Enrollment
396
Middle
DISTRICT 354 · STATE 388
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARDMORE·NCES 400318029631
Jefferson Elementary School
333 Carter Street SE, Ardmore, OK 73401 · (580) 223-2474 · Carter County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL396 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
26.5:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.7:1 · STATE 15.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
395 students
DISTRICT 94% · STATE 68%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 209 | 53% |
| Grade 6 | 187 | 47% |
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 73% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within ARDMORE. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
16.0%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
16.0%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oklahoma schools, those numbers are about 31 and 33.
Source: OSTP / CCRA. 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
20.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.4%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% typical for Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma'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 (20.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Elementary School this school | 396 | 99.7% | 20.3% |
| Ardmore Middle School Ardmore | 312 | 91.3% | 17.9% |
| Longfellow Middle School Enid | 519 | 95.0% | 15.5% |
| Emerson Middle School Enid | 353 | 89.5% | 17.5% |
| Bridgestone Elementary School Oklahoma City | 407 | 98.3% | N/A |
| Dunbar Intermediate Elementary School Okmulgee | 268 | 92.5% | N/A |
Matched among Oklahoma middle 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 middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Carter County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.3% | #194 of 222 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #184 of 223 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #192 of 211 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 396 | #134 of 356 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.5:1 | #236 of 237 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.5% | #11 of 237 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.7% | #1 of 308 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +45.6% | #8 of 89 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
396
+140 (+55%) vs 2020
+53% since 1990-91, when it was 259
Student : Teacher
26.5:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 396 | 14.9 | 26.5:1 | 100% (395) |
| 2023-24 | 360 | 15.5 | 23.2:1 | 88% (317) |
| 2022-23 | 266 | 16.6 | 16.0:1 | 86% (230) |
| 2020-21 | 256 | 17 | 15.1:1 | 93% (237) |
| 2017-18 | 272 | 21.1 | 12.9:1 | 100% (272) |
| 2015-16 | 255 | 18 | 14.2:1 | 100% (255) |
| 2010-11 | 247 | 18 | 13.7:1 | 99% (244) |
| 2000-01 | 251 | 18 | 13.9:1 | 94% (235) |
| 1990-91 | 259 | 15 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 46% (272 to 396); teachers down 29% (21.1 to 14.9).
About Jefferson Elementary School
Jefferson Elementary School is a mid-sized middle school with its address in Ardmore, Oklahoma. It is open to students in grades 5 through 6 and enrolls 396 students.
ARDMORE is the local district for Jefferson Elementary School. It runs 6 schools with 2,546 students.
The largest group at Jefferson Elementary School is Hispanic students, at 29%. It is also 28% White, 22% multiracial, 10% Black, and 9% Native American. For comparison, the population of Carter County is roughly 9% Hispanic. The diversity index for Jefferson Elementary School is 76%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at Jefferson Elementary School, there are about 26.5 students; the school has 14.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 15.7:1 average for middle schools in Oklahoma, this school's ratio is higher. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 100%. Among public schools in Carter County, the average eligibility rate is 70%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Jefferson Elementary School is -1.1 points: 20.3% actual, 21.4% predicted.
For the population of Carter County, median household income comes to about $60,723, roughly 20% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Carter County's 28 public schools enroll about 8,383 students and include Jefferson Elementary School.
Jefferson Elementary School's nearest public school is Lincoln Elementary School (about 0.8 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Jefferson Elementary School is 3rd of 4 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's locale code, Town: Remote, means it is in a town far from an urbanized area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 256 to 396. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.1:1 to 26.5:1 over the same years.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Carter County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
48,555
Census ACS
Median income
$60,723
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
8,383 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ARDMORE
- Ardmore High SchoolHigh · 707 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 409 students
- Charles Evans Elementary SchoolElementary · 398 students
- Will Rogers Elementary SchoolElementary · 324 students
- Ardmore Middle SchoolMiddle · 312 students
Other schools in Ardmore
- Ardmore High SchoolHigh · 707 students
- Plainview High SchoolHigh · 433 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 409 students
- Plainview Primary Elementary SchoolElementary · 406 students
- Charles Evans Elementary SchoolElementary · 398 students
- Plainview Middle SchoolMiddle · 366 students
Other Jefferson Elementary schools
143 other US public schools in 31 states are named Jefferson Elementary. Jefferson Elementary School is the 56th largest of the 144.
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolShawnee, OK · 348 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolNorman, OK · 331 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolPryor, OK · 274 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolJefferson, GA · 1,011 students
- Jefferson ElementaryRiverside, CA · 886 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Elementary School0.8 mi · 409
- Will Rogers Elementary School1.6 mi · 324
- Charles Evans Elementary School2.1 mi · 398
- Ardmore High School2.7 mi · 707
- Ardmore Middle School2.8 mi · 312
- Plainview Middle School2.9 mi · 366
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson Elementary SchoolHow large is Jefferson Elementary School?
Jefferson Elementary School enrolls approximately 396 students in grades 05-06.
What age range does Jefferson Elementary School serve?
Jefferson Elementary School serves students from grade 05 through grade 06.
How many teachers does Jefferson Elementary School have?
Jefferson Elementary School employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 26.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Jefferson Elementary School?
Student demographics at Jefferson Elementary School are roughly 28% White, 29% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 22% Two or more.
Is Jefferson Elementary School public or private?
Jefferson Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by ARDMORE.
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