Jefferson Elementary

Set in BLAINE, Minnesota, Jefferson Elementary is a sprawling elementary school, operated by Anoka-Hennepin School District. It instructs 650 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 89% larger than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

Anoka-Hennepin School District comprises 53 schools with combined enrollment of 38,746 students; Jefferson Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Jefferson Elementary shows that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 18% Black, 14% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Jefferson Elementary has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Jefferson Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Anoka County's rate of about 42%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Jefferson Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.5%.

In the broader community, census data for Anoka County shows median household earnings sit near $101,869, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Anoka County's 145 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,656 students), Jefferson Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Eisenhower Elementary, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Jefferson Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Jefferson Elementary at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 50.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 11%: 732 students in 2018 compared to 650 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 68% to 49% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

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