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Enrollment
522
Elementary
DISTRICT 497 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALLENTOWN CITY SD·NCES 420228002774
Jefferson Elementary School
750 Saint John St, Allentown, PA 18103 · (484) 765-4421 · Lehigh County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL522 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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 Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
104%
543 students
DISTRICT 102% · STATE 75%
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 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 119 | 23% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 59% · 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
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
18.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -11.5pp since 2023
Math
15.5%
PA avg 43.0% . -2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 18 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 Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 12 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.0% | 15.5% |
| 2023-24 | 29.5% | 18.4% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. 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
24.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania'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 →
Where Jefferson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lehigh County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #1,241 of 1,396 | #35 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.5% | #1,344 of 1,511 ▼ 56 | #43 of 45 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #1,383 of 1,511 ▼ 97 | #38 of 45 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 522 | #467 of 1,638 | #19 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #1,217 of 1,528 | #35 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.4% | #704 of 1,531 | #37 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 104% | #147 of 1,600 | #5 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.3% | #802 of 1,045 | #15 of 23 |
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
522
+9 (+2%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 515
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 522 | 35.4 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 543 | 31.9 | 17.0:1 | 100% (543) |
| 2022-23 | 524 | 36 | 14.6:1 | 100% (524) |
| 2020-21 | 513 | 38 | 13.5:1 | 99% (510) |
| 2017-18 | 557 | 33.5 | 16.6:1 | 100% (557) |
| 2015-16 | 592 | 36 | 16.4:1 | 63% (371) |
| 2010-11 | 656 | 44 | 14.9:1 | 89% (581) |
| 2000-01 | 577 | 37 | 15.6:1 | 78% (449) |
| 1990-91 | 515 | 38 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (557 to 522); teachers up 6% (33.5 to 35.4).
About Jefferson Elementary School
Jefferson Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Its enrollment is 522 students, spread over kindergarten through 5.
Allentown City SD (23 schools, 16,674 students) runs Jefferson Elementary School.
More than half of enrollment at Jefferson Elementary School is Hispanic: 75%. Other groups make up 10% Black, 9% multiracial, and 5% White. Lehigh County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 42%.
Jefferson Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1, with 35.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania, this school's ratio is higher.
On the allk12 Grade, Jefferson Elementary School lands at C-, ahead of 15% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Jefferson Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 24.9% is 8.1 points below the 33.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
For the population of Lehigh County, median household income comes to about $80,079, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Lehigh County's 83 public schools enroll about 56,984 students and include Jefferson Elementary School.
Building 21 Allentown is about 0.6 miles from Jefferson Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Jefferson Elementary School places 1st of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 513 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 522. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.5:1 in 2020-21, and 14.8:1 in 2024-25.
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Lehigh County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
378,792
Census ACS
Median income
$80,079
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
56,984 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Allentown City SD
- William Allen High SchoolHigh · 3,074 students
- Louis E Dieruff High SchoolHigh · 1,914 students
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- Parkland High SchoolHigh · 3,279 students
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- Louis E Dieruff High SchoolHigh · 1,914 students
- Executive Education Academy CSCombined · 1,497 students
- Springhouse Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,329 students
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Other Jefferson Elementary schools
143 other US public schools in 31 states are named Jefferson Elementary. Jefferson Elementary School is the 21st largest of the 144.
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolErie, PA · 447 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolPittsburgh, PA · 310 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolEmmaus, PA · 268 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolLake Ariel, PA · 239 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolJefferson, GA · 1,011 students
Nearby schools
- Building 21 Allentown0.6 mi · 415
- Arts Academy Elementary CS0.6 mi · 425
- Roosevelt Elementary School0.6 mi · 631
- Roberto Clemente CS0.7 mi · 619
- Hiram W Dodd Elementary School0.9 mi · 627
- Ruby Bridge Childhood Center1.0 mi · 125
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson Elementary SchoolHow large is Jefferson Elementary School?
Jefferson Elementary School enrolls approximately 522 students in grades KG-05.
Is Jefferson Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jefferson Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Jefferson Elementary School have?
Jefferson Elementary School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
How diverse is Jefferson Elementary School?
Jefferson Elementary School reports a student body of 5% White, 75% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Jefferson Elementary School in?
Jefferson Elementary School is part of Allentown City SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.