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Alumni: what's one memory from Jefferson Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
441
Elementary
DISTRICT 337 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MUSCATINE COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192013001187
Jefferson Elementary School
1000 Mulberry Ave, Muscatine, IA 52761 · (563) 263-8800 · Muscatine County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL441 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% of Iowa public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 Iowa public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
300 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 41%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 60 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (60).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Muscatine Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
53.3%
IA avg 73.6% . +0.4pp since 2023
Math
58.6%
IA avg 70.9% . -0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.3% | 58.6% |
| 2023-24 | 52.9% | 58.8% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. 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
55.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.9%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% typical for Iowa 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 Iowa'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 (55.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Elementary School this school | 441 | 68.0% | 55.1% |
| Duncombe Elementary School Fort Dodge | 438 | 70.1% | 43.8% |
| McKinley Elementary School Muscatine | 394 | 61.2% | 53.8% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Clinton | 376 | 69.7% | 52.5% |
| Rock Valley Elementary School Rock Valley | 370 | 68.6% | 77.1% |
| Spalding Park Elementary Sioux City | 683 | 63.7% | 64.1% |
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 Muscatine County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #477 of 564 | #6 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.6% | #483 of 564 ▼ 8 | #6 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #493 of 564 ▼ 13 | #7 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 441 | #160 of 705 | #2 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #116 of 561 | #4 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.4% | #121 of 561 | #1 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.0% | #84 of 666 | #1 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.0% | #340 of 359 | #6 of 6 |
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
441
-13 (-3%) vs 2020
+26% since 1990-91, when it was 351
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 441 | 36.7 | 12.0:1 | 68% (300) |
| 2023-24 | 421 | 33.8 | 12.4:1 | 77% (326) |
| 2022-23 | 434 | 30.6 | 14.2:1 | 72% (314) |
| 2020-21 | 454 | 37 | 12.3:1 | 62% (283) |
| 2017-18 | 450 | 35.6 | 12.6:1 | 78% (352) |
| 2015-16 | 361 | 28 | 12.9:1 | 76% (275) |
| 2010-11 | 366 | 33 | 11.1:1 | 77% (283) |
| 2000-01 | 380 | 21 | 18.1:1 | 68% (258) |
| 1990-91 | 351 | 21 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (450 to 441); teachers up 3% (35.6 to 36.7).
About Jefferson Elementary School
Jefferson Elementary School is an elementary school in Muscatine, Iowa, according to federal school records. Enrollment totals 441 students across kindergarten through 6. On average, elementary schools in Iowa enroll around 325, and this school is 36% larger than that mark.
Muscatine Comm School District is the local district for Jefferson Elementary School. It runs 9 schools with 4,280 students.
The student body at Jefferson Elementary School has no majority group. White students lead at 48%. The next largest groups are 36% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 6% multiracial. The school's White share is 32 points below the 81% share among Muscatine County residents. A diversity index of 62% means there is a 62% chance two randomly chosen students at Jefferson Elementary School are from different groups.
There are 36.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 12.0:1. The average for elementary schools in Iowa, 13.7:1, is higher. Of all students at Jefferson Elementary School, 68% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Muscatine County, the average eligibility rate is 47%.
On the allk12 Grade, Jefferson Elementary School lands at C-, ahead of 16% of Iowa public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Jefferson Elementary School would score about 57.9%. It scores 55.1%, 2.8 points below that figure.
The school is in Muscatine County, where the median household earns about $69,396 a year, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Across Muscatine County, 15 public schools serve about 6,527 students.
Of the public schools around it, Jefferson Elementary School is closest to Grant Elementary School, about 0.9 miles away. Jefferson Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Jefferson Elementary School ranks 7th of 8 nearby schools, at 55.1% versus a 64.1% average.
The school's locale code, Town: Distant, means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 441, compared with 454 in 2020-21.
This community page is for conversations about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Muscatine County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,559
Census ACS
Median income
$69,396
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
6,527 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Muscatine Comm School District
- Muscatine High SchoolHigh · 1,380 students
- Susan Clark Junior HighMiddle · 544 students
- McKinley Elementary SchoolElementary · 394 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolElementary · 372 students
- Grant Elementary SchoolElementary · 300 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 295 students
Other schools in Muscatine
- Muscatine High SchoolHigh · 1,380 students
- Susan Clark Junior HighMiddle · 544 students
- McKinley Elementary SchoolElementary · 394 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolElementary · 372 students
- Grant Elementary SchoolElementary · 300 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 295 students
Other Jefferson Elementary schools
143 other US public schools in 31 states are named Jefferson Elementary. Jefferson Elementary School is the 47th largest of the 144.
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolDavenport, IA · 384 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
- Grant Elementary School0.9 mi · 300
- McKinley Elementary School1.2 mi · 394
- Susan Clark Junior High1.3 mi · 544
- Madison Elementary School1.3 mi · 372
- Franklin Elementary School1.3 mi · 295
- Muskie Early Learning Center1.4 mi · 261
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Jefferson Elementary School?
Jefferson Elementary School enrolls approximately 441 students in grades KG-06.
Is Jefferson Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jefferson Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Jefferson Elementary School have?
Jefferson Elementary School employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
How diverse is Jefferson Elementary School?
Jefferson Elementary School reports a student body of 48% White, 36% Hispanic, 8% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Jefferson Elementary School?
Jefferson Elementary School is overseen by Muscatine Comm School District in Muscatine County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.