Thomas Jefferson High School

Located at 4248 S 288TH ST, in AUBURN, Washington, Thomas Jefferson High School is a high-enrollment 9-12 campus that educates 1,810 students (grades 9 through 12), part of Federal Way School District. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 573 students each, so Thomas Jefferson High School sits 216% above that benchmark.

Thomas Jefferson High School is one of 43 schools operated by Federal Way School District, a district that caters to 22,250 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Thomas Jefferson High School logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 19% White, 17% Asian, 13% Black, 9% multiracial. By comparison, King County as a whole is about 11% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. An estimated 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, King County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Thomas Jefferson High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.0%; this one delivers 22.7%.

Around the school, census data for King County shows median household earnings sit near $124,746, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across King County's 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), Thomas Jefferson High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Valhalla Elementary School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Thomas Jefferson High School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 31.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Thomas Jefferson High School's enrollment has grew 6% since 2018, when it stood at 1,703 (now 1,810). Hispanic enrollment moved from 27% to 37% across the same window.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.