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Enrollment
504
Elementary
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TEMPLE ISD·NCES 484233004821
Jefferson Elementary School
2616 N 3RD ST, TEMPLE, TX 76501 · (254) 215-5500 · Bell County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL504 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
370 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 65%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 63% · 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
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
49.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +24.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
43.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +23.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 19.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 26.0% | 22.0% | 35.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 49.0% | 43.0% |
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 44.0% |
| 2022-23 | 31.0% | 31.0% |
| 2021-22 | 24.0% | 18.0% |
| 2020-21 | 25.0% | 20.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. 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
38.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for Texas 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 Texas'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 (38.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Elementary School this school | 504 | 73.4% | 38.1% |
| Manuel Guajardo Jr Elementary School TEXAS CITY | 501 | 69.7% | 40.8% |
| Roosevelt-Wilson Elementary School TEXAS CITY | 460 | 73.3% | 46.3% |
| Marvin Biomedical Academy WAXAHACHIE | 535 | 68.0% | 36.4% |
| Pine Tree Primary School LONGVIEW | 498 | 79.7% | N/A |
| Western Hills Elementary School TEMPLE | 417 | 70.0% | 41.9% |
Matched among Texas 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 Texas | In Bell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.1% | #2,820 of 4,401 | #33 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #2,565 of 4,466 ▲ 744 | #25 of 55 ▲ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #2,690 of 4,466 ▲ 937 | #34 of 55 ▲ 17 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.0pp | #890 of 3,998 | #12 of 50 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 504 | #2,500 of 4,938 | #37 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #3,896 of 4,622 | #50 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.6% | #656 of 4,628 | #29 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.4% | #2,367 of 4,789 | #16 of 59 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.8% | #1,791 of 2,838 | #22 of 33 |
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
504
-22 (-4%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 574
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 504 | 29.6 | 17.0:1 | 73% (370) |
| 2023-24 | 492 | 31.7 | 15.5:1 | 81% (397) |
| 2022-23 | 491 | 29.8 | 16.5:1 | 80% (391) |
| 2020-21 | 526 | 33 | 15.9:1 | 86% (450) |
| 2017-18 | 578 | 36.6 | 15.8:1 | 81% (471) |
| 2015-16 | 792 | 46 | 17.2:1 | 84% (665) |
| 2010-11 | 515 | 33 | 15.6:1 | 81% (416) |
| 2000-01 | 433 | 30 | 14.4:1 | 59% (257) |
| 1990-91 | 574 | 32 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (578 to 504); teachers down 19% (36.6 to 29.6).
About Jefferson Elementary School
Jefferson Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school based in TEMPLE, Texas. Enrolled students number 504 students, in kindergarten through 5.
Federal data list 17 schools in TEMPLE ISD, with 9,073 students enrolled.
Jefferson Elementary School has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 44%. The rest of enrollment is 25% White, 23% Black, and 7% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Bell County's population at about 26%. The school's diversity index is 69%, meaning two students picked at random have a 69% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Jefferson Elementary School's 29.6 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 17.0:1. That is higher than the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 73%. That is 16 points above the 57% average for public schools in Bell County.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 38.1%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 42.3%.
Census Bureau estimates for Bell County show that the median household income is $68,865, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 27% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. There are 130 public schools in Bell County, enrolling about 71,041 students in all.
Lamar Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. The five-mile area around Jefferson Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Jefferson Elementary School's average proficiency of 38.1% compares with 40.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The NCES locale for Jefferson Elementary School is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
2024-25 enrollment was 504, a 4% decrease from 526 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 17.0 students per teacher, compared with 15.9 in 2020-21.
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Bell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
386,897
Census ACS
Median income
$68,865
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
130
71,041 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in TEMPLE ISD
- Temple High SchoolHigh · 2,320 students
- Thornton Elementary SchoolElementary · 763 students
- Travis Science AcademyMiddle · 686 students
- Bonham Middle SchoolMiddle · 627 students
- Sampson-Howard Elementary SchoolElementary · 611 students
- Lamar Middle SchoolMiddle · 553 students
Other schools in TEMPLE
- Temple High SchoolHigh · 2,320 students
- Lake Belton High SchoolHigh · 2,300 students
- North Belton Middle SchoolMiddle · 979 students
- Lake Belton Middle SchoolMiddle · 803 students
- Thornton Elementary SchoolElementary · 763 students
- Travis Science AcademyMiddle · 686 students
Other Jefferson Elementary schools
143 other US public schools in 31 states are named Jefferson Elementary. Jefferson Elementary School is the 26th largest of the 144.
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolEDINBURG, TX · 511 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 330 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolWICHITA FALLS, TX · 322 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolJEFFERSON, TX · 286 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolHARLINGEN, TX · 259 students
Nearby schools
- Lamar Middle School0.4 mi · 553
- Temple High School1.4 mi · 2,320
- Fred W Edwards Academy Aec2.0 mi · 77
- Wheatley Alternative Education Center2.1 mi · 55
- Kennedy-Powell Elementary School2.3 mi · 384
- Hector P Garcia Elementary School2.4 mi · 396
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson Elementary SchoolHow large is Jefferson Elementary School?
Jefferson Elementary School enrolls approximately 504 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Jefferson Elementary School serve?
Jefferson Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Jefferson Elementary School?
Approximately 17.0:1 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 25% White, 44% Hispanic, 23% Black, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Jefferson Elementary School?
Jefferson Elementary School is overseen by TEMPLE ISD in Bell County.
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