Enrollment
402
Elementary
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILLOUGHBY-EASTLAKE CITY·NCES 390451002000
Jefferson Elementary School
35980 Lake Shore Blvd, Eastlake, OH 44095 · (440) 942-7244 · Lake County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL402 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
225 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 43%
Community
0
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 | 94 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 54% larger than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
61.2%
OH avg 59.8% . -6.2pp since 2021
Math
52.8%
OH avg 56.1% . -3.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.2% | 52.8% |
| 2023-24 | 61.5% | 60.1% |
| 2022-23 | 66.4% | 54.6% |
| 2021-22 | 67.4% | 56.5% |
% 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
59.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.7%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% 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 School
Jefferson Elementary School's state test result (59.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Elementary School this school | 402 | 56.0% | 59.8% |
| Kinder Intermediate School Miamisburg | 396 | 56.1% | 64.0% |
| Coventry Elementary School Akron | 476 | 58.6% | 80.5% |
| Southway Elementary School Massillon | 474 | 61.8% | 71.0% |
| Holly Hill Elementary School Amelia | 419 | 57.8% | 63.1% |
| Bellefontaine Intermediate School Bellefontaine | 505 | 57.4% | 60.3% |
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 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #600 of 673 | #15 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #1,046 of 1,569 ▼ 168 | #22 of 25 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #890 of 1,569 ▲ 44 | #18 of 25 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.0pp | #162 of 1,514 | #5 of 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 402 | #821 of 1,808 | #18 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #249 of 1,582 | #8 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.2% | #809 of 1,590 | #15 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.0% | #171 of 767 | #3 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.9% | #390 of 992 | #7 of 18 |
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
402
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 538
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 402 | 27.2 | 14.8:1 | 56% (225) |
| 2023-24 | 383 | 27.2 | 14.1:1 | 59% (225) |
| 2022-23 | 389 | 26.4 | 14.7:1 | 49% (191) |
| 2020-21 | 408 | 26 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 478 | 28.5 | 16.8:1 | 42% (200) |
| 2015-16 | 500 | 28 | 17.9:1 | 42% (211) |
| 2010-11 | 468 | 29 | 16.1:1 | 26% (122) |
| 2000-01 | 621 | 28 | 22.2:1 | 14% (88) |
| 1990-91 | 538 | 26 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (478 to 402); teachers down 5% (28.5 to 27.2).
About Jefferson Elementary School
Jefferson Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary school in Eastlake, Ohio. The school counts 402 students across kindergarten through 5.
The 13 schools of Willoughby-Eastlake City, including Jefferson Elementary School, enroll 6,861 students.
Jefferson Elementary School's enrollment is 80% White. Other groups include 8% multiracial, 8% Black, and 4% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Jefferson Elementary School comes in at 35%.
Jefferson Elementary School's 27.2 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 14.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Ohio average 17.9:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 56%. The rate at public schools in Lake County averages 39%, lower than here.
Jefferson Elementary School is 7.9 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (59.8% versus 67.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Ohio.
Jefferson Elementary School is located in Lake County, where median household income is about $80,925, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 65 public schools in Lake County, with a combined enrollment of about 27,899.
The closest public school, Eastlake Middle School, is less than a tenth of a mile from Jefferson Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Jefferson Elementary School places 4th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Federal data place Jefferson Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (408) and 2024-25 (402).
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
232,216
Census ACS
Median income
$80,925
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
65
27,899 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Willoughby-Eastlake City
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,231 students
- South High SchoolHigh · 995 students
- Royalview Elementary SchoolElementary · 689 students
- Edison Elementary SchoolElementary · 543 students
- Grant Elementary SchoolElementary · 518 students
- Willoughby Middle SchoolMiddle · 509 students
Other schools in Eastlake
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,231 students
- Longfellow Elementary SchoolElementary · 432 students
- Eastlake Middle SchoolMiddle · 330 students
- Willoughby-Eastlake PreschoolElementary · 212 students
- Willoughby-Eastlake City Schools Online AcademyCombined
Other Jefferson Elementary schools
143 other US public schools in 31 states are named Jefferson Elementary. Jefferson Elementary School is the 54th largest of the 144.
- Jefferson ElementaryJefferson, OH · 654 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolGahanna, OH · 437 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolJefferson, GA · 1,011 students
- Jefferson ElementaryRiverside, CA · 886 students
- Jefferson ElementaryLennox, CA · 716 students
Nearby schools
- Eastlake Middle School0.1 mi · 330
- Grant Elementary School1.2 mi · 518
- North High School1.8 mi · 1,231
- Willoughby-Eastlake Preschool1.8 mi · 212
- Longfellow Elementary School2.0 mi · 432
- Bellflower Elementary School2.7 mi · 465
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Jefferson Elementary School?
Jefferson Elementary School enrolls approximately 402 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Jefferson Elementary School serve?
Jefferson Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jefferson Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jefferson Elementary School is approximately 14.8:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jefferson Elementary School?
At Jefferson Elementary School, the student body is approximately 80% White, 4% Hispanic, 8% Black, 8% Two or more.
Is Jefferson Elementary School public or private?
Jefferson Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Willoughby-Eastlake City.
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