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What's the one class at Jefferson Elementary every student should take?
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Enrollment
654
Elementary
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON AREA LOCAL·NCES 390458702371
Jefferson Elementary
204 W Mulberry St, Jefferson, OH 44047 · (440) 576-9180 · Ashtabula County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL654 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.3:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
356 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 43%
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 | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 108 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 98 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 9% smaller than its 6th grade class (98).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 54% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Jefferson Area Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
67.0%
OH avg 59.8% . +12.2pp since 2021
Math
61.9%
OH avg 56.1% . +10.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 61.9% |
| 2023-24 | 70.0% | 56.7% |
| 2022-23 | 63.6% | 58.3% |
| 2021-22 | 54.8% | 51.8% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. 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
63.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.3%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% typical for Ohio 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 Ohio'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 (63.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Elementary this school | 654 | 54.4% | 63.3% |
| Harrison Elementary School Harrison | 604 | 52.5% | 73.7% |
| Madison Elementary School Middletown | 711 | 51.8% | 75.6% |
| Hubbard Elementary School Hubbard | 663 | 54.8% | 76.1% |
| Three Rivers Elementary Cleves | 731 | 50.8% | 66.7% |
| Wapakoneta Elementary Wapakoneta | 800 | 52.5% | 69.2% |
Matched among Ohio 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 Ohio | In Ashtabula County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #566 of 673 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #878 of 1,569 ▲ 61 | #8 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #688 of 1,569 ▼ 6 | #3 of 11 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.2pp | #220 of 1,514 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 654 | #200 of 1,808 | #1 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #1,096 of 1,582 | #9 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.2% | #1,222 of 1,590 | #9 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.4% | #192 of 767 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.8% | #324 of 561 | N/A |
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
654
+54 (+9%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 901
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 19.4:1
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 | 654 | 34.5 | 19.0:1 | 54% (356) |
| 2023-24 | 640 | 33.5 | 19.1:1 | 60% (384) |
| 2022-23 | 637 | 33.5 | 19.0:1 | 38% (239) |
| 2020-21 | 600 | 31 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 601 | 28.3 | 21.2:1 | 51% (307) |
| 2015-16 | 611 | 27 | 22.6:1 | 56% (340) |
| 2010-11 | 657 | 39 | 16.9:1 | 49% (325) |
| 2000-01 | 868 | 48 | 18.1:1 | 28% (239) |
| 1990-91 | 901 | 40 | 22.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (601 to 654); teachers up 22% (28.3 to 34.5).
About Jefferson Elementary
Jefferson Elementary is a large elementary school in Jefferson, Ohio. The latest federal count shows 654 students in kindergarten through 6. The average for elementary schools in Ohio is about 404 students, so this school is 62% bigger than average.
Jefferson Elementary is one of the 5 schools that make up Jefferson Area Local (1,685 students in total).
The student body at Jefferson Elementary is 90% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 5% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. That is close to the 89% White share among all Ashtabula County residents. Jefferson Elementary's diversity index is 18%, against a US figure of 70%.
Jefferson Elementary operates with 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 19.0:1. On average, elementary schools in Ohio have 17.9:1, compared with 19.0:1 here. Jefferson Elementary reports 54% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Ashtabula County average 56%.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Jefferson Elementary is 68.3%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 63.3%.
Across Ashtabula County, the median household income is $57,728, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 16% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Ashtabula County is home to 34 public schools and about 12,023 public school students.
The shortest distance from Jefferson Elementary to another public school is about 0.3 miles, to Jefferson Area Junior High School. Other public schools within five miles: 4. Nearby schools with test data average 66.2% proficiency; Jefferson Elementary posts 63.3%.
Locale data from NCES put Jefferson Elementary in rural territory some distance from an urban area (Rural: Distant).
Over 4 years, Jefferson Elementary's enrollment climbed 9%, to 654.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Jefferson Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Ashtabula County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
97,167
Census ACS
Median income
$57,728
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
12,023 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jefferson Area Local
- Jefferson Area Sr High SchoolHigh · 427 students
- Rock Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 313 students
- Jefferson Area Junior High SchoolMiddle · 285 students
- Jefferson Area Local Schools OnlineCombined · 6 students
Other schools in Jefferson
- Ashtabula County Technical and Career CampusHigh · 599 students
- Jefferson Area Sr High SchoolHigh · 427 students
- Jefferson Area Junior High SchoolMiddle · 285 students
- Jefferson Area Local Schools OnlineCombined · 6 students
Other Jefferson Elementary schools
143 other US public schools in 31 states are named Jefferson Elementary. Jefferson Elementary is the 7th largest of the 144.
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolGahanna, OH · 437 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolEastlake, OH · 402 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolJefferson, GA · 1,011 students
- Jefferson ElementaryRiverside, CA · 886 students
- Jefferson ElementaryLennox, CA · 716 students
Nearby schools
- Jefferson Area Junior High School0.3 mi · 285
- Jefferson Area Sr High School0.3 mi · 427
- Jefferson Area Local Schools Online0.5 mi · 6
- Ashtabula County Technical and Career Campus2.8 mi · 599
- Austinburg Elementary School5.1 mi · 216
- Rock Creek Elementary School5.8 mi · 313
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Jefferson Elementary?
Jefferson Elementary enrolls approximately 654 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Jefferson Elementary serve?
Jefferson Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jefferson Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jefferson Elementary is approximately 19.0:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Jefferson Elementary?
Student demographics at Jefferson Elementary are roughly 90% White, 5% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Jefferson Elementary in?
Jefferson Elementary is part of Jefferson Area Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.