Jefferson Elementary

Located at 1150 NW Bryant, in Pullman, Washington, Jefferson Elementary is a mid-sized elementary-level community that instructs 335 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under Pullman School District.

Within Pullman School District, which oversees 6 schools and 2,731 students, Jefferson Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Jefferson Elementary logs that 55% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 24% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 7% multiracial, 5% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 76%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Jefferson Elementary has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Whitman County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Jefferson Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.1%, the actual is 42.6%, a residual of +0.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Whitman County put the typical household earns roughly $55,406 per year, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Jefferson Elementary is one of 28 public schools in Whitman County (combined enrollment of about 4,753 students).

Pullman High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Jefferson Elementary at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 68.7%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Jefferson Elementary has ticked down 38%, going from 537 students in 2018 to 335 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 67% to 55% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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