JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 406 COTTONWOOD ST, in NORFOLK, Nebraska, JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a reasonably sized elementary campus that works with 256 students (grades pre-K through 4), one of the schools within NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 4,543 students. JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 32% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Madison County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. The state averages around 21.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Madison County (around 47%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.1%; this one delivers 60.5%.

Across the wider county, census data for Madison County shows the typical household earns roughly $63,128 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 23 public schools in Madison County (combined enrollment of about 6,196 students).

The closest other public school is NORFOLK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 58.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has expanded 10%, going from 233 students in 2018 to 256 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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