Is Jefferson Academy a good school?

Jefferson Academy ranks 1072 nd of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Jefferson Academy?

In the 2023-24 school year, 492 students attended Jefferson Academy.

What is the racial makeup of Jefferson Academy?

Students at Jefferson Academy are 85% Hispanic, 11% White, 3% Two or more races, 1% African American.

What schools do graduates of Jefferson Academy attend?

Students who attend Jefferson Academy usually go on to attend: Middle : Woodrow Wilson Junior High

Jefferson Academy

Summary:

Jefferson Academy is an exceptional elementary school located in Hanford, California, serving 486 students in grades K-8. As part of the Hanford Elementary District, Jefferson Academy consistently outperforms the district and the state of California in academic achievement.

Jefferson Academy's academic performance is particularly impressive, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics that are significantly higher than the district and state averages. In the 2023-2024 school year, the school's ELA proficiency rate was 67.25%, compared to 45.09% for the district and 47.04% for the state. In Mathematics, Jefferson Academy's proficiency rate was 58.84%, compared to 37.68% for the district and 35.54% for the state. The school's performance is especially strong in the upper grades, with 8th-grade students achieving 74.55% proficiency in ELA and 65.45% proficiency in Math, far exceeding the district's 41.12% and 30.59% rates.

Jefferson Academy's exceptional academic achievement extends to its student subgroups as well. The school's Hispanic and English Language Learner (ELL) students consistently rank among the top in the state, and its low-socioeconomic status (SES) students also perform exceptionally well. When compared to other schools in the Hanford Elementary District, Jefferson Academy stands out as a true model of educational excellence, significantly outpacing its peers in academic achievement across all grade levels and subject areas.

Detail:

Public K-8

1264 Middleton St.
Hanford, CA 93230-2827

(559) 585-3700

District: Hanford Elementary

SchoolDigger Rank:
1072^nd of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $9,417

Students who attend Jefferson Academy usually attend:

Middle:

Woodrow Wilson Junior High

Student/teacher ratio: 27.3

Number of students: 492

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

84.6%

White:

11.0%

Two or more races:

3.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 51.4%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Jefferson Academy ranks better than 81.7% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks first among 9 ranked elementary schools in the Hanford Elementary School District! (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 81.97. (See more...)

Compare Details Jefferson Academy ranks better than 89.8% of middle schools in California. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 89.68. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (84.6%), White (11%), two or more races (3.3%). (See more...)

Compare Details 51.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Hanford Elementary School District. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Jefferson Academy is 27.3, which is the highest among 10 elementary schools in the Hanford Elementary School District! (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Jefferson Academy is $9,417, which is the lowest among 10 elementary schools in the Hanford Elementary School District!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Jefferson Academy:

SchoolDigger ranks Jefferson Academy 1072^nd of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Jefferson Academy in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Jefferson Academy 284^th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Jefferson Academy in the ranking list.)

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Hanford Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Hanford Elementary 750^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Jefferson Academy

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Jefferson Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	14.86	4350^th	4809	9.5%
2005	13.72	4419^th	4822	8.4%
2006	10.03	4631^st	4818	3.9%
2007	11.11	4866^th	5113	4.8%
2015	81.06	1071^st	5611	80.9%
2016	83.22	993^rd	5614	82.3%
2017	86.34	850^th	5692	85.1%
2018	86.54	823^rd	5662	85.5%
2019	78.53	1236^th	5789	78.6%
2021	73.43	346^th	1417	75.6%
2022	84.12	987^th	5883	83.2%
2023	68.93	1623^rd	5874	72.4%
2024	81.97	1072^nd	5862	81.7%

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Rank History for elementary school English Language Learner students at Jefferson Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	77.93	349^th	3275	89.3%
2021	75.88	67^th	602	88.9%
2022	87.56	190^th	3311	94.3%
2023	76.43	336^th	3250	89.7%

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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Jefferson Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	87.73	376^th	5084	92.6%
2019	80.38	694^th	5173	86.6%
2021	80.73	137^th	1110	87.7%
2022	86.12	509^th	5264	90.3%
2023	68.71	1285^th	5374	76.1%
2024	84.58	646^th	5511	88.3%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Jefferson Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	79.06	1085^th	5413	80.0%
2019	74.10	1333^rd	5492	75.7%
2021	67.62	366^th	1267	71.1%
2022	85.17	863^rd	5635	84.7%
2023	65.37	1699^th	5617	69.8%
2024	80.34	1083^rd	5605	80.7%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Jefferson Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	91.53	478^th	5431	91.2%
2019	81.05	1017^th	5510	81.5%
2021	76.42	282^nd	1272	77.8%
2022	79.17	1141^st	5663	79.9%
2023	68.60	1566^th	5650	72.3%
2024	78.01	1141^st	5636	79.8%

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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Jefferson Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	91.53	246^th	4830	94.9%
2019	80.96	671^st	4963	86.5%
2022	93.62	241^st	5084	95.3%
2023	76.93	881^st	5098	82.7%
2024	92.52	267^th	5102	94.8%

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Rank History for elementary school White students at Jefferson Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	85.35	242^nd	2737	91.2%
2019	87.94	152^nd	2834	94.6%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Rank History for all middle school students at Jefferson Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2015	93.82	132^nd	2477	94.7%
2016	91.42	194^th	2497	92.2%
2017	98.36	24^th	2508	99.0%
2018	95.34	113^th	2480	95.4%
2019	92.24	212^th	2715	92.2%
2021	85.08	104^th	894	88.4%
2022	79.17	498^th	2740	81.8%
2023	84.92	375^th	2802	86.6%
2024	89.68	284^th	2777	89.8%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Jefferson Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	99.34	13^th	2230	99.4%
2019	93.52	89^th	2369	96.2%
2021	85.27	53^rd	721	92.6%
2022	82.45	261^st	2458	89.4%
2023	80.32	321^st	2549	87.4%
2024	95.20	98^th	2575	96.2%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Jefferson Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	93.10	148^th	2262	93.5%
2019	89.94	224^th	2380	90.6%
2021	75.58	144^th	738	80.5%
2022	76.77	495^th	2509	80.3%
2023	83.36	373^rd	2547	85.4%
2024	89.17	265^th	2546	89.6%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Jefferson Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	95.60	100^th	2273	95.6%
2019	92.52	193^rd	2407	92.0%
2021	92.70	50^th	763	93.4%
2022	79.59	446^th	2527	82.4%
2023	81.04	418^th	2558	83.7%
2024	87.26	302^nd	2547	88.1%

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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Jefferson Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	97.86	28^th	2072	98.6%
2019	96.19	55^th	2213	97.5%
2022	90.35	132^nd	2359	94.4%
2023	91.26	122^nd	2391	94.9%
2024	96.18	55^th	2383	97.7%

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Rank History for middle school White students at Jefferson Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	94.48	22^nd	1602	98.6%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Jefferson Academy

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	237	54	9	180	0	n/a	n/a	0	480
1989	207	49	11	185	0	n/a	n/a	0	452
1990	199	45	11	216	0	n/a	n/a	0	471
1991	222	45	11	278	2	n/a	n/a	0	558
1992	229	55	10	297	2	n/a	n/a	0	593
1993	218	57	12	295	5	n/a	n/a	0	587
1994	160	45	8	284	1	n/a	n/a	0	498
1995	136	48	12	302	6	n/a	n/a	0	504
1996	136	48	12	302	6	n/a	n/a	0	504
1997	97	41	11	256	6	n/a	n/a	0	411
1998	95	56	9	252	4	n/a	n/a	0	416
1999	77	54	8	230	3	n/a	n/a	0	372
2000	72	51	9	235	2	n/a	n/a	0	369
2001	59	46	9	232	2	n/a	n/a	0	348
2002	103	23	9	361	0	n/a	n/a	0	496
2003	103	23	9	361	0	n/a	n/a	0	496
2004	97	23	6	430	0	n/a	n/a	0	556
2005	104	23	6	424	1	n/a	n/a	0	558
2006	100	22	7	414	2	n/a	n/a	0	545
2007	90	14	8	294	3	n/a	n/a	0	409
2008	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	0
2010	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2014	47	7	1	134	1	0	2	0	192
2015	82	11	2	242	1	0	5	0	343
2016	97	11	2	281	1	0	9	0	401
2017	97	8	4	315	1	0	11	0	436
2018	104	6	5	338	1	0	11	0	465
2019	95	7	4	393	2	0	12	0	513
2020	92	9	3	404	1	0	15	1	525
2021	76	9	3	408	0	0	14	0	510
2022	70	8	3	410	0	0	10	0	501
2023	63	6	1	402	0	0	14	0	486
2024	54	5	1	416	0	0	16	0	492

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Jefferson Academy

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	480	18.0	26.6	n/a
1989	452	18.0	25.1	n/a
1990	471	18.0	26.1	n/a
1991	558	20.0	27.9	n/a
1992	593	20.3	29.2	62.4
1993	587	22.5	26.1	67.3
1994	498	19.9	25.0	72.5
1995	504	20.0	25.2	78.8
1996	504	20.0	25.2	78.8
1997	411	18.0	22.8	84.7
1998	416	18.0	23.1	93.5
1999	372	17.0	21.9	94.1
2000	369	17.0	21.7	89.4
2001	348	16.0	21.8	94.8
2002	496	24.0	20.7	87.1
2003	496	24.0	20.7	87.1
2004	556	26.0	21.4	91
2005	558	26.0	21.5	90.1
2006	545	26.0	21.0	89
2007	409	21.0	19.5	86.6
2008	0	n/a	n/a	n/a
2010	0	0.0	0.0	n/a
2011	0	n/a	n/a	n/a
2014	192	8.0	24.0	46.9
2015	343	13.0	26.3	45.2
2016	401	15.0	26.7	44.9
2017	436	16.0	27.2	47.5
2018	465	17.0	27.3	46
2019	513	19.0	27.0	45.8
2020	525	n/a	n/a	45.9
2021	510	19.0	26.8	46.3
2022	501	20.0	25.0	49.1
2023	486	18.0	27.0	48.1
2024	492	18.0	27.3	51.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Jefferson Academy

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	480	18.0	26.6	n/a
1989	452	18.0	25.1	n/a
1990	471	18.0	26.1	n/a
1991	558	20.0	27.9	n/a
1992	593	20.3	29.2	62.4
1993	587	22.5	26.1	67.3
1994	498	19.9	25.0	72.5
1995	504	20.0	25.2	78.8
1996	504	20.0	25.2	78.8
1997	411	18.0	22.8	84.7
1998	416	18.0	23.1	93.5
1999	372	17.0	21.9	94.1
2000	369	17.0	21.7	89.4
2001	348	16.0	21.8	94.8
2002	496	24.0	20.7	87.1
2003	496	24.0	20.7	87.1
2004	556	26.0	21.4	91
2005	558	26.0	21.5	90.1
2006	545	26.0	21.0	89
2007	409	21.0	19.5	86.6
2008	0	n/a	n/a	n/a
2010	0	0.0	0.0	n/a
2011	0	n/a	n/a	n/a
2014	192	8.0	24.0	46.9
2015	343	13.0	26.3	45.2
2016	401	15.0	26.7	44.9
2017	436	16.0	27.2	47.5
2018	465	17.0	27.3	46
2019	513	19.0	27.0	45.8
2020	525	n/a	n/a	45.9
2021	510	19.0	26.8	46.3
2022	501	20.0	25.0	49.1
2023	486	18.0	27.0	48.1
2024	492	18.0	27.3	51.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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