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Enrollment
500
Elementary
DISTRICT 665 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW ROCHELLE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362049001898
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
131 WEYMAN AVE, NEW ROCHELLE, NY 10805 · (914) 576-4430 · Westchester County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL500 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of New York public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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 New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
369 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 58%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 17% |
| Ungraded | 8 | 2% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 72% · 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
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
40.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York'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 New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 54.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. 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
42.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for New York 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 New York'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 SCHOOL
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (42.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 500 | 73.8% | 42.8% |
| ANTHONY ALFANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CENTRAL ISLIP | 491 | 73.3% | 30.4% |
| ARCHER STREET SCHOOL FREEPORT | 433 | 76.2% | 50.3% |
| PS 376 BROOKLYN | 466 | 78.5% | 66.8% |
| EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRENTWOOD | 430 | 71.9% | N/A |
| DREXEL AVENUE SCHOOL WESTBURY | 513 | 67.6% | 44.1% |
Matched among New York 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 New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #1,486 of 2,335 | #85 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,455 of 2,342 ▼ 299 | #89 of 127 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #1,800 of 2,343 ▼ 218 | #104 of 127 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 500 | #820 of 2,585 | #57 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #317 of 2,338 | #16 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.7% | #1,739 of 2,388 | #125 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.8% | #917 of 2,534 | #13 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.1% | #1,138 of 1,757 | #45 of 100 |
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
500
-8 (-2%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 557
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 500 | 52.2 | 9.6:1 | 74% (369) |
| 2023-24 | 517 | 43.8 | 11.8:1 | 66% (343) |
| 2022-23 | 478 | 45.3 | 10.6:1 | 71% (337) |
| 2020-21 | 508 | 39 | 13.0:1 | 69% (351) |
| 2017-18 | 556 | 47 | 11.8:1 | 64% (358) |
| 2015-16 | 630 | 48 | 13.1:1 | 75% (473) |
| 2010-11 | 601 | 42 | 14.3:1 | 69% (415) |
| 2000-01 | 550 | 41 | 13.4:1 | 58% (318) |
| 1990-91 | 557 | 47 | 11.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public medium-sized elementary school in NEW ROCHELLE, New York. The school serves 500 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
NEW ROCHELLE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT has 9,837 students spread across 10 schools.
Roughly 79% of students at JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 11% Black, 5% White, 3% Asian, and 2% multiracial. Among people living in Westchester County, the Hispanic share is about 27%. JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 36%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 9.6:1, with 52.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 3.3 students per teacher below the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 74% of enrollment. That rate is above the 38% average among public schools in Westchester County.
allk12 grades JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a C+. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 47.9%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 42.8%.
County data help place the school in context: in Westchester County, the median household income is $118,976, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Westchester County is home to 255 public schools and about 140,968 public school students.
ISAAC E YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles of JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 42.8% is below the 69.1% average for nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
The school's size has been steady, with 508 students in 2020-21 and 500 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.0:1 to 9.6:1 over the same years.
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Westchester County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
999,677
Census ACS
Median income
$118,976
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
255
140,968 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NEW ROCHELLE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- NEW ROCHELLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,047 students
- ISAAC E YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,122 students
- WILLIAM B WARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,019 students
- ALBERT LEONARD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,012 students
- TRINITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 838 students
- COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 728 students
Other schools in NEW ROCHELLE
- NEW ROCHELLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,047 students
- ISAAC E YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,122 students
- WILLIAM B WARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,019 students
- ALBERT LEONARD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,012 students
- TRINITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 838 students
- COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 728 students
Other Jefferson Elementary schools
143 other US public schools in 31 states are named Jefferson Elementary. JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 28th largest of the 144.
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSCHENECTADY, NY · 671 students
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMASSENA, NY · 452 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolJefferson, GA · 1,011 students
- Jefferson ElementaryRiverside, CA · 886 students
- Jefferson ElementaryLennox, CA · 716 students
Nearby schools
- ISAAC E YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 1,122
- TRINITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 838
- COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 728
- SIWANOY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 275
- COLONIAL SCHOOL1.1 mi · 296
- PROSPECT HILL SCHOOL1.1 mi · 334
Frequently asked questions
About JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 500 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 52 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.6:1.
How diverse is JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 5% White, 79% Hispanic, 11% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by NEW ROCHELLE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Westchester County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.