Enrollment
380
Elementary
DISTRICT 321 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWTON COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192061002123
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School
112 Thomas Jefferson Dr, Newton, IA 50208 · (641) 792-2498 · Jasper County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL380 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of Iowa public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
14.5:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
171 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 66 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (63).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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 Newton Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
73.8%
IA avg 73.6% . +3.5pp since 2023
Math
80.1%
IA avg 70.9% . +4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are up 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 | 73.8% | 80.1% |
| 2023-24 | 70.3% | 75.8% |
% 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
75.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.4%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Thomas Jefferson Elementary School
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School's state test result (75.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary School this school | 380 | 45.0% | 75.0% |
| Colfax-Mingo Elementary School Colfax | 399 | 42.9% | 69.7% |
| Shenandoah Elementary School Shenandoah | 349 | 46.7% | 75.2% |
| West Monona Elementary Onawa | 352 | 44.3% | 68.9% |
| Franklin Elementary School Boone | 329 | 45.9% | 77.1% |
| Davis County Elementary Bloomfield | 418 | 46.7% | 64.2% |
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 Thomas Jefferson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Jasper County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #239 of 564 | #4 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.1% | #223 of 564 ▲ 66 | #4 of 9 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.8% | #263 of 564 ▲ 19 | #4 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 380 | #249 of 705 | #2 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #407 of 561 | #6 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.1% | #364 of 561 | #3 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.0% | #284 of 666 | #4 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.8% | #311 of 359 | N/A |
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
380
+46 (+14%) vs 2020
-13% since 2010-11, when it was 436
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 380 | 26.1 | 14.5:1 | 45% (171) |
| 2023-24 | 315 | 23.3 | 13.5:1 | 53% (168) |
| 2022-23 | 325 | 25.4 | 12.8:1 | 55% (178) |
| 2020-21 | 334 | 25 | 13.4:1 | 41% (136) |
| 2017-18 | 395 | 23.1 | 17.1:1 | 51% (202) |
| 2015-16 | 412 | 31 | 13.3:1 | 54% (221) |
| 2010-11 | 436 | 31 | 14.1:1 | 50% (219) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomas Jefferson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (395 to 380); teachers up 13% (23.1 to 26.1).
About Thomas Jefferson Elementary School
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Newton, Iowa, (ZIP code 50208). The school serves 380 students in pre-K through 4 in 2024-25.
Newton Comm School District has a total of 7 schools and 2,929 students, Thomas Jefferson Elementary School among them.
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 86% White. It is also 7% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. By the diversity index, Thomas Jefferson Elementary School comes in at 26%.
Its teaching staff equals 26.1 full-time positions, a ratio of 14.5:1. That ratio is over the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa. Around 45% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 66% of Iowa public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After adjusting for student poverty, Thomas Jefferson Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Iowa schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 75.0%; the prediction is 69.4%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Jasper County, median household income is about $71,311, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Thomas Jefferson Elementary School is one of 18 public schools in Jasper County, which together enroll about 5,668 students.
WEST Academy Alternative School is located about 0.3 miles from Thomas Jefferson Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: 6. Nearby schools with test data average 69.3% proficiency; Thomas Jefferson Elementary School posts 75.0%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Distant.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 14%, from 334 to 380. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.4:1 to 14.5:1 over the same years.
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Jasper County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
37,954
Census ACS
Median income
$71,311
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
5,668 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Newton Comm School District
- Newton Senior High SchoolHigh · 806 students
- Berg Middle SchoolMiddle · 790 students
- Emerson Hough Elementary SchoolElementary · 336 students
- Woodrow Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 306 students
- Aurora Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 260 students
- WEST Academy Alternative SchoolHigh · 51 students
Other schools in Newton
- Newton Senior High SchoolHigh · 806 students
- Berg Middle SchoolMiddle · 790 students
- Emerson Hough Elementary SchoolElementary · 336 students
- Woodrow Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 306 students
- Aurora Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 260 students
- WEST Academy Alternative SchoolHigh · 51 students
Other Thomas Jefferson Elementary schools
27 other US public schools in 15 states are named Thomas Jefferson Elementary. Thomas Jefferson Elementary School is the 16th largest of the 28.
- Thomas Jefferson ElementaryGlendale, CA · 815 students
- Thomas Jefferson ElementaryBurbank, CA · 758 students
- Thomas Jefferson ElementaryLouisa, VA · 672 students
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary SchoolJoliet, IL · 646 students
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary SchoolTulsa, OK · 574 students
Nearby schools
- WEST Academy Alternative School0.3 mi · 51
- Woodrow Wilson Elementary School1.0 mi · 306
- Newton Senior High School1.6 mi · 806
- Emerson Hough Elementary School1.6 mi · 336
- Berg Middle School2.6 mi · 790
- Aurora Heights Elementary School2.7 mi · 260
Frequently asked questions
About Thomas Jefferson Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Thomas Jefferson Elementary School?
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School enrolls approximately 380 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Thomas Jefferson Elementary School serve?
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School?
Approximately 14.5:1 students per teacher at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School?
Student demographics at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School are roughly 86% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Thomas Jefferson Elementary School public or private?
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Newton Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.