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Does Jefferson Elementary School have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
464
Elementary
DISTRICT 336 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 273180001004
Jefferson Elementary School
1201 10TH AVE NE, ROCHESTER, MN 55906 · (507) 328-3500 · Olmsted County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL464 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
,
0 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
151 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 48%
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 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
68.5%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
68.4%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
64.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.6%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 48% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Minnesota's top 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 (64.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Elementary School this school | 464 | 32.5% | 64.0% |
| Crooked Lake Elementary ANDOVER | 438 | 32.9% | 58.7% |
| SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING-ARTS AT OLSON GOLDEN VALLEY | 432 | 32.2% | 55.7% |
| Lino Lakes Elementary LINO LAKES | 501 | 32.1% | 46.5% |
| ELM CREEK ELEMENTARY MAPLE GROVE | 565 | 33.1% | 50.5% |
| BIRCHVIEW ELEMENTARY PLYMOUTH | 441 | 32.0% | 57.6% |
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 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Olmsted County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #90 of 844 | #3 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.4% | #141 of 844 | #4 of 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.5% | #68 of 844 | #2 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 464 | #360 of 1,130 | #12 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.3% | #309 of 796 | #15 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.5% | #641 of 942 | #15 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.4% | #101 of 499 | #5 of 17 |
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
464
-115 (-20%) vs 2020
-14% since 2000-01, when it was 538
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 | 464 | N/A | N/A | 33% (151) |
| 2023-24 | 488 | 34.9 | 14.0:1 | 33% (163) |
| 2022-23 | 525 | 36.3 | 14.5:1 | 36% (190) |
| 2020-21 | 579 | 43 | 13.5:1 | 24% (139) |
| 2017-18 | 614 | 45.4 | 13.5:1 | 35% (215) |
| 2015-16 | 587 | 40 | 14.7:1 | 40% (236) |
| 2010-11 | 434 | 28 | 15.5:1 | 38% (167) |
| 2000-01 | 538 | 33 | 16.3:1 | 29% (155) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Elementary School.
About Jefferson Elementary School
Jefferson Elementary School runs as a mid-sized elementary school in ROCHESTER, Minnesota. In all, 464 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 35% bigger than the 344-student average for elementary schools in Minnesota.
In Rochester Public School District, 47 schools enroll a combined 17,430 students.
More than half of the students at Jefferson Elementary School are White (63%). The rest of enrollment is 13% Black, 9% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 7% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Olmsted County's population at about 77%. The diversity index for Jefferson Elementary School is 56%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Jefferson Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 33%. The figure for public schools in Olmsted County is close, at 35%.
Jefferson Elementary School outperforms its prediction by 16.4 points. The model expects 47.6% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Minnesota; the school's rate is 64.0%.
American Community Survey estimates for Olmsted County show that median household income comes to about $95,406, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county's public schools total 72, with about 24,627 students.
Kellogg Middle School is about 0.5 miles from Jefferson Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Mid-size.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 115 students, from 579 to 464.
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Olmsted County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
164,498
Census ACS
Median income
$95,406
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
72
24,627 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rochester Public School District
- Mayo High SchoolHigh · 1,787 students
- Century High SchoolHigh · 1,608 students
- John Marshall High SchoolHigh · 1,549 students
- Dakota Middle SchoolMiddle · 921 students
- John Adams Middle SchoolMiddle · 867 students
- Willow Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 864 students
Other schools in ROCHESTER
- Mayo High SchoolHigh · 1,787 students
- Century High SchoolHigh · 1,608 students
- John Marshall High SchoolHigh · 1,549 students
- Dakota Middle SchoolMiddle · 921 students
- John Adams Middle SchoolMiddle · 867 students
- Willow Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 864 students
Other Jefferson Elementary schools
143 other US public schools in 31 states are named Jefferson Elementary. Jefferson Elementary School is the 39th largest of the 144.
- Jefferson ElementaryBLAINE, MN · 650 students
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARYNEW ULM, MN · 643 students
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARYFARIBAULT, MN · 389 students
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARYWINONA, MN · 322 students
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARYMANKATO, MN · 191 students
Nearby schools
- Kellogg Middle School0.5 mi · 769
- Churchill Elementary School0.7 mi · 192
- ECSE Community1.2 mi · 40
- Early Childhood Assessment1.2 mi · 1
- Hoover Elementary School1.2 mi · 228
- Hoover Early Learning School1.2 mi · 211
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Jefferson Elementary School?
Jefferson Elementary School enrolls approximately 464 students in grades PK-05.
Is Jefferson Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jefferson Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jefferson Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jefferson Elementary School is approximately not reported (0 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jefferson Elementary School?
At Jefferson Elementary School, the student body is approximately 63% White, 7% Hispanic, 13% Black, 7% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Jefferson Elementary School?
Jefferson Elementary School is overseen by Rochester Public School District in Olmsted County.
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