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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Jefferson Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
698
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370192002453
Jefferson Elementary
1400 New Garden Road, Greensboro, NC 27410 · (336) 316-5870 · Guilford County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL698 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 59% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- B-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 North Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
695 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 82%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 30 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 89 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 120 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 131 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 110 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (110).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 71% · 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
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
50.6%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
60.1%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. 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
57.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for North Carolina 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 North Carolina'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
Jefferson Elementary's state test result (57.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Elementary this school | 698 | 99.6% | 57.2% |
| John W Jones Elementary Wilson | 601 | 99.5% | 52.5% |
| Ed V Baldwin Elementary Hope Mills | 634 | 99.5% | 38.3% |
| Summit Creek Academy Browns Summit | 749 | 99.6% | N/A |
| Guilford Elementary Greensboro | 623 | 99.5% | 35.4% |
| Bill Hefner Elementary Fayetteville | 712 | 94.2% | 43.7% |
Matched among North Carolina 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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Guilford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.2% | #594 of 1,297 | #20 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.1% | #606 of 1,296 | #20 of 64 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.6% | #599 of 1,300 | #23 of 64 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 698 | #182 of 1,485 | #7 of 76 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #576 of 1,377 | #27 of 72 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.1% | #523 of 1,379 | #30 of 72 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #70 of 1,414 | #3 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.2% | #346 of 369 | #18 of 19 |
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
698
+67 (+11%) vs 2020
-1% since 2000-01, when it was 703
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 698 | 48.5 | 14.4:1 | 100% (695) |
| 2023-24 | 708 | 48.9 | 14.5:1 | 100% (705) |
| 2022-23 | 696 | 47.8 | 14.6:1 | 100% (693) |
| 2020-21 | 631 | 42 | 15.0:1 | 100% (628) |
| 2017-18 | 690 | 43.5 | 15.8:1 | 100% (687) |
| 2015-16 | 655 | 42 | 15.6:1 | 100% (652) |
| 2010-11 | 775 | 48 | 16.1:1 | 56% (434) |
| 2000-01 | 703 | 43 | 16.4:1 | 21% (146) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (690 to 698); teachers up 11% (43.5 to 48.5).
About Jefferson Elementary
In Greensboro, North Carolina, part of Guilford County, Jefferson Elementary is an elementary school. In all, 698 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. It has 49% more students than the average for elementary schools in North Carolina (about 467).
The 123 schools in Guilford County Schools enroll 68,535 students altogether, Jefferson Elementary among them.
The share of Black students at Jefferson Elementary is 54%, a majority. Other students are 20% White, 16% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% Asian. That is higher than the 34% Black share among all Guilford County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 64%.
Based on 48.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, Jefferson Elementary has a ratio of 14.4:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in North Carolina is similar, at 14.9:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 100%. The gap from the 89% average for public schools in Guilford County is 11 points.
Jefferson Elementary 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 59% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Jefferson Elementary is +8.7 points: 57.2% actual, 48.4% predicted.
Census data for Guilford County show median household income comes to about $68,642, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The county has 143 public schools and about 79,539 students.
Early College at Guilford is the nearest public school to Jefferson Elementary, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles of Jefferson Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Jefferson Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Jefferson Elementary the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count rose 11% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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Guilford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
547,940
Census ACS
Median income
$68,642
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
143
79,539 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Guilford County Schools
- Northwest Guilford HighHigh · 2,055 students
- Grimsley HighHigh · 1,967 students
- Page HighHigh · 1,648 students
- Southwest Guilford HighHigh · 1,547 students
- James B Dudley HighHigh · 1,403 students
- Ben L. Smith High SchoolHigh · 1,348 students
Other schools in Greensboro
- Northwest Guilford HighHigh · 2,055 students
- Grimsley HighHigh · 1,967 students
- Page HighHigh · 1,648 students
- James B Dudley HighHigh · 1,403 students
- Triad Math and Science AcademyCombined · 1,374 students
- Ben L. Smith High SchoolHigh · 1,348 students
Other Jefferson Elementary schools
143 other US public schools in 31 states are named Jefferson Elementary. Jefferson Elementary is the 4th largest of the 144.
- Jefferson ElementaryWinston-Salem, NC · 560 students
- Jefferson ElementaryShelby, NC · 439 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolJefferson, GA · 1,011 students
- Jefferson ElementaryRiverside, CA · 886 students
- Jefferson ElementaryLennox, CA · 716 students
Nearby schools
- Early College at Guilford0.7 mi · 193
- Claxton Elementary1.4 mi · 579
- Guilford Elementary1.5 mi · 623
- Western Guilford Middle1.7 mi · 731
- Western Guilford High2.0 mi · 1,243
- Morehead Elementary2.0 mi · 509
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson ElementaryHow large is Jefferson Elementary?
Jefferson Elementary enrolls approximately 698 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Jefferson Elementary serve?
Jefferson Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Jefferson Elementary have?
Jefferson Elementary employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jefferson Elementary?
At Jefferson Elementary, the student body is approximately 20% White, 16% Hispanic, 54% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Jefferson Elementary public or private?
Jefferson Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Guilford County Schools.
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