Families who choose Jefferson Elementary School have a lot to be proud of in their school.
Here are some of the school's proudest achievements:
- Small class sizes
- 16:1 teacher ratio in grades K-3
- 20:1 teacher ratio in grades 4-5
- Friendly neighborhood school
- Secure, state-of-the-art building
- High-tech computer labs
- Highly diverse bilingual staff and student population
- 80% of teaching staff have advanced degrees
- Counseling services for students
- Speech, occupational and special education services available
- Students score above the state and district average on state assessments
- 97% student attendance rate
- Students join together and form teams coached by community members
- A school environment where parents and staff truly collaborate
- Extra funding from federal Title 1 programs to support smaller class sizes, before-and after-school programs
- Approximately 20% of 5th graders receive the Presidential Award
"The Jefferson teachers and staff care about the well-being of every student. They are so good to the parents and students. The staff would do anything to make the educational opportunities at Jefferson the best for students." - Betty Fetterer, Foster Grandparent (18 years)
