Thomas Jefferson Elementary School

Thomas Jefferson Elementary School is one of the medium-sized elementary-level communitys in Hammond, Indiana, operated by School City of Hammond, with 570 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so Thomas Jefferson Elementary School sits 31% above that benchmark.

Thomas Jefferson Elementary School is one of 15 schools operated by School City of Hammond, a district that hosts 10,997 students overall.

On demographics, Thomas Jefferson Elementary School logs that the largest single group is Black at 44%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 40% Hispanic, 11% White, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Lake County as a whole is about 23% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Thomas Jefferson Elementary School has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.7:1. The state averages about 15.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Thomas Jefferson Elementary School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 40.5%; actual is 17.8%, a gap of -22.7 points.

In the area at large, census data for Lake County shows median household income runs about $71,493, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Lake County runs 121 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,661 students), of which Thomas Jefferson Elementary School is one.

Frank O'Bannon Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Thomas Jefferson Elementary School at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 27.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Thomas Jefferson Elementary School's enrollment has expanded 19% since 2018, when it stood at 479 (now 570). White enrollment moved from 24% to 11% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 21.8:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.

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