Thomas Jefferson Elementary School

Thomas Jefferson Elementary School is an elementary-level community of small scale in Jeffersonville, Indiana, overseen by Greater Clark County Schools, hosting 326 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so Thomas Jefferson Elementary School sits 25% below that benchmark.

Thomas Jefferson Elementary School is one of 17 schools operated by Greater Clark County Schools, a district that works with 10,643 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Thomas Jefferson Elementary School lists that 55% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 20% multiracial, 13% Black, 10% Hispanic. By comparison, Clark County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. Around 53% 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, Thomas Jefferson Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.0%; this one delivers 45.2%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Clark County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $74,214 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Clark County's 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,765 students), Thomas Jefferson Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Excel Center - Clarksville, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Thomas Jefferson Elementary School comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 32.3%.

Thomas Jefferson Elementary School operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School has edged down 13%, going from 376 students in 2018 to 326 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 70% to 55% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.