Jefferson El Sch

Jefferson El Sch operates as a modestly sized primary school in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, part of East Penn SD. Current enrollment sits at 268 students spanning grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 40% smaller than the state mean of about 443.

East Penn SD comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 7,815 students; Jefferson El Sch is among them.

Demographically, Jefferson El Sch lists that 59% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 28% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Lehigh County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Lehigh County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Jefferson El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.2%, the actual is 60.2%, a residual of +1.0 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Lehigh County put the typical household earns roughly $80,079 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Lehigh County runs 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 56,984 students), of which Jefferson El Sch is one.

Lincoln El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Jefferson El Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Jefferson El Sch at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 58.6%.

Jefferson El Sch operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Jefferson El Sch has fell 4%, going from 280 students in 2018 to 268 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 73% to 59% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.