Jefferson Lincoln Elementary

As a mid-sized primary school in Centralia, Washington, Jefferson Lincoln Elementary works with 357 students from grades K through 6, one of the schools within Centralia School District.

Across the 9 schools in Centralia School District (3,313 students total), Jefferson Lincoln Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Jefferson Lincoln Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 45% White, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Jefferson Lincoln Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Lewis County's rate of about 57%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Jefferson Lincoln Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.1%, the actual is 23.7%, a residual of -1.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Lewis County) records that median household income runs about $74,796, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Lewis County runs 45 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,548 students), of which Jefferson Lincoln Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Washington Elementary School, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jefferson Lincoln Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 34.4%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Jefferson Lincoln Elementary's enrollment has decreased 8% since 2018, when it stood at 388 (now 357). The White share of enrollment declined from 52% to 45% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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