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Does Jefferson Elementary School have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
473
Elementary
DISTRICT 405 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WYANDOTTE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF·NCES 263654007249
Jefferson Elementary School
1515 15TH ST, WYANDOTTE, MI 48192 · (734) 759-5600 · Wayne County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL473 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of Michigan public elementary 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 Michigan public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
257 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 55%
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 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 56% · 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 Wyandotte School District of the City of. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
42.1%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
32.8%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. 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
31.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.2%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for Michigan 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 Michigan'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 (31.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Elementary School this school | 473 | 54.3% | 31.0% |
| Memorial Elementary School RIVERVIEW | 435 | 55.4% | 35.8% |
| Ross Park Elementary School MUSKEGON | 450 | 54.4% | 39.1% |
| Schoolcraft Elementary School WATERFORD | 398 | 54.5% | 47.3% |
| Memorial Elementary 12 Campus GARDEN CITY | 419 | 53.9% | N/A |
| Lincoln Elementary School HUDSON | 438 | 56.4% | 26.1% |
Matched among Michigan 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 Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #925 of 1,085 | #117 of 165 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #854 of 1,072 | #110 of 165 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #719 of 1,139 | #96 of 176 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 473 | #358 of 1,630 | #89 of 301 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #1,175 of 1,424 | #221 of 281 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.9% | #624 of 1,424 | #102 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.3% | #817 of 1,563 | #222 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #562 of 979 | #90 of 177 |
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
473
-20 (-4%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 483
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 473 | 26 | 18.2:1 | 54% (257) |
| 2023-24 | 499 | 24.5 | 20.4:1 | 61% (305) |
| 2022-23 | 479 | 27.7 | 17.3:1 | 61% (294) |
| 2020-21 | 493 | 27 | 18.3:1 | 49% (244) |
| 2017-18 | 530 | 23.7 | 22.4:1 | 58% (306) |
| 2015-16 | 516 | 22 | 23.4:1 | 59% (302) |
| 2010-11 | 491 | 23 | 21.4:1 | 53% (261) |
| 2000-01 | 427 | 20 | 21.4:1 | 19% (81) |
| 1990-91 | 483 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (530 to 473); teachers up 10% (23.7 to 26).
About Jefferson Elementary School
Jefferson Elementary School, located in WYANDOTTE, Michigan, is a mid-sized elementary school. It reports enrollment of 473 students in kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 28% above the 369-student average for elementary schools in Michigan.
Wyandotte School District of the City of enrolls 4,149 students in 9 schools, including Jefferson Elementary School.
More than half of the students at Jefferson Elementary School are White (76%). Beyond that, enrollment is 12% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 4% multiracial. In Wayne County overall, about 49% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 40%.
The school has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 18.2 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Michigan average 15.8:1, 2.4 fewer students per teacher than here. Of all students at Jefferson Elementary School, 54% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 66% average for public schools in Wayne County.
Among Michigan public elementary schools, Jefferson Elementary School outscored 7%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Jefferson Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 31.0% is 11.2 points below the 42.2% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
For Wayne County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $60,539, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. There are 573 public schools in the county, enrolling about 259,786, Jefferson Elementary School among them.
Woodrow Wilson School, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Jefferson Elementary School is 5th among 7 schools close by.
The federal government classifies Jefferson Elementary School's location as Suburb: Large.
The school's enrollment decreased 4% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,772,259
Census ACS
Median income
$60,539
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
573
259,786 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wyandotte School District of the City of
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 1,236 students
- Woodrow Wilson SchoolMiddle · 869 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 418 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 379 students
- Monroe Elementary SchoolElementary · 349 students
- Madison SchoolCombined · 153 students
Other schools in WYANDOTTE
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 1,236 students
- Woodrow Wilson SchoolMiddle · 869 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 418 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 379 students
- Monroe Elementary SchoolElementary · 349 students
- Madison SchoolCombined · 153 students
Other Jefferson Elementary schools
143 other US public schools in 31 states are named Jefferson Elementary. Jefferson Elementary School is the 35th largest of the 144.
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolSTERLING HEIGHTS, MI · 408 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolCOLDWATER, MI · 378 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolJefferson, GA · 1,011 students
- Jefferson ElementaryRiverside, CA · 886 students
- Jefferson ElementaryLennox, CA · 716 students
Nearby schools
- Woodrow Wilson School0.2 mi · 869
- The Lincoln Center0.5 mi · 140
- Washington Elementary School0.8 mi · 379
- Earl F Carr School0.8 mi · 311
- Garfield Elementary School1.1 mi · 418
- Grogan Elementary School1.2 mi · 353
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Jefferson Elementary School?
Jefferson Elementary School enrolls approximately 473 students in grades KG-05.
Is Jefferson Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jefferson Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Jefferson Elementary School have?
Jefferson Elementary School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Jefferson Elementary School?
Student demographics at Jefferson Elementary School are roughly 76% White, 12% Hispanic, 7% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Jefferson Elementary School in?
Jefferson Elementary School is part of Wyandotte School District of the City of.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.