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Jefferson Elementary

Summary:

Jefferson Elementary is a public elementary school located in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, serving grades PK-5 with a student population of 241. The school is part of the Sheboygan Area School District, which is ranked 353 out of 428 districts in Wisconsin and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Jefferson Elementary has consistently ranked in the bottom quarter of Wisconsin elementary schools over the past decade, with a ranking between 625 and 952 out of over 1,000 schools. The school has maintained a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger for most of this period, with a brief period of a 2-star rating in 2013-2014 and 2014-2015. Academically, the school's performance, as measured by the Forward Exam, is significantly below the Sheboygan Area School District and Wisconsin state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 16.22% of 3rd graders, 23.91% of 4th graders, and 23.4% of 5th graders at Jefferson Elementary were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the district averages of 41.97%, 46.74%, and 45.03%, respectively. The school's mathematics performance is also low, with only 29.73% of 3rd graders, 34.78% of 4th graders, and 34.04% of 5th graders proficient or better, compared to the district averages of 50.47%, 52.74%, and 49.01%.

Despite the school's low academic performance, Jefferson Elementary has a relatively high per-student spending level, ranging from $14,910 to $16,728 over the past three school years, which is higher than the spending levels of some nearby schools, such as Wilson Elementary, Lake Country Academy, and Etude Elementary, which all have higher proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics. Addressing the challenges faced by Jefferson Elementary will require a comprehensive approach that addresses the unique needs of the school and its community.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 1515 Heller Ave
       Sheboygan, WI  53081-2402

(920) 459-3620

District: Sheboygan Area School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
932nd of 1,061 Wisconsin Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $16,728 Help


Students who attend Jefferson Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Horace Mann Middle
High:    North High

Student/teacher ratio:  8.0 Help
Number of students:  241

Racial breakdown:

Asian:
40.7%
White:
29.9%
Hispanic:
17.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  88.8% Help


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Compare Details Jefferson Elementary ranks worse than 87.8% of elementary schools in Wisconsin. It also ranks 13th among 14 ranked elementary schools in the Sheboygan Area School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 13.01. (See more...)
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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
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Compare Details Student population at Jefferson Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: Asian (40.7%), White (29.9%), Hispanic (17%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 88.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Jefferson Elementary is 8, which is the lowest among 14 elementary schools in the Sheboygan Area School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Jefferson Elementary is $16,728, which is the 2nd highest among 14 elementary schools in the Sheboygan Area School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Jefferson Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Jefferson Elementary 932nd of 1061 Wisconsin public elementary schools. (See Jefferson Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Sheboygan Area School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Sheboygan Area School District 353rd of 428 Wisconsin school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Jefferson Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Jefferson Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 33.33 487th 633 23.1%
2005 23.22 522nd 632 17.4%
2006 32.90 564th 712 20.8%
2008 60.32 474th 1021 53.6%
2009 52.06 604th 1030 41.4%
2010 46.15 719th 1045 31.2%
2011 56.87 541st 1046 48.3%
2012 52.36 631st 1045 39.6%
2013 44.25 708th 1053 32.8%
2014 46.15 677th 1061 36.2%
2015 50.29 625th 1076 41.9%
2016 21.66 896th 1075 16.7%
2017 25.97 865th 1071 19.2%
2018 27.19 827th 1025 19.3%
2019 26.80 828th 1037 20.2%
2021 19.61 886th 1050 15.6%
2022 23.34 876th 1067 17.9%
2023 26.29 854th 1067 20.0%
2024 13.01 932nd 1061 12.2%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Jefferson Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 19.96 64th 77 16.9%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Jefferson Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.33 77th 287 73.2%
2019 65.38 63rd 275 77.1%
2021 60.54 55th 222 75.2%
2022 61.90 61st 248 75.4%
2023 66.84 39th 249 84.3%
2024 46.89 126th 269 53.2%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Jefferson Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.73 543rd 721 24.7%
2019 40.70 416th 742 43.9%
2021 28.59 556th 746 25.5%
2022 38.01 463rd 748 38.1%
2023 51.88 321st 770 58.3%
2024 22.64 657th 790 16.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Jefferson Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 29.52 655th 847 22.7%
2022 38.34 566th 859 34.1%
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Rank History for Female students at Jefferson Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 18.95 857th 997 14.0%
2019 20.31 850th 1002 15.2%
2021 17.72 866th 1004 13.7%
2022 20.77 855th 1017 15.9%
2023 19.13 852nd 1010 15.6%
2024 8.99 911th 1011 9.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Jefferson Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.65 683rd 997 31.5%
2019 38.75 695th 1002 30.6%
2021 26.73 797th 1003 20.5%
2022 28.76 798th 1017 21.5%
2023 37.77 693rd 1011 31.5%
2024 20.85 849th 1012 16.1%
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Rank History for Asian students at Jefferson Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.69 56th 107 47.7%
2019 44.06 54th 122 55.7%
2021 31.06 59th 106 44.3%
2022 30.62 70th 110 36.4%
2023 33.11 74th 116 36.2%
2024 25.99 92nd 123 25.2%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Jefferson Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.08 95th 271 64.9%
2019 47.92 116th 266 56.4%
2021 55.46 94th 274 65.7%
2024 8.92 327th 331 1.2%
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Rank History for White students at Jefferson Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.24 603rd 686 12.1%
2019 17.33 644th 718 10.3%
2021 3.58 688th 699 1.6%
2022 22.66 595th 704 15.5%
2023 35.97 520th 715 27.3%
2024 14.15 666th 727 8.4%
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Data source: test scores: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, 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.

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Data source: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

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Enrollment information for Jefferson Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 330 2 49 32 3 n/a n/a 0 416
1989 323 n/a 59 34 4 n/a n/a 0 420
1990 263 0 65 14 0 n/a n/a 0 342
1991 168 0 95 20 0 n/a n/a 0 283
1992 157 0 98 31 0 n/a n/a 0 286
1993 149 1 131 29 0 n/a n/a 0 310
1994 163 1 104 23 0 n/a n/a 0 291
1995 144 2 120 22 3 n/a n/a 0 291
1996 144 2 120 22 3 n/a n/a 0 291
1997 148 8 121 22 4 n/a n/a 0 303
1998 147 16 124 27 3 n/a n/a 0 317
1999 145 7 121 36 5 n/a n/a 0 314
2000 134 5 125 26 4 n/a n/a 0 294
2001 131 4 125 34 3 n/a n/a 0 297
2002 121 9 123 35 2 n/a n/a 0 290
2003 121 9 123 35 2 n/a n/a 0 290
2004 100 9 99 44 2 n/a n/a 0 254
2005 95 9 95 50 1 n/a n/a 0 250
2006 87 10 108 55 1 n/a n/a 0 261
2007 95 20 98 51 1 n/a n/a 0 265
2008 104 20 117 49 0 n/a n/a 0 290
2009 106 18 107 64 0 n/a n/a 0 295
2010 111 27 108 69 3 n/a n/a 0 318
2011 99 25 103 87 3 0 1 0 318
2012 107 22 105 98 1 0 1 0 334
2013 101 20 110 103 1 0 6 0 341
2014 119 39 132 122 0 0 15 0 427
2015 133 37 122 92 1 0 13 0 398
2016 118 31 133 84 1 0 20 0 387
2017 108 28 140 82 1 0 22 0 381
2018 101 32 134 63 3 0 28 0 361
2019 90 29 149 55 0 0 35 0 358
2020 82 20 143 43 1 0 43 0 332
2021 76 20 133 40 1 0 40 0 310
2022 77 12 122 43 0 0 41 0 295
2023 72 8 98 41 0 0 22 0 241

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 Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 416 21.0 19.8 14.7
1989 420 22.0 19.0 23.1
1990 342 19.0 18.0 28.7
1991 283 16.0 17.6 19.4
1992 286 18.0 15.8 17.1
1993 310 19.1 16.2 17.4
1994 291 20.7 14.1 20.6
1995 291 19.0 15.3 17.5
1996 291 19.0 15.3 17.5
1997 303 19.1 15.9 18.5
1998 317 20.0 15.9 17.4
1999 314 31.3 10.0 24.2
2000 294 25.2 11.7 24.5
2001 297 25.7 11.6 25.9
2002 290 25.6 11.3 66.9
2003 290 25.6 11.3 66.9
2004 254 26.4 9.6 77.2
2005 250 25.3 9.9 n/a
2006 261 25.1 10.4 n/a
2007 265 23.8 11.1 72.8
2008 290 23.8 12.2 69.3
2009 295 25.0 11.8 73.6
2010 318 27.6 11.5 80.8
2011 318 26.9 11.7 83
2012 334 26.0 12.8 81.7
2013 341 28.4 11.9 80.4
2014 427 34.4 12.4 82
2015 398 n/a n/a 68.3
2016 387 37.0 10.4 52.7
2017 381 38.4 9.9 0.8
2018 361 36.4 9.8 99.7
2019 358 34.9 10.2 89.1
2020 332 33.4 9.9 89.8
2021 310 32.3 9.5 94.5
2022 295 32.3 9.1 84.4
2023 241 29.8 8.0 88.8

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 Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 416 21.0 19.8 14.7
1989 420 22.0 19.0 23.1
1990 342 19.0 18.0 28.7
1991 283 16.0 17.6 19.4
1992 286 18.0 15.8 17.1
1993 310 19.1 16.2 17.4
1994 291 20.7 14.1 20.6
1995 291 19.0 15.3 17.5
1996 291 19.0 15.3 17.5
1997 303 19.1 15.9 18.5
1998 317 20.0 15.9 17.4
1999 314 31.3 10.0 24.2
2000 294 25.2 11.7 24.5
2001 297 25.7 11.6 25.9
2002 290 25.6 11.3 66.9
2003 290 25.6 11.3 66.9
2004 254 26.4 9.6 77.2
2005 250 25.3 9.9 n/a
2006 261 25.1 10.4 n/a
2007 265 23.8 11.1 72.8
2008 290 23.8 12.2 69.3
2009 295 25.0 11.8 73.6
2010 318 27.6 11.5 80.8
2011 318 26.9 11.7 83
2012 334 26.0 12.8 81.7
2013 341 28.4 11.9 80.4
2014 427 34.4 12.4 82
2015 398 n/a n/a 68.3
2016 387 37.0 10.4 52.7
2017 381 38.4 9.9 0.8
2018 361 36.4 9.8 99.7
2019 358 34.9 10.2 89.1
2020 332 33.4 9.9 89.8
2021 310 32.3 9.5 94.5
2022 295 32.3 9.1 84.4
2023 241 29.8 8.0 88.8

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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Per Pupil Expenditures for Jefferson Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,786 (12.0%) $13,124 (88.0%) $14,910
2020 $1,799 (11.6%) $13,703 (88.4%) $15,501
2021 $2,280 (13.6%) $14,448 (86.4%) $16,728

Data source: Wisconsin Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Jefferson Elementary

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Ranks 828th of 1037 Elementary schoolsRanks 854th of 1067 Elementary schools
 0.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 % proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Jefferson Elementary)24.426.7
 2.2%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Sheboygan Area School District)3033.6
 3.7%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)39.537.9
 1.6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Jefferson Elementary)48.942.2
 6.7%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Sheboygan Area School District)45.144.8
 0.3%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)50.548.8
 1.7%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Jefferson Elementary)35.127.9
 7.2%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Sheboygan Area School District)39.736.3
 3.4%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)43.945.8
 1.9%
4th Grade Mathematics (Jefferson Elementary)33.320.9
 12.4%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Sheboygan Area School District)36.443.3
 6.9%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)46.246.5
 0.2%
4th Grade Social Studies (Jefferson Elementary)35.148.8
 13.8%
   4th Grade Social Studies (Sheboygan Area School District)4953
 4%
   4th Grade Social Studies (Wisconsin)53.459.7
 6.4%
4th Grade Science (Jefferson Elementary)38.618.6
 20%
   4th Grade Science (Sheboygan Area School District)47.843.6
 4.2%
   4th Grade Science (Wisconsin)53.952.1
 1.8%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Jefferson Elementary)2026.7
 6.7%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Sheboygan Area School District)36.436
 0.4%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)40.939.2
 1.7%
5th Grade Mathematics (Jefferson Elementary)38.735.6
 3.1%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Sheboygan Area School District)45.743.4
 2.3%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)47.848.4
 0.5%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Total Students358241
 32.7%
African American298
 72.4%
American Indian00
Asian14998
 34.2%
Hispanic5541
 25.5%
Pacific Islander00
White9072
 20%
Two or More Races3522
 37.1%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients89.1%88.8%
 0.3%

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Frequently Asked Questions about Jefferson Elementary

Students who attend Jefferson Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Horace Mann Middle
High : North High

Students at Jefferson Elementary are 41% Asian, 30% White, 17% Hispanic, 9% Two or more races, 3% African American.

In the 2022-23 school year, 241 students attended Jefferson Elementary.

Jefferson Elementary ranks in the bottom 12.2% of Wisconsin elementary schools.


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