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How has JEFFERSON ELEM changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
511
Elementary
DISTRICT 524 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDINBURG CISD·NCES 481818001643
Jefferson Elementary School
904 S 12TH AVE, EDINBURG, TX 78539 · (956) 289-2385 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL511 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
331 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 81 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 4% · 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
79.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +37.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
68.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +33.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 37 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 33 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 52.0% | 27.0% | 14.0% | 7.0% |
| Mathematics | 40.0% | 28.0% | 22.0% | 10.0% |
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 | 79.0% | 68.0% |
| 2024-25 | 78.0% | 67.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74.0% | 67.0% |
| 2022-23 | 61.0% | 63.0% |
| 2021-22 | 60.0% | 58.0% |
| 2020-21 | 42.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
66.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 46% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 (66.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Elementary School this school | 511 | 64.8% | 66.4% |
| Romulo D Martinez Elementary School MISSION | 525 | 65.0% | 55.7% |
| Olmito Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 538 | 66.2% | 62.8% |
| Dolphin Terrace Elementary School EL PASO | 510 | 67.8% | 44.9% |
| Matias De Llano Elementary School LAREDO | 453 | 64.9% | 55.9% |
| Roberto J Santos Elementary School LAREDO | 584 | 62.8% | 49.6% |
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 Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.4% | #446 of 4,401 | #5 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #495 of 4,466 ▲ 13 | #8 of 183 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #290 of 4,466 ▲ 76 | #3 of 183 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.5pp | #1,239 of 3,998 | #48 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 511 | #2,414 of 4,938 | #100 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #2,551 of 4,622 | #60 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.5% | #4,256 of 4,628 | #50 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.8% | #2,849 of 4,789 | #176 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.1% | #522 of 1,307 | #16 of 53 |
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
511
+58 (+13%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 454
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 511 | 33.8 | 15.1:1 | 65% (331) |
| 2023-24 | 477 | 31.9 | 15.0:1 | 64% (305) |
| 2022-23 | 491 | 31.1 | 15.8:1 | 64% (316) |
| 2020-21 | 453 | 28 | 16.2:1 | 68% (307) |
| 2017-18 | 440 | 28.1 | 15.7:1 | 68% (298) |
| 2015-16 | 429 | 27 | 15.9:1 | 64% (275) |
| 2010-11 | 463 | 27 | 17.1:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 450 | 28 | 16.1:1 | 33% (148) |
| 1990-91 | 454 | 29 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (440 to 511); teachers up 21% (28.1 to 33.8).
About Jefferson Elementary School
Jefferson Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in EDINBURG, Texas. Enrollment is 511 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5.
Jefferson Elementary School is one of the 44 schools that make up EDINBURG CISD (33,343 students in total).
Hispanic students are the large majority at Jefferson Elementary School, with 97% of enrollment. Jefferson Elementary School has a diversity index of 7%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 15.1:1 comes from the school's 33.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Texas have a similar average ratio of 15.1:1. The lunch program counts 65% of students at Jefferson Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Hidalgo County is 85%.
BeatsExpectations places Jefferson Elementary School in the top 10% of Texas schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 20.4 points above it (66.4% actual, 46.0% predicted).
According to the American Community Survey, in Hidalgo County, median household income is about $54,338, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Jefferson Elementary School is one of 364 public schools in Hidalgo County, which together enroll about 212,859 students.
The next-closest public school is JJAEP-Southwest Key Program, about 0.5 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Jefferson Elementary School. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Jefferson Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment was 453 in 2020-21 and 511 in 2024-25, a increase of 58 students. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.2:1 to 15.1:1.
Community posts for Jefferson Elementary School can cover science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Hidalgo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
891,977
Census ACS
Median income
$54,338
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
364
212,859 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EDINBURG CISD
- Economedes High SchoolHigh · 2,689 students
- Edinburg North High SchoolHigh · 2,542 students
- Edinburg High SchoolHigh · 2,267 students
- Robert R Vela High SchoolHigh · 2,101 students
- Betty Harwell Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,301 students
- South Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,246 students
Other schools in EDINBURG
- Economedes High SchoolHigh · 2,689 students
- Edinburg North High SchoolHigh · 2,542 students
- Edinburg High SchoolHigh · 2,267 students
- Robert R Vela High SchoolHigh · 2,101 students
- Vanguard BeethovenCombined · 1,782 students
- Betty Harwell Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,301 students
Other Jefferson Elementary schools
143 other US public schools in 31 states are named Jefferson Elementary. Jefferson Elementary School is the 22nd largest of the 144.
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolTEMPLE, TX · 504 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
- JJAEP-Southwest Key Program0.5 mi · 1
- South Middle School0.6 mi · 1,246
- Francisco Barrientes Middle School0.7 mi · 1,064
- Travis Elementary School0.7 mi · 337
- Edinburg Collegiate High School0.9 mi · 466
- Early Childhood0.9 mi · 352
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson Elementary SchoolHow large is Jefferson Elementary School?
Jefferson Elementary School enrolls approximately 511 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Jefferson Elementary School serve?
Jefferson Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jefferson Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jefferson Elementary School is approximately 15.1:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jefferson Elementary School?
At Jefferson Elementary School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 97% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Jefferson Elementary School public or private?
Jefferson Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by EDINBURG CISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.