Thomas Jefferson High School

Set in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Thomas Jefferson High School is a high-enrollment secondary school, operated by Council Bluffs Comm School District. It hosts 1,146 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 468 students each, so Thomas Jefferson High School sits 145% above that benchmark.

Across the 15 schools in Council Bluffs Comm School District (8,299 students total), Thomas Jefferson High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Thomas Jefferson High School records that the largest single group is White, at 69% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 19% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 88%.

On the resource side, On paper, Thomas Jefferson High School has 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Pottawattamie County (around 40%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Thomas Jefferson High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 64.5%; actual is 48.3%, a gap of -16.2 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Pottawattamie County shows the typical household earns roughly $73,602 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Thomas Jefferson High School is one of 35 public schools in Pottawattamie County (combined enrollment of about 15,270 students).

Edison Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Thomas Jefferson High School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 57.0%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Thomas Jefferson High School's enrollment has ticked down 7% since 2018, when it stood at 1,237 (now 1,146). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.

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