1 | 54% (261) |
| 2015-16 | 513 | 28 | 18.3:1 | 58% (295) |
| 2010-11 | 503 | 27 | 18.6:1 | 56% (282) |
| 2000-01 | 298 | 15 | 19.9:1 | 44% (131) |
| 1990-91 | 561 | 27 | 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 public elementary school run by Warsaw Community Schools in Winona Lake, Indiana. It teaches 481 students in pre-K through 6.
In Warsaw Community Schools, 11 schools enroll a combined 6,709 students.
Of every 100 students at Jefferson Elementary School, about 70 are White. Other reported shares: 22% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 4% Black. Kosciusko County's residents are about 87% White, 17 points above the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 46%.
A staff of 36.3 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 13.2:1. The gap from the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana is 2.3 students per teacher. By family income, 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Kosciusko County is similar, at 51%.
On the allk12 Grade, Jefferson Elementary School lands at C-, ahead of 24% of Indiana public elementary schools.
Jefferson Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Indiana schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 32.2% and a predicted 38.9%.
The school's county is Kosciusko County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $75,317, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 20 public schools in the county, enrolling about 11,029, Jefferson Elementary School among them.
Lincoln Elementary School is about 1.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 47.3%; Jefferson Elementary School's is 32.2%, ranking 8th of 8.
Federal data place Jefferson Elementary School in the Town: Distant locale, which means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The school's enrollment rose 11% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.2:1.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Kosciusko County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
80,442
Census ACS
Median income
$75,317
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
11,029 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Warsaw Community Schools
- Warsaw Community High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- Leesburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 567 students
- Lakeview Middle SchoolMiddle · 545 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 500 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolElementary · 475 students
- Eisenhower 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 33rd largest of the 144.
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolGoshen, IN · 344 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
- Lincoln Elementary School1.4 mi · 452
- Lakeview Middle School1.6 mi · 545
- Harrison Elementary School2.1 mi · 416
- Eisenhower Elementary School2.2 mi · 474
- Washington Elementary School2.4 mi · 500
- Edgewood Middle School2.5 mi · 469
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Jefferson Elementary School?
Jefferson Elementary School enrolls approximately 481 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 students per teacher at Jefferson Elementary School?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at Jefferson Elementary School.
How diverse is Jefferson Elementary School?
Jefferson Elementary School reports a student body of 70% White, 22% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Jefferson Elementary School public or private?
Jefferson Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Warsaw Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.