Enrollment
268
Elementary
DISTRICT 447 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST PENN SD·NCES 420855002808
Jefferson Elementary School
520 Elm St, Emmaus, PA 18049 · (610) 965-1645 · Lehigh County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL268 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 51% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- BTest 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
12.7:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
115 students
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 75%
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 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (51).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
55.8%
PA avg 51.1% . -5.9pp since 2023
Math
58.0%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.8% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.7% | 53.9% |
% 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
60.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 →
Schools most like Jefferson Elementary School
Jefferson Elementary School's state test result (60.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Elementary School this school | 268 | 42.9% | 60.2% |
| Miller Heights Elementary School Bethlehem | 328 | 43.0% | 62.0% |
| Valley View Elementary School York | 286 | 47.6% | N/A |
| Lincoln Elementary School Emmaus | 376 | 44.7% | 58.8% |
| Cleona Elementary School Cleona | 302 | 51.3% | N/A |
| Andrew Maier Elementary School Blandon | 245 | 40.4% | 60.4% |
Matched among Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania | In Lehigh County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.2% | #590 of 1,396 | #18 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #584 of 1,511 ▲ 63 | #20 of 45 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #564 of 1,511 ▲ 7 | #21 of 45 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 268 | #1,352 of 1,638 | #45 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #671 of 1,528 | #8 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.2% | #414 of 1,531 | #18 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.9% | #1,110 of 1,600 | #29 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.3% | #881 of 1,045 | #20 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
268
-9 (-3%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 495
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 268 | 21.1 | 12.7:1 | 43% (115) |
| 2023-24 | 267 | 19.9 | 13.4:1 | 43% (115) |
| 2022-23 | 269 | 18.8 | 14.3:1 | 43% (115) |
| 2020-21 | 277 | 17 | 16.3:1 | 39% (108) |
| 2017-18 | 280 | 15.6 | 17.9:1 | 36% (102) |
| 2015-16 | 259 | 15 | 17.3:1 | 31% (80) |
| 2010-11 | 266 | 16 | 16.6:1 | 28% (74) |
| 2000-01 | 246 | 16 | 15.4:1 | 9% (23) |
| 1990-91 | 495 | 27 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (280 to 268); teachers up 35% (15.6 to 21.1).
About Jefferson Elementary School
Jefferson Elementary School is a public small elementary school in Emmaus, Pennsylvania. It teaches 268 students in kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in Pennsylvania have about 443 students on average; enrollment here is 40% lower.
East Penn SD includes 10 schools. Together they enroll 7,815 students.
White students are 59% of those enrolled at Jefferson Elementary School. Next come 28% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Black, and 2% Asian. That is in line with Lehigh County, where about 62% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 56%.
Based on 21.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, Jefferson Elementary School has a ratio of 12.7:1. It is about the same as the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Income data for the school show 43% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 70% average for public schools in Lehigh County, the school's rate is lower.
Jefferson Elementary School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 51% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Jefferson Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 60.2% is within a point of the 59.2% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Looking at the county, Lehigh County, median household income comes to about $80,079, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. The county has 83 public schools and about 56,984 students.
Lincoln Elementary School is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Jefferson Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Jefferson Elementary School is 5th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
The federal government classifies Jefferson Elementary School's location as Suburb: Large.
The school shrank from 277 students in 2020-21 to 268 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.3:1 to 12.7:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 East Penn SD
- Emmaus High SchoolHigh · 2,842 students
- Lower Macungie Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,041 students
- Eyer Middle SchoolMiddle · 804 students
- Willow Lane Elementary SchoolElementary · 593 students
- Shoemaker Elementary SchoolElementary · 537 students
- Macungie Elementary SchoolElementary · 529 students
Other schools in Emmaus
- Emmaus High SchoolHigh · 2,842 students
- Seven Generations CSElementary · 497 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 376 students
Other Jefferson Elementary schools
143 other US public schools in 31 states are named Jefferson Elementary. Jefferson Elementary School is the 117th largest of the 144.
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolAllentown, PA · 522 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolErie, PA · 447 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolPittsburgh, PA · 310 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolLake Ariel, PA · 239 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolJefferson, GA · 1,011 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Elementary School0.2 mi · 376
- Emmaus High School0.5 mi · 2,842
- Seven Generations CS0.6 mi · 497
- Salisbury Middle School1.6 mi · 448
- Lehigh Parkway Elementary School2.8 mi · 276
- Eyer Middle School2.9 mi · 804
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Jefferson Elementary School?
Jefferson Elementary School enrolls approximately 268 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 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Jefferson Elementary School?
Student demographics at Jefferson Elementary School are roughly 59% White, 28% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Jefferson Elementary School in?
Jefferson Elementary School is part of East Penn SD.
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