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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Thomas Jefferson High School this year?
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Enrollment
1,501
High
DISTRICT 944 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CEDAR RAPIDS COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190654000263
Thomas Jefferson High School
1243 20th ST SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 · (319) 558-2435 · Linn County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,501 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of Iowa public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
85 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
908 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 41%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 384 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 407 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 384 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 326 | 22% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
63.7%
IA avg 73.6% . +10.3pp since 2023
Math
48.6%
IA avg 70.9% . +4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.7% | 48.6% |
| 2023-24 | 53.4% | 44.4% |
% 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
51.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.7%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 High School
Thomas Jefferson High School's state test result (51.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Jefferson High School this school | 1,501 | 60.5% | 51.9% |
| George Washington High School Cedar Rapids | 1,182 | 54.7% | 60.2% |
| Roosevelt High School Des Moines | 2,051 | 55.2% | 59.5% |
| North High School Davenport | 1,190 | 51.9% | 47.5% |
| Central High School Davenport | 1,288 | 49.2% | 51.1% |
| East High School Waterloo | 1,016 | 70.8% | 47.9% |
Matched among Iowa high 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 High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Linn County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #299 of 313 | #14 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #300 of 314 ▲ 4 | #14 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.7% | #283 of 314 ▲ 20 | #14 of 14 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,501 | #17 of 340 | #4 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #236 of 259 | #10 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.7% | #18 of 260 | #2 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.5% | #18 of 320 | #2 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.7% | #97 of 125 | #6 of 6 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,501
+60 (+4%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 1,685
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 1,501 | 84.9 | 17.7:1 | 60% (908) |
| 2023-24 | 1,575 | 86.4 | 18.2:1 | 60% (941) |
| 2022-23 | 1,543 | 86.1 | 17.9:1 | 56% (870) |
| 2020-21 | 1,441 | 88 | 16.4:1 | 60% (868) |
| 2017-18 | 1,575 | 87.1 | 18.1:1 | 53% (842) |
| 2015-16 | 1,490 | 86 | 17.3:1 | 49% (729) |
| 2010-11 | 1,535 | 99 | 15.5:1 | 38% (578) |
| 2000-01 | 1,607 | 90 | 17.9:1 | 16% (251) |
| 1990-91 | 1,685 | 98 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomas Jefferson High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (1,575 to 1,501); teachers down 3% (87.1 to 84.9).
About Thomas Jefferson High School
Thomas Jefferson High School is a large high school with its address in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Enrolled students number 1,501 students, in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 221% higher than the average for high schools in Iowa, which is about 468.
Thomas Jefferson High School is one school in a 35-school district, Cedar Rapids Comm School District, which enrolls 15,494 students.
Thomas Jefferson High School has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 49%. Other students are 28% Black, 11% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. By comparison, Linn County residents are about 84% White. The school's diversity index is 66%, meaning two students picked at random have a 66% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reported 84.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 17.7:1. That matches the 17.3:1 average for high schools in Iowa fairly closely. Eligible students account for 60% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Compared with the 40% average for public schools in Linn County, the school's rate is higher.
Measured against Iowa public high schools, Thomas Jefferson High School receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Thomas Jefferson High School is -9.8 points: 51.9% actual, 61.7% predicted.
Linn County has about 230,004 residents, and the median household income is $77,649, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Thomas Jefferson High School, Linn County has 82 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, Cleveland Elementary School, is about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Thomas Jefferson High School is 4th among 9 schools close by.
Its NCES locale code is City: Mid-size: the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment has grown by 60 students since 2020-21, to 1,501. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 17.7:1, from 16.4:1.
Community posts for Thomas Jefferson High School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Linn County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
230,004
Census ACS
Median income
$77,649
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
36,480 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cedar Rapids Comm School District
- John F Kennedy High SchoolHigh · 1,648 students
- George Washington High SchoolHigh · 1,182 students
- Harding Middle SchoolMiddle · 710 students
- Taft Middle SchoolMiddle · 593 students
- Viola Gibson Elementary SchoolElementary · 565 students
- West Willow Elementary SchoolElementary · 555 students
Other schools in Cedar Rapids
- Prairie High SchoolHigh · 1,766 students
- John F Kennedy High SchoolHigh · 1,648 students
- George Washington High SchoolHigh · 1,182 students
- Prairie PointMiddle · 868 students
- Prairie CreekMiddle · 846 students
- Harding Middle SchoolMiddle · 710 students
Other Thomas Jefferson High schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Thomas Jefferson High. Thomas Jefferson High School is the 3rd largest of the 7.
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolCouncil Bluffs, IA · 1,146 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolAUBURN, WA · 1,810 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolDALLAS, TX · 1,516 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolDENVER, CO · 1,390 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolJefferson Hills, PA · 1,041 students
Nearby schools
- Cleveland Elementary School0.5 mi · 254
- Roosevelt Creative Corridor Business Academy0.9 mi · 484
- Van Buren Elementary School1.0 mi · 429
- Cedar River Academy at Taylor1.0 mi · 355
- Hoover Elementary School1.4 mi · 420
- Harrison Elementary School1.5 mi · 277
Frequently asked questions
About Thomas Jefferson High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Thomas Jefferson High School?
Thomas Jefferson High School enrolls approximately 1,501 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Thomas Jefferson High School serve?
Thomas Jefferson High School serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Thomas Jefferson High School have?
Thomas Jefferson High School employs 85 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.7:1.
How diverse is Thomas Jefferson High School?
Thomas Jefferson High School reports a student body of 49% White, 11% Hispanic, 28% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Thomas Jefferson High School in?
Thomas Jefferson High School is part of Cedar Rapids Comm School District.
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