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What's one thing Jefferson El Sch gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
447
Elementary
DISTRICT 507 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ERIE CITY SD·NCES 420930002011
Jefferson Elementary School
230 East 38th St, Erie, PA 16504 · (814) 874-6650 · Erie County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL447 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% 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.
- DBeats 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
11.9:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
438 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 11 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
8.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -9.2pp since 2023
Math
11.6%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 8 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 8.1% | 11.6% |
| 2023-24 | 17.3% | 12.7% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
15.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 36% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 (15.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Elementary School this school | 447 | 98.0% | 15.9% |
| Diehl School Erie | 441 | 99.3% | 15.4% |
| Central Elementary School Beaver Falls | 466 | 97.9% | 41.1% |
| Cook-Wissahickon School Philadelphia | 432 | 95.4% | 54.1% |
| Henry Charles W School Philadelphia | 518 | 95.8% | 56.9% |
| Ramsey Elementary School Monroeville | 335 | 94.9% | 58.7% |
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 Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.9% | #1,329 of 1,396 | #26 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.6% | #1,394 of 1,511 ▼ 36 | #29 of 33 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 8.1% | #1,503 of 1,511 ▼ 69 | #31 of 33 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 447 | #697 of 1,638 | #19 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #415 of 1,528 | #7 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.0% | #80 of 1,531 | #8 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.0% | #455 of 1,600 | #12 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.2% | #961 of 1,045 | #20 of 24 |
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
447
+9 (+2%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 408
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 447 | 37.5 | 11.9:1 | 98% (438) |
| 2023-24 | 438 | 42 | 10.4:1 | 100% (438) |
| 2022-23 | 401 | 37.5 | 10.7:1 | 100% (401) |
| 2020-21 | 438 | 34 | 12.9:1 | 99% (435) |
| 2017-18 | 457 | 35.5 | 12.9:1 | 100% (456) |
| 2015-16 | 520 | 39 | 13.3:1 | 100% (520) |
| 2010-11 | 610 | 43 | 14.2:1 | 79% (480) |
| 2000-01 | 447 | 27 | 16.6:1 | 50% (224) |
| 1990-91 | 408 | 21 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (457 to 447); teachers up 6% (35.5 to 37.5).
About Jefferson Elementary School
A medium-sized elementary school in Erie, Pennsylvania, Jefferson Elementary School is part of Erie City SD. Its 447 students are spread across pre-K through 5.
Erie City SD counts 15 schools and 10,473 students, including Jefferson Elementary School.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Jefferson Elementary School is White (37%). The remaining students are 33% Black, 20% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 4% Asian. Census figures show Erie County is about 83% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Jefferson Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 71%.
Federal staffing data show 37.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Jefferson Elementary School and a ratio of 11.9:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 13.1:1, higher than at this school. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 98% of enrollment. That is higher than the 74% average for public schools in Erie County.
The allk12 Grade for Jefferson Elementary School is D. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 5% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Jefferson Elementary School falls short of its prediction by 19.6 points. The model expects 35.6% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Pennsylvania; the school's rate is 15.9%.
Among Erie County residents, median household income is about $63,354, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 30%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Jefferson Elementary School is one of 68 public schools in Erie County, which together enroll about 35,738 students.
The closest public school to Jefferson Elementary School is Northwest PA Collegiate Academy, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles of Jefferson Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Jefferson Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Jefferson Elementary School has an NCES locale of City: Small.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 438 in 2020-21 and 447 in 2024-25.
Discussions about Jefferson Elementary School may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Erie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
269,052
Census ACS
Median income
$63,354
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
68
35,738 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Erie City SD
- Erie High SchoolHigh · 2,501 students
- Woodrow Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 769 students
- Northwest PA Collegiate AcademyHigh · 750 students
- Strong Vincent Middle SchoolMiddle · 711 students
- Pfeiffer-Burleigh SchoolElementary · 690 students
- East Middle SchoolMiddle · 672 students
Other schools in Erie
- Erie High SchoolHigh · 2,501 students
- McDowell High SchoolHigh · 2,133 students
- Woodrow Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 769 students
- Northwest PA Collegiate AcademyHigh · 750 students
- Strong Vincent Middle SchoolMiddle · 711 students
- Grandview Elementary SchoolElementary · 691 students
Other Jefferson Elementary schools
143 other US public schools in 31 states are named Jefferson Elementary. Jefferson Elementary School is the 45th largest of the 144.
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolAllentown, PA · 522 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
- Northwest PA Collegiate Academy0.6 mi · 750
- Lincoln Elementary School0.9 mi · 347
- Woodrow Wilson Middle School0.9 mi · 769
- Erie High School1.0 mi · 2,501
- McKinley Elementary School1.3 mi · 504
- Perseus House CS of Excellence1.4 mi · 627
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Jefferson Elementary School?
Jefferson Elementary School enrolls approximately 447 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Jefferson Elementary School serve?
Jefferson Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Jefferson Elementary School?
Approximately 11.9:1 students per teacher at Jefferson Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jefferson Elementary School?
At Jefferson Elementary School, the student body is approximately 37% White, 6% Hispanic, 33% Black, 4% Asian, 20% Two or more.
Is Jefferson Elementary School public or private?
Jefferson Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Erie City SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.