Jefferson Elementary School

Located at 615 N 2nd St, in Jefferson, Oregon, Jefferson Elementary School is a low-enrollment K-5 school that caters to 272 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within Jefferson SD 14J.

Jefferson Elementary School is one of 3 schools operated by Jefferson SD 14J, a district that educates 695 students overall.

On demographics, Jefferson Elementary School records that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 40% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 35.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 75% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Marion County runs at roughly 83%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Jefferson Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 18.2%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Marion County) records that median household income runs about $77,351, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Marion County's 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,799 students), Jefferson Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Jefferson High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Jefferson Elementary School comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 32.7%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 30%: 387 students in 2018 compared to 272 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 70% to 51%. Class-load math has grew: from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 35.1:1 in 2025.

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