Enrollment
239
Elementary
DISTRICT 422 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH POCONO SD·NCES 421731002444
Jefferson Elementary School
825 Lions Rd, Lake Ariel, PA 18436 · (570) 689-2656 · Lackawanna County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL239 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
11.7:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
76 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 | 59 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 27% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 27% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Jefferson Elementary School→North Pocono Intmd School→North Pocono Middle School→North Pocono High School
Based on grade levels within North Pocono SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
74.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -9.3pp since 2023
Math
83.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +21.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 up about 22 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.6% | 83.1% |
| 2023-24 | 83.9% | 61.3% |
% 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
75.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.0%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 (75.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Elementary School this school | 239 | 31.8% | 75.7% |
| W W Evans Memorial Elementary School Bloomsburg | 250 | 32.8% | 60.7% |
| Manheim Elementary School Glenville | 256 | 35.2% | 61.7% |
| N Hopewell-Winterstown Elementary School Red Lion | 240 | 36.3% | 53.0% |
| Earl Elementary School Boyertown | 271 | 32.1% | 61.3% |
| Pleasant Gap Elementary School Pleasant Gap | 215 | 29.8% | 67.1% |
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 Lackawanna County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.7% | #185 of 1,396 | #3 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.1% | #71 of 1,511 ▲ 388 | #3 of 26 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.6% | #143 of 1,511 ▼ 77 | #2 of 26 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 239 | #1,436 of 1,638 | #24 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #355 of 1,528 | #4 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.3% | #1,248 of 1,531 | #26 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.8% | #1,305 of 1,600 | #24 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.3% | #469 of 1,045 | #13 of 20 |
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
239
-27 (-10%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 339
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 239 | 20.4 | 11.7:1 | 32% (76) |
| 2023-24 | 249 | 20.4 | 12.2:1 | 31% (76) |
| 2022-23 | 258 | 19.2 | 13.4:1 | 28% (72) |
| 2020-21 | 266 | 19 | 14.0:1 | 26% (68) |
| 2017-18 | 279 | 22.2 | 12.6:1 | 26% (72) |
| 2015-16 | 288 | 20 | 14.4:1 | 26% (74) |
| 2010-11 | 269 | 20 | 13.4:1 | 23% (61) |
| 2000-01 | 330 | 21 | 15.7:1 | 22% (74) |
| 1990-91 | 339 | 17 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (279 to 239); teachers down 8% (22.2 to 20.4).
About Jefferson Elementary School
Jefferson Elementary School is a public elementary school run by North Pocono SD in Lake Ariel, Pennsylvania. A federal count lists 239 students at the school, in kindergarten through 3. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 443, so this school runs 46% smaller than that.
North Pocono SD runs Jefferson Elementary School along with 4 other schools, enrolling 2,865 students in total.
Federal enrollment data show Jefferson Elementary School is 91% White. It is also 4% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Lackawanna County's residents are about 81% White, 9 points below the school's share. Jefferson Elementary School's diversity index is 17%, against a US figure of 70%.
Staffing totals 20.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.7:1. That is lower than the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 32%. The 72% average for public schools in Lackawanna County is 40 points higher.
Jefferson Elementary School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 87% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Jefferson Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools: 75.7% actual against 64.0% predicted.
According to the American Community Survey, in Lackawanna County, the median household income is $66,223, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. There are 47 public schools in Lackawanna County, enrolling about 27,006 students in all.
EverGreen Elementary School is located about 5.1 miles from Jefferson Elementary School. The ten-mile area around Jefferson Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 75.7% average proficiency ranks 1st among 8 nearby schools.
The federal government classifies Jefferson Elementary School's location as Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment dropped 10% from its 2020-21 level of 266. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.0:1 to 11.7:1 over the same years.
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Lackawanna County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
216,146
Census ACS
Median income
$66,223
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
47
27,006 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in North Pocono SD
- North Pocono High SchoolHigh · 915 students
- North Pocono Middle SchoolMiddle · 685 students
- Moscow Elementary SchoolElementary · 581 students
- North Pocono Intmd SchoolElementary · 445 students
Other schools in Lake Ariel
- Western Wayne High SchoolHigh · 562 students
- EverGreen Elementary SchoolElementary · 522 students
- Western Wayne Middle SchoolMiddle · 367 students
Other Jefferson Elementary schools
143 other US public schools in 31 states are named Jefferson Elementary. Jefferson Elementary School is the 127th largest of the 144.
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolAllentown, PA · 522 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolErie, PA · 447 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolPittsburgh, PA · 310 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolEmmaus, PA · 268 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolJefferson, GA · 1,011 students
Nearby schools
- EverGreen Elementary School5.1 mi · 522
- North Pocono Intmd School5.5 mi · 445
- North Pocono Middle School5.6 mi · 685
- Moscow Elementary School5.6 mi · 581
- Mid Valley Secondary Center5.7 mi · 898
- Mid Valley El Center5.7 mi · 1,027
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Jefferson Elementary School?
Jefferson Elementary School enrolls approximately 239 students in grades KG-03.
Is Jefferson Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jefferson Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-03.
How many teachers does Jefferson Elementary School have?
Jefferson Elementary School employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jefferson Elementary School?
At Jefferson Elementary School, the student body is approximately 91% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Jefferson Elementary School public or private?
Jefferson Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by North Pocono SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.