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How has Thomas Jefferson HS changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
1,041
High
DISTRICT 700 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST JEFFERSON HILLS SD·NCES 422559000523
Thomas Jefferson High School
830 Old Clairton Rd, Jefferson Hills, PA 15025 · (412) 655-8610 · Allegheny County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,041 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% of Pennsylvania public high 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
70 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
249 students
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 297 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 244 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 273 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 227 | 22% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within West Jefferson Hills SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
92.0%
PA avg 51.1% . +5.1pp since 2023
Math
68.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +9.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 92 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 92.0% | 68.7% |
| 2023-24 | 86.9% | 58.9% |
% 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
77.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Thomas Jefferson High School
Thomas Jefferson High School's state test result (77.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Jefferson High School this school | 1,041 | 23.9% | 77.1% |
| Franklin Regional SHS Murrysville | 1,101 | 22.6% | 69.8% |
| Southern Lehigh SHS Center Valley | 1,013 | 20.7% | 69.4% |
| Penncrest High School Media | 1,255 | 20.7% | 77.1% |
| West Chester Bayard Rustin High School West Chester | 1,159 | 19.9% | 61.1% |
| Fox Chapel Area High School Pittsburgh | 1,360 | 22.6% | 89.8% |
Matched among Pennsylvania high 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 Thomas Jefferson High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.1% | #38 of 576 | #9 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #62 of 626 ▲ 43 | #9 of 53 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 92.0% | #10 of 626 ▲ 28 | #4 of 53 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,041 | #166 of 713 | #16 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #411 of 601 | #43 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.1% | #335 of 604 | #42 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.9% | #572 of 619 | #43 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.1% | #45 of 221 | #4 of 21 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,041
+88 (+9%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 778
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 1,041 | 69.5 | 15.0:1 | 24% (249) |
| 2023-24 | 974 | 65.5 | 14.9:1 | 26% (249) |
| 2022-23 | 949 | 66.5 | 14.3:1 | 19% (177) |
| 2020-21 | 953 | 66 | 14.4:1 | 17% (165) |
| 2017-18 | 889 | 65.1 | 13.7:1 | 17% (154) |
| 2015-16 | 920 | 65 | 14.2:1 | 19% (172) |
| 2010-11 | 942 | 63 | 14.9:1 | 12% (111) |
| 2000-01 | 1,018 | 54 | 18.9:1 | 6% (60) |
| 1990-91 | 778 | 62 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomas Jefferson High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (889 to 1,041); teachers up 7% (65.1 to 69.5).
About Thomas Jefferson High School
Thomas Jefferson High School is a high school in Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania, and it is part of West Jefferson Hills SD. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 1,041 students in grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in Pennsylvania is about 738 students, so this school is 41% bigger than average.
West Jefferson Hills SD has 5 schools; together they serve 3,501 students.
Federal enrollment data show Thomas Jefferson High School is 86% White. Other groups make up 7% Asian, 3% Black, and 2% Hispanic. Allegheny County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school's share is higher. The school's diversity index is 25%, meaning two students picked at random have a 25% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Thomas Jefferson High School counts 69.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 15.0 students for each one. This ratio sits 2.2 above the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania. About 24% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Allegheny County is 54%.
Thomas Jefferson High School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 93% of Pennsylvania public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Thomas Jefferson High School scores 77.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 67.4%.
Allegheny County census figures show that the median household income is $78,548, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 277 public schools in Allegheny County, enrolling about 141,392 students in all.
Jefferson Hills Intermediate School is located about 0.4 miles from Thomas Jefferson High School. The five-mile area around Thomas Jefferson High School holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 67.1%, lower than Thomas Jefferson High School's 77.1%.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment climbed 9% from its 2020-21 level of 953.
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Allegheny County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,238,177
Census ACS
Median income
$78,548
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
141,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in West Jefferson Hills SD
- Jefferson Hills Intermediate SchoolElementary · 856 students
- Pleasant Hills Middle SchoolMiddle · 813 students
- Gill Hall Elementary SchoolElementary · 424 students
- McClellan Elementary SchoolElementary · 367 students
Other schools in Jefferson Hills
- Jefferson Hills Intermediate SchoolElementary · 856 students
- Gill Hall Elementary SchoolElementary · 424 students
- Steel Center for Career and Technical EducationHigh · 3 students
Other Thomas Jefferson High schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Thomas Jefferson High. Thomas Jefferson High School is the 6th largest of the 7.
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolAUBURN, WA · 1,810 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolDALLAS, TX · 1,516 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolCedar Rapids, IA · 1,501 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolDENVER, CO · 1,390 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolCouncil Bluffs, IA · 1,146 students
Nearby schools
- Jefferson Hills Intermediate School0.4 mi · 856
- Gill Hall Elementary School1.2 mi · 424
- Steel Center for Career and Technical Education1.7 mi · 3
- South Park Elementary Center2.6 mi · 731
- Pleasant Hills Middle School2.6 mi · 813
- South Park SHS2.8 mi · 553
Frequently asked questions
About Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHow many students attend Thomas Jefferson High School?
Thomas Jefferson High School enrolls approximately 1,041 students in grades 09-12.
Is Thomas Jefferson High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Thomas Jefferson High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Thomas Jefferson High School?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at Thomas Jefferson High School.
How diverse is Thomas Jefferson High School?
Thomas Jefferson High School reports a student body of 86% White, 2% Hispanic, 3% Black, 7% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Thomas Jefferson High School public or private?
Thomas Jefferson High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by West Jefferson Hills SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.