JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY

JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY operates as a big primary school in NEW ULM, Minnesota, one of the schools within NEW ULM PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 643 students spanning grades 1 through 4. That puts it 87% above the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

Across the 4 schools in NEW ULM PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT (2,127 students total), JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%); the rest comes out to 10% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, On paper, JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.1:1. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.6%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Brown County) logs that median household earnings sit near $69,378, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Brown County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,672 students), of which JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY is one.

Nearest neighbor: New Ulm Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Five-year trend. JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 635 (now 643). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.