Is Thomas Jefferson Elementary a good school?

Thomas Jefferson Elementary ranks 1407 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Thomas Jefferson Elementary?

In the 2022-23 school year, 329 students attended Thomas Jefferson Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Thomas Jefferson Elementary?

Students at Thomas Jefferson Elementary are 47% White, 24% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 11% Two or more races, 3% African American.

What schools do graduates of Thomas Jefferson Elementary attend?

Students who attend Thomas Jefferson Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : George A. Buljan Middle High : Roseville High

Thomas Jefferson Elementary

Summary:

Thomas Jefferson Elementary is a public elementary school located in Roseville, California, serving 329 students in grades K-5 and part of the Roseville City Elementary District.

Thomas Jefferson Elementary consistently outperforms the district and state averages in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics, with particularly strong performance in 3rd grade. The school's Hispanic and Special Education students also perform significantly better than their counterparts in the state. However, the school's White and Multi-racial student groups lag behind. Additionally, Thomas Jefferson has seen a concerning increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 7.7% in 2018-2019 to 18.3% in 2022-2023, and the percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch has more than doubled, from 20.37% in 2020-2021 to 47.42% in 2022-2023.

While Thomas Jefferson Elementary generally outperforms the nearby Catheryn Gates Elementary and Vencil Brown Elementary schools, the nearby Rocklin Academy Gateway and Rocklin Academy charter schools, which are part of the Rocklin Unified District and Rocklin Academy District, significantly outperform Thomas Jefferson across all academic measures. Despite maintaining a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger, Thomas Jefferson Elementary's statewide ranking has declined, suggesting the school may be losing ground relative to other high-performing schools in the state.

Detail:

Public K-5

750 Central Park Dr.
Roseville, CA 95678-3513

(916) 771-1840

District: Roseville City Elementary

SchoolDigger Rank:
1407^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Students who attend Thomas Jefferson Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	George A. Buljan Middle
High:	Roseville High

Student/teacher ratio: 20.5

Number of students: 329

Racial breakdown:

White:

47.1%

Hispanic:

24.0%

Asian:

14.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 47.4%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Thomas Jefferson Elementary ranks better than 76% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 8^th among 15 ranked elementary schools in the Roseville City Elementary School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 74.07. (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.

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Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Thomas Jefferson Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Thomas Jefferson Elementary 1407^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Thomas Jefferson Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Roseville City Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Roseville City Elementary 392^nd of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Thomas Jefferson Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Thomas Jefferson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2007	87.87	633^rd	5113	87.6%
2008	84.82	761^st	5113	85.1%
2009	86.04	704^th	5193	86.4%
2010	87.66	593^rd	5314	88.8%
2011	89.80	440^th	5377	91.8%
2012	87.83	563^rd	5390	89.6%
2013	89.24	516^th	5530	90.7%
2015	82.03	1033^rd	5611	81.6%
2016	89.71	635^th	5614	88.7%
2017	80.67	1103^rd	5692	80.6%
2018	80.67	1094^th	5662	80.7%
2019	77.46	1270^th	5789	78.1%
2022	77.91	1289^th	5883	78.1%
2023	76.77	1289^th	5874	78.1%
2024	74.07	1407^th	5862	76.0%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Thomas Jefferson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	12.56	614^th	669	8.2%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Thomas Jefferson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	66.85	527^th	2420	78.2%
2024	81.24	324^th	2634	87.7%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Thomas Jefferson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	59.30	1780^th	5084	65.0%
2019	56.91	1955^th	5173	62.2%
2022	61.57	1592^nd	5264	69.8%
2023	78.09	845^th	5374	84.3%
2024	79.41	858^th	5511	84.4%

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Rank History for Female students at Thomas Jefferson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	84.88	832^nd	5413	84.6%
2019	77.50	1196^th	5492	78.2%
2022	80.73	1080^th	5635	80.8%
2023	84.93	889^th	5617	84.2%
2024	72.89	1361^st	5605	75.7%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Thomas Jefferson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	62.37	536^th	2128	74.8%
2019	55.12	841^st	2585	67.5%
2022	66.22	488^th	2227	78.1%

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Rank History for Male students at Thomas Jefferson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	73.37	1350^th	5431	75.1%
2019	75.14	1293^rd	5510	76.5%
2022	72.69	1400^th	5663	75.3%
2023	66.04	1680^th	5650	70.3%
2024	73.15	1353^rd	5636	76.0%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Thomas Jefferson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	82.14	598^th	4830	87.6%
2019	82.92	597^th	4963	88.0%
2022	73.85	984^th	5084	80.6%
2023	70.01	1186^th	5098	76.7%
2024	79.13	750^th	5102	85.3%

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Rank History for White students at Thomas Jefferson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	58.84	1230^th	2737	55.1%
2019	53.08	1455^th	2834	48.7%
2022	59.18	1184^th	2726	56.6%
2023	65.98	934^th	2662	64.9%
2024	61.27	1086^th	2647	59.0%

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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 Thomas Jefferson Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
2005	151	3	54	21	0	n/a	n/a	9	238
2006	202	7	57	33	1	n/a	n/a	14	314
2007	237	10	64	42	1	n/a	n/a	16	370
2008	270	7	78	54	6	n/a	n/a	0	415
2009	333	10	88	76	5	5	0	0	517
2010	361	16	105	84	6	4	3	0	579
2011	375	13	117	92	4	2	7	0	610
2012	357	8	131	105	6	2	12	0	621
2013	345	4	113	114	3	0	21	0	600
2014	349	7	109	106	1	0	25	0	597
2015	282	9	80	87	1	0	26	0	485
2016	289	8	74	83	5	1	23	0	483
2017	274	9	73	80	4	3	47	0	490
2018	257	8	68	97	3	3	45	0	481
2019	261	13	55	89	3	3	45	0	469
2020	245	14	53	84	2	1	45	0	444
2021	201	10	49	84	1	1	32	0	378
2022	163	5	45	87	3	1	43	0	347
2023	155	9	46	79	3	0	37	0	329

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 Thomas Jefferson Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
2005	238	14.0	17.0	12.2
2006	314	15.0	20.9	11.7
2007	370	19.0	19.5	16.1
2008	415	23.0	18.0	14
2009	517	25.0	19.9	13.9
2010	579	26.0	22.2	14
2011	610	n/a	n/a	16.9
2012	621	26.0	23.8	n/a
2013	600	23.0	26.0	15.8
2014	597	23.0	25.9	15.9
2015	485	19.0	25.5	18.8
2016	483	20.0	24.1	20.3
2017	490	20.0	24.5	16.9
2018	481	21.0	22.9	22.5
2019	469	22.0	21.3	24.7
2020	444	n/a	n/a	21.8
2021	378	19.1	19.7	20.4
2022	347	18.9	18.2	21.6
2023	329	16.0	20.5	47.4

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 Thomas Jefferson Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
2005	238	14.0	17.0	12.2
2006	314	15.0	20.9	11.7
2007	370	19.0	19.5	16.1
2008	415	23.0	18.0	14
2009	517	25.0	19.9	13.9
2010	579	26.0	22.2	14
2011	610	n/a	n/a	16.9
2012	621	26.0	23.8	n/a
2013	600	23.0	26.0	15.8
2014	597	23.0	25.9	15.9
2015	485	19.0	25.5	18.8
2016	483	20.0	24.1	20.3
2017	490	20.0	24.5	16.9
2018	481	21.0	22.9	22.5
2019	469	22.0	21.3	24.7
2020	444	n/a	n/a	21.8
2021	378	19.1	19.7	20.4
2022	347	18.9	18.2	21.6
2023	329	16.0	20.5	47.4

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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