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Enrollment
389
Elementary
DISTRICT 273 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FARIBAULT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271176000561
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY
922 SW HOME PLACE, FARIBAULT, MN 55021 · (507) 333-6500 · Rice County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL389 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 51.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
321 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 48%
Community
1
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 | 34 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 60% · 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
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
24.4%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
14.6%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. 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
17.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.7%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% typical for Minnesota 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 Minnesota'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
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY's state test result (17.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY this school | 389 | 82.5% | 17.4% |
| Ella Baker Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 512 | 82.6% | 11.0% |
| INDIAN MOUNDS ELEMENTARY BLOOMINGTON | 388 | 75.5% | 17.5% |
| Whittier Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 491 | 85.3% | 11.0% |
| Lyndale Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 466 | 79.2% | 27.9% |
| DISCOVERY COMMUNITY ELEMENTARY WAITE PARK | 572 | 78.8% | 21.0% |
Matched among Minnesota 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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Rice County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.4% | #784 of 844 | #9 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.6% | #790 of 844 | #8 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #751 of 844 | #9 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 389 | #507 of 1,130 | #6 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #251 of 769 | #4 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.6% | #133 of 796 | #2 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.5% | #90 of 942 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.8% | #119 of 499 | 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
389
-55 (-12%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 676
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 389 | 30.6 | 12.7:1 | 83% (321) |
| 2023-24 | 395 | 35.6 | 11.1:1 | 84% (331) |
| 2022-23 | 458 | 33.3 | 13.7:1 | 89% (406) |
| 2020-21 | 444 | 36 | 12.3:1 | 76% (338) |
| 2017-18 | 504 | 40.3 | 12.5:1 | 78% (395) |
| 2015-16 | 552 | 43 | 12.8:1 | 74% (409) |
| 2010-11 | 548 | 39 | 14.1:1 | 64% (350) |
| 2000-01 | 506 | 30 | 16.9:1 | 34% (173) |
| 1990-91 | 676 | 35 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (504 to 389); teachers down 24% (40.3 to 30.6).
About JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY
Federal records list JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY as an elementary school in FARIBAULT, Minnesota. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 389 students.
FARIBAULT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT is made up of 10 schools with 3,106 students in all.
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY's enrollment has no majority group, and Black students are the largest at 38%. The school is also 34% Hispanic, 19% White, 5% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 7%. JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY has a diversity index of 70%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Staffing totals 30.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.7:1. That ratio is under the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY is 83%. The 46% average for public schools in Rice County is 37 points lower.
Schools in Minnesota with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 20.7%. JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY scores 17.4%.
In the county around the school, Rice County, median household income is about $83,181, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. A total of 40 public schools operate in Rice County, serving about 8,301 students.
The next-closest public school is FARIBAULT SENIOR HIGH, about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY at 5th of 5.
Its location is classified as Town: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The student count in 2024-25 was 389, 12% below the 444 of 2020-21.
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Rice County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
67,917
Census ACS
Median income
$83,181
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
40
8,301 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FARIBAULT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- FARIBAULT SENIOR HIGHHigh · 956 students
- FARIBAULT MIDDLEMiddle · 594 students
- ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARYElementary · 473 students
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARYElementary · 391 students
- FARIBAULT AREA LEARNING CENTERHigh · 118 students
- EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATIONElementary · 78 students
Other schools in FARIBAULT
- FARIBAULT SENIOR HIGHHigh · 956 students
- FARIBAULT MIDDLEMiddle · 594 students
- ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARYElementary · 473 students
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARYElementary · 391 students
- CANNON RIVER STEM SCHOOLElementary · 224 students
- FARIBAULT AREA LEARNING CENTERHigh · 118 students
Other Jefferson Elementary schools
143 other US public schools in 31 states are named Jefferson Elementary. JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY is the 58th largest of the 144.
- Jefferson ElementaryBLAINE, MN · 650 students
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARYNEW ULM, MN · 643 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolROCHESTER, MN · 464 students
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARYWINONA, MN · 322 students
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARYMANKATO, MN · 191 students
Nearby schools
- FARIBAULT SENIOR HIGH0.4 mi · 956
- FARIBAULT MIDDLE0.8 mi · 594
- EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION0.8 mi · 78
- Falcons Online Academy-Middle0.8 mi · 9
- Falcons Online Academy-HS0.8 mi · 62
- Surad Academy0.8 mi · 77
Frequently asked questions
About JEFFERSON ELEMENTARYHow many students attend JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY?
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 389 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY serve?
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY?
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 19% White, 34% Hispanic, 38% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY in?
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY is part of FARIBAULT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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