Jefferson Elementary

Set in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Jefferson Elementary is a tight-knit primary school, overseen by Oshkosh Area School District. It caters to 260 students across grades K through 5.

Oshkosh Area School District comprises 21 schools with combined enrollment of 9,582 students; Jefferson Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Jefferson Elementary records that the largest single group is White, at 60% of enrollment. Other groups include 15% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, 9% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, Winnebago County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. Roughly 65% of students at Jefferson Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Winnebago County (around 41%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Jefferson Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.3%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Winnebago County put median household earnings sit near $74,925, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Winnebago County runs 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,271 students), of which Jefferson Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is South Park Middle, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Jefferson Elementary comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 54.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Jefferson Elementary's enrollment has climbed 64% since 2018, when it stood at 159 (now 260). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 75% to 60%. Class-load math has grew: from 9.6:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 in 2025.

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