Thomas Jefferson Elementary School

Thomas Jefferson Elementary School is an elementary school of modestly sized scale in Valparaiso, Indiana, run under Valparaiso Community Schools, works with 285 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so Thomas Jefferson Elementary School sits 35% below that benchmark.

Within Valparaiso Community Schools, which oversees 11 schools and 6,325 students, Thomas Jefferson Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Thomas Jefferson Elementary School lists that White students make up the majority at 65%. The remainder reads as 20% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Porter County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Porter County's rate of about 34%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Thomas Jefferson Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 38.5%; this one delivers 71.3%, a residual of +32.8 points.

Around the school, census data for Porter County shows median household income runs about $87,972, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Porter County's 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,813 students), Thomas Jefferson Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Thomas Jefferson Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Thomas Jefferson Elementary School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Thomas Jefferson Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 62.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School has ticked down 7%, going from 307 students in 2018 to 285 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 19.2:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

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