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Jefferson High School

4001 W 102ND ST, BLOOMINGTON, MN 55437 · (952) 806-7600 · Hennepin County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,684 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of Minnesota public high schools
  • BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • C+Beats 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 Minnesota public high schools

Enrollment
1,684
High
DISTRICT 622 · STATE 371
Student : Teacher
22.8:1
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.1:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
471 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 48%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 946728%
Grade 1043826%
Grade 1141325%
Grade 1236622%
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 60% · US 70%
White
98959%
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 60% · US 43%
Hispanic
19712%
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 12% · US 30%
Black
24815%
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 12% · US 15%
Asian
1066%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 7% · US 6%
Two+
1378%
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 7% · US 5%
Native American
70%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 2% · US 1%
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
Male
86751%
Female
81749%

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Test scores

MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds Standards
English Language Arts
40.2%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
50.0%
MN avg 45.3%

What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.0%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 High School

Jefferson High School's state test result (42.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Jefferson High School this school1,68428.0%42.0%
Century High School
ROCHESTER
1,60829.2%59.9%
Park High School
COTTAGE GROVE
1,99228.7%36.8%
Mayo High School
ROCHESTER
1,78727.9%55.4%
Southwest High
MINNEAPOLIS
1,19525.6%58.7%
EASTVIEW SENIOR HIGH
APPLE VALLEY
2,32827.8%58.2%
Matched among Minnesota high 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 High School ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn MinnesotaIn Hennepin County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
42.0%#160 of 397#20 of 45
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
50.0%#54 of 401#10 of 47
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
40.2%#269 of 397#28 of 45
Enrollment
ranked largest first
1,684#43 of 764#12 of 100
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
22.8:1#311 of 332#36 of 38
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
60.9%#75 of 338#24 of 38
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
28.0%#315 of 444#40 of 51
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+2.0%#158 of 181#20 of 23
Ranked against other public high 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 2024-25
Enrollment
1,684
+29 (+2%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 1,683
Student : Teacher
22.8:1
was 36.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-251,6847422.8:128% (471)
2023-241,68576.122.1:130% (505)
2022-231,63747.734.3:129% (474)
2020-211,6554536.8:119% (320)
2017-181,65179.420.8:120% (330)
2015-161,6347621.5:119% (304)
2010-111,6628419.8:118% (298)
2000-011,7749119.5:16% (109)
1990-911,6838918.9:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson High School.

Since 2017-18: students up 2% (1,651 to 1,684); teachers down 7% (79.4 to 74).

About Jefferson High School

Jefferson High School is one of the public schools in BLOOMINGTON, Minnesota. It is a large high school. It has an enrollment of 1,684 students in grades 9 through 12. High schools in Minnesota average about 371 students, which makes this school 354% larger than average.

Bloomington Public Schools counts 10,442 students in its 22 schools, and Jefferson High School is one of them.

The student body at Jefferson High School is 59% White. It is also 15% Black, 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 6% Asian. A diversity index of 61% means there is a 61% chance two randomly chosen students at Jefferson High School are from different groups.

Jefferson High School reported 74 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 22.8:1. High schools in Minnesota average 16.3:1, 6.4 fewer students per teacher than here. There are 471 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 28% of enrollment. Public schools in Hennepin County average 43%.

Jefferson High School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 55% of Minnesota public high schools.

Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Jefferson High School would be expected to post about 50.0%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 42.0%.

The county, Hennepin County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $97,653, about 54% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county's public schools total 496, with about 177,509 students.

About 0.3 miles separate Jefferson High School from the closest public school, OLSON MIDDLE. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Jefferson High School is 4th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.

The NCES locale for Jefferson High School is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

Enrollment in 2024-25 was 1,684, close to the 1,655 recorded in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher dropped from 36.8 to 22.8 over 4 years.

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Hennepin County at a glance

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Population
1,269,496
Census ACS
Median income
$97,653
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
496
177,509 students

Quick facts

School name
Jefferson High School
District
Bloomington Public Schools
Address
4001 W 102ND ST, BLOOMINGTON, MN 55437
Phone
(952) 806-7600
County
Hennepin County
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
1,684
Teachers (FTE)
74
Student–teacher ratio
22.8:1
Free and reduced lunch
471 (28%)
Locale
13-City: Small
NCES ID
270579000219
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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19 other US public schools in 16 states are named Jefferson High. Jefferson High School is the 5th largest of the 20.

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Frequently asked questions

About Jefferson High School
How large is Jefferson High School?
Jefferson High School enrolls approximately 1,684 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Jefferson High School serve?
Jefferson High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Jefferson High School?
Approximately 22.8:1 students per teacher at Jefferson High School.
What is the student diversity at Jefferson High School?
Student demographics at Jefferson High School are roughly 59% White, 12% Hispanic, 15% Black, 6% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Jefferson High School in?
Jefferson High School is part of Bloomington Public Schools.
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