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What's the biggest difference between Jefferson Elementary and what you expected?
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Enrollment
503
Elementary
DISTRICT 549 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EVERETT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530267000402
Jefferson Elementary
2500 Cadet Way, Everett, WA 98208 · (425) 385-7400 · Snohomish County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL503 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
232 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 51%
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 | 91 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 26% larger than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 68% · 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
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
63.3%
WA avg 58.4% . +1.8pp since 2014
Math
55.1%
WA avg 51.2% . -3.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.3% | 55.1% |
| 2023-24 | 66.2% | 56.6% |
| 2022-23 | 65.6% | 57.3% |
| 2021-22 | 67.9% | 56.2% |
| 2018-19 | 69.4% | 56.4% |
| 2017-18 | 64.5% | 61.1% |
| 2016-17 | 64.5% | 61.0% |
| 2015-16 | 62.5% | 56.0% |
| 2014-15 | 61.5% | 59.0% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
62.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.3%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% typical for Washington 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 13 points, placing it in Washington'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
Jefferson Elementary's state test result (62.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Elementary this school | 503 | 46.1% | 62.1% |
| Woodside Elementary Bothell | 581 | 46.3% | 65.1% |
| Pleasant Glade Elementary Lacey | 559 | 45.1% | 48.6% |
| Hazelwood Elementary School AUBURN | 502 | 52.2% | 47.8% |
| Oak Heights Elementary LYNNWOOD | 526 | 48.3% | 42.1% |
| Serene Lake Elementary Edmonds | 455 | 50.5% | 47.2% |
Matched among Washington 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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #231 of 936 | #29 of 105 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #339 of 1,103 ▼ 29 | #45 of 106 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #240 of 1,102 ▼ 31 | #31 of 106 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.9pp | #228 of 928 | #12 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 503 | #276 of 1,268 | #50 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #310 of 1,085 | #32 of 109 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.2% | #181 of 1,088 | #17 of 110 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.1% | #710 of 1,169 | #56 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.4% | #618 of 778 | #45 of 68 |
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
503
+13 (+3%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 529
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 503 | 33.8 | 14.9:1 | 46% (232) |
| 2023-24 | 494 | 30 | 16.4:1 | 50% (248) |
| 2022-23 | 489 | 31.6 | 15.5:1 | 47% (232) |
| 2020-21 | 490 | 31 | 15.8:1 | 34% (168) |
| 2017-18 | 543 | 30.8 | 17.6:1 | 34% (182) |
| 2015-16 | 559 | 29 | 19.3:1 | 40% (225) |
| 2010-11 | 500 | 25 | 20.0:1 | 34% (169) |
| 2000-01 | 459 | 24 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 529 | 20 | 26.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (543 to 503); teachers up 10% (30.8 to 33.8).
About Jefferson Elementary
Jefferson Elementary is a public medium-sized elementary school in Everett, Washington. The school serves 503 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. For comparison, elementary schools in Washington average about 380 students.
The district, Everett School District, has 20,489 students enrolled across 32 schools.
At Jefferson Elementary, the largest share of students is White, at 41%. Next come 23% Asian, 18% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 7% Black. The county population is about 64% White. The school's diversity index is 73%, meaning two students picked at random have a 73% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1 at Jefferson Elementary, with 33.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. On average, elementary schools in Washington have 17.3:1, compared with 14.9:1 here. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 46% of enrollment.
In Washington, Jefferson Elementary is one of the top 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate on state tests of 62.1% compared with a predicted 49.3%.
In the county around the school, Snohomish County, the median household income is $111,246, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Snohomish County is home to 227 public schools and about 118,688 public school students.
Eisenhower Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles away. The five-mile area around Jefferson Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Jefferson Elementary ranks 1st of 9 nearby schools, at 62.1% versus a 41.4% average.
Jefferson Elementary falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Jefferson Elementary's enrollment climbed from 490 in 2020-21 to 503 in 2024-25.
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Snohomish County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
844,430
Census ACS
Median income
$111,246
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
227
118,688 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Everett School District
- Henry M. Jackson High SchoolHigh · 2,148 students
- Cascade High SchoolHigh · 1,651 students
- Everett High SchoolHigh · 1,643 students
- Gateway Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,057 students
- Heatherwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,031 students
- Eisenhower Middle SchoolMiddle · 914 students
Other schools in Everett
- Mariner High SchoolHigh · 2,106 students
- Cascade High SchoolHigh · 1,651 students
- Everett High SchoolHigh · 1,643 students
- Gateway Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,057 students
- Eisenhower Middle SchoolMiddle · 914 students
- Voyager Middle SchoolMiddle · 902 students
Other Jefferson Elementary schools
143 other US public schools in 31 states are named Jefferson Elementary. Jefferson Elementary is the 27th largest of the 144.
- Jefferson ElementaryMount Vernon, WA · 445 students
- Jefferson ElementaryRichland, WA · 418 students
- Jefferson ElementarySpokane, WA · 359 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolTacoma, WA · 358 students
- Jefferson ElementaryPullman, WA · 335 students
Nearby schools
- Eisenhower Middle School0.8 mi · 914
- Emerson Elementary School1.2 mi · 662
- Monroe Elementary1.2 mi · 487
- Cascade High School1.2 mi · 1,651
- Evergreen Middle School1.5 mi · 890
- Horizon Elementary1.8 mi · 550
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson ElementaryHow many students attend Jefferson Elementary?
Jefferson Elementary enrolls approximately 503 students in grades PK-05.
Is Jefferson Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jefferson Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jefferson Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jefferson Elementary is approximately 14.9:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jefferson Elementary?
At Jefferson Elementary, the student body is approximately 41% White, 18% Hispanic, 7% Black, 23% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Jefferson Elementary public or private?
Jefferson Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Everett School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.