Enrollment
335
Elementary
DISTRICT 313 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PULLMAN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530693001018
Jefferson Elementary
1150 NW Bryant, Pullman, WA 99163 · (509) 332-2617 · Whitman County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL335 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% of Washington public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
190 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 51%
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 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 24% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 29% larger than its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Pullman School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
39.7%
WA avg 58.4% . -29.9pp since 2014
Math
39.4%
WA avg 51.2% . -25.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 30 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 26 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.7% | 39.4% |
| 2023-24 | 43.1% | 40.4% |
| 2022-23 | 51.4% | 44.3% |
| 2021-22 | 64.2% | 45.2% |
| 2018-19 | 67.3% | 53.6% |
| 2017-18 | 66.4% | 59.7% |
| 2016-17 | 67.4% | 63.0% |
| 2015-16 | 68.8% | 62.0% |
| 2014-15 | 69.5% | 65.2% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for Washington 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 Washington'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
Jefferson Elementary's state test result (42.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Elementary this school | 335 | 56.7% | 42.6% |
| Pinewood Elementary Marysville | 398 | 56.8% | 49.6% |
| Sunset Elementary School Vancouver | 415 | 55.9% | N/A |
| Crownhill Elementary School Bremerton | 317 | 58.0% | 47.8% |
| Spinning Elementary Puyallup | 299 | 54.8% | 56.6% |
| Kamiak Elementary Pullman | 315 | 54.3% | 64.1% |
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 Whitman County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #565 of 936 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #673 of 1,103 ▼ 50 | #6 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #758 of 1,102 ▼ 111 | #6 of 6 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -15.1pp | #9 of 928 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 335 | #849 of 1,268 | #1 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #94 of 1,085 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.5% | #471 of 1,088 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.7% | #506 of 1,169 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.6% | #45 of 778 | N/A |
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
335
+63 (+23%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 394
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 335 | 25 | 13.4:1 | 57% (190) |
| 2023-24 | 308 | 24.4 | 12.7:1 | 59% (181) |
| 2022-23 | 315 | 21.9 | 14.4:1 | 63% (198) |
| 2020-21 | 272 | 19 | 14.3:1 | 42% (113) |
| 2017-18 | 537 | 26.5 | 20.3:1 | 38% (204) |
| 2015-16 | 500 | 21 | 23.8:1 | 33% (165) |
| 2010-11 | 452 | 20 | 22.6:1 | 31% (142) |
| 2000-01 | 399 | 20 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 394 | 21 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (537 to 335); teachers down 6% (26.5 to 25).
About Jefferson Elementary
Jefferson Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of Pullman, Washington. Its 335 students are spread across pre-K through 5.
Jefferson Elementary is run by Pullman School District, whose 6 schools enroll 2,731 students.
Jefferson Elementary is 55% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 24% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 7% multiracial, and 5% Black. That compares with about 76% White among all Whitman County residents. The school's diversity index is 63%, meaning two students picked at random have a 63% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal staffing data show 25 full-time-equivalent teachers at Jefferson Elementary and a ratio of 13.4:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 57% of enrollment. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Whitman County is 40%.
The allk12 Grade for Jefferson Elementary is C. Compared with Washington public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 25% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Jefferson Elementary falls in the middle 80% of Washington schools: 42.6% actual against 42.1% predicted.
Within Whitman County, the median household income is $55,406, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 50%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Besides Jefferson Elementary, Whitman County has 27 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, Pullman High School, is about 0.5 miles away. There are 6 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Jefferson Elementary ranks 6th in a group of 6 nearby schools.
Jefferson Elementary falls in the Town: Distant locale category, used for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment at Jefferson Elementary grew 23% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 272 to 335 students.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Jefferson Elementary. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Whitman County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,003
Census ACS
Median income
$55,406
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
4,753 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pullman School District
- Pullman High SchoolHigh · 838 students
- Lincoln Middle SchoolMiddle · 643 students
- Sunnyside ElementaryElementary · 326 students
- Kamiak ElementaryElementary · 315 students
- Franklin ElementaryElementary · 274 students
Other schools in Pullman
- Pullman High SchoolHigh · 838 students
- Lincoln Middle SchoolMiddle · 643 students
- Sunnyside ElementaryElementary · 326 students
- Kamiak ElementaryElementary · 315 students
- Franklin ElementaryElementary · 274 students
- Pullman Community MontessoriCombined · 118 students
Other Jefferson Elementary schools
143 other US public schools in 31 states are named Jefferson Elementary. Jefferson Elementary is the 86th largest of the 144.
- Jefferson ElementaryEverett, WA · 503 students
- Jefferson ElementaryMount Vernon, WA · 445 students
- Jefferson ElementaryRichland, WA · 418 students
- Jefferson ElementarySpokane, WA · 359 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolTacoma, WA · 358 students
Nearby schools
- Pullman High School0.5 mi · 838
- Pullman Community Montessori0.7 mi · 118
- Kamiak Elementary0.9 mi · 315
- Sunnyside Elementary1.0 mi · 326
- Lincoln Middle School1.6 mi · 643
- Franklin Elementary1.7 mi · 274
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson ElementaryHow large is Jefferson Elementary?
Jefferson Elementary enrolls approximately 335 students in grades PK-05.
Is Jefferson Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jefferson Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Jefferson Elementary?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Jefferson Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jefferson Elementary?
At Jefferson Elementary, the student body is approximately 55% White, 24% Hispanic, 5% Black, 8% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Jefferson Elementary?
Jefferson Elementary is overseen by Pullman School District in Whitman County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.