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If you could change one rule at Jefferson Elementary School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
384
Elementary
DISTRICT 335 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DAVENPORT COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190858000474
Jefferson Elementary School
1027 Marquette St, Davenport, IA 52804 · (563) 723-6700 · Scott County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL384 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 0% of Iowa public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Iowa public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
273 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 48% · 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
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
23.0%
IA avg 73.6% . -4.3pp since 2023
Math
27.7%
IA avg 70.9% . +3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.0% | 27.7% |
| 2023-24 | 27.3% | 24.0% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
24.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.4%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-32.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 56% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 (24.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Elementary School this school | 384 | 71.1% | 24.2% |
| Alexander Elementary Iowa City | 436 | 75.9% | 52.2% |
| Grant Wood Elementary School Iowa City | 306 | 68.0% | 47.5% |
| Johnson STEAM Academy School Cedar Rapids | 324 | 70.4% | 40.0% |
| Cedar River Academy at Taylor Cedar Rapids | 355 | 76.1% | 37.0% |
| Madison Elementary School Davenport | 318 | 80.5% | 27.8% |
Matched among Iowa 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 Iowa | In Scott County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.2% | #564 of 564 | #31 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #563 of 564 ▲ 1 | #30 of 31 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #563 of 564 ▲ 1 | #30 of 31 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 384 | #244 of 705 | #18 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #31 of 561 | #1 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.3% | #23 of 561 | #2 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.1% | #68 of 666 | #2 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.7% | #156 of 359 | #4 of 16 |
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
384
-80 (-17%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 590
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 384 | 35.3 | 10.9:1 | 71% (273) |
| 2023-24 | 466 | 36.7 | 12.7:1 | 78% (364) |
| 2022-23 | 460 | 36.9 | 12.5:1 | 71% (327) |
| 2020-21 | 464 | 38 | 12.2:1 | 75% (350) |
| 2017-18 | 450 | 38.9 | 11.6:1 | 91% (411) |
| 2015-16 | 453 | 35 | 12.9:1 | 92% (417) |
| 2010-11 | 403 | 28 | 14.4:1 | 93% (374) |
| 2000-01 | 495 | 37 | 13.4:1 | 59% (292) |
| 1990-91 | 590 | 33 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (450 to 384); teachers down 9% (38.9 to 35.3).
About Jefferson Elementary School
Jefferson Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school with its address in Davenport, Iowa. The school's 384 students are in kindergarten through 5.
Davenport Comm School District has a total of 27 schools and 12,812 students, Jefferson Elementary School among them.
Jefferson Elementary School has no majority group; Black students are the largest, at 41%. Other students are 21% Hispanic, 19% multiracial, and 18% White. By comparison, Scott County residents are about 7% Black. The school's diversity index is 72%, meaning two students picked at random have a 72% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at Jefferson Elementary School total 35.3 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 10.9:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa. The school counts 273 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 71%. Compared with the 38% average for public schools in Scott County, the school's rate is higher.
Jefferson Elementary School is graded F by allk12, scoring above 0% of Iowa public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 24.2%, is 32.2 points below the 56.4% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the bottom 10% of Iowa schools.
Scott County has about 174,608 residents, and the median household income is $78,277, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Jefferson Elementary School, Scott County has 52 other public schools.
The school nearest to Jefferson Elementary School is Children's Village West, at a distance of about 0.6 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Jefferson Elementary School places 8th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Mid-size.
Enrollment has fallen by 80 students since 2020-21, to 384. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 10.9:1, from 12.2:1.
Community posts for Jefferson Elementary School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Scott County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
174,608
Census ACS
Median income
$78,277
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
26,100 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Davenport Comm School District
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,304 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,288 students
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,190 students
- Sudlow Middle SchoolMiddle · 734 students
- Wood Middle SchoolMiddle · 629 students
- Williams Middle SchoolMiddle · 577 students
Other schools in Davenport
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,304 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,288 students
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,190 students
- Sudlow Middle SchoolMiddle · 734 students
- Wood Middle SchoolMiddle · 629 students
- Williams Middle SchoolMiddle · 577 students
Other Jefferson Elementary schools
143 other US public schools in 31 states are named Jefferson Elementary. Jefferson Elementary School is the 60th largest of the 144.
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolMuscatine, IA · 441 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolClinton, IA · 376 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolDes Moines, IA · 312 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolMason City, IA · 292 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolJefferson, GA · 1,011 students
Nearby schools
- Children's Village West0.6 mi · 296
- Central High School0.7 mi · 1,288
- Frank L Smart Middle School0.9 mi · 430
- Madison Elementary School1.0 mi · 318
- Adams Elementary School1.4 mi · 498
- Williams Middle School1.5 mi · 577
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson Elementary SchoolHow large is Jefferson Elementary School?
Jefferson Elementary School enrolls approximately 384 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Jefferson Elementary School serve?
Jefferson Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Jefferson Elementary School have?
Jefferson Elementary School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Jefferson Elementary School?
Student demographics at Jefferson Elementary School are roughly 18% White, 21% Hispanic, 41% Black, 1% Asian, 19% Two or more.
What district is Jefferson Elementary School in?
Jefferson Elementary School is part of Davenport Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.