Is Jefferson Elementary School a good school?

Jefferson Elementary School ranks in the bottom 16.3% of Illinois elementary schools.

How many students attend Jefferson Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 359 students attended Jefferson Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Jefferson Elementary School?

Students at Jefferson Elementary School are 77% Hispanic, 20% White, 2% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Jefferson Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Jefferson Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Harvard Junior High School High : Harvard High School

Jefferson Elementary School

Summary:

Jefferson Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Harvard, Illinois, serving grades 4-5 with a total enrollment of 377 students. The school is part of the Harvard CUSD 50 district, which is ranked 783 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Jefferson Elementary School consistently ranks in the bottom 20% of Illinois elementary schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past 10 school years. The school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics are significantly lower than the state averages, with only 15.3% of students proficient or better in ELA and just 7.1% in Mathematics. The school's performance on the Illinois Science Assessment (ISA) is also below the state average, with only 32.9% of students proficient or better. Jefferson Elementary School struggles to serve its diverse student population effectively, with rankings for subgroups like Hispanic students, English Language Learners, and Special Education students in the bottom 30-40% of Illinois elementary schools.

When compared to the nearby Crosby Elementary School, which is also part of the Harvard CUSD 50 district, Jefferson Elementary School's performance is significantly lower across all academic measures. Additionally, the school's performance is significantly lower than the elementary schools in the Woodstock CUSD 200 district, which are located approximately 10-12 miles away.

Detail:

Public 4-5

1200 N Jefferson St
Harvard, IL 60033-1730

(815) 943-6464

District: Harvard CUSD 50

SchoolDigger Rank:
1730^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $17,183

Students who attend Jefferson Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Harvard Junior High School
High:	Harvard High School

Student/teacher ratio: 10.4

Number of students: 359

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

77.4%

White:

20.3%

Two or more races:

1.7%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 47.9%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Jefferson Elementary School ranks worse than 83.7% of elementary schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 18.22. (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 (77.4%), White (20.3%), two or more races (1.7%). (See more...)

Compare Details 47.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Harvard CUSD 50 School District. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Jefferson Elementary School is 10.4, which is the lowest among 3 elementary schools in the Harvard CUSD 50 School District! (See more...)

Compare Jefferson Elementary School employs 34.5 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Jefferson Elementary School is $17,183, which is the highest among 3 elementary schools in the Harvard CUSD 50 School District!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Jefferson Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Jefferson Elementary School 1730^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Jefferson Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Special Education students:

Low Socio Economic Status students:

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White students:

Harvard CUSD 50:

SchoolDigger ranks Harvard CUSD 50 783^rd of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Jefferson Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Jefferson Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	35.96	1459^th	2020	27.8%
2004	45.52	1301^st	2030	35.9%
2005	38.27	1441^st	2022	28.7%
2006	48.24	1336^th	2086	36.0%
2007	59.36	1053^rd	2095	49.7%
2008	16.71	1827^th	2092	12.7%
2009	23.49	1740^th	2120	17.9%
2010	18.11	1848^th	2139	13.6%
2011	19.92	1838^th	2147	14.4%
2012	27.19	1724^th	2166	20.4%
2013	18.31	1840^th	2167	15.1%
2014	18.63	1786^th	2093	14.7%
2015	17.23	1783^rd	2052	13.1%
2016	16.57	1796^th	2046	12.2%
2017	16.54	1781^st	2044	12.9%
2018	21.30	1616^th	2037	20.7%
2019	25.99	1551^st	2086	25.6%
2021	21.05	1546^th	1948	20.6%
2022	26.64	1476^th	2082	29.1%
2023	19.22	1706^th	2077	17.9%
2024	18.22	1730^th	2067	16.3%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Jefferson Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	30.33	571^st	718	20.5%
2019	39.93	455^th	743	38.8%
2021	33.35	400^th	537	25.5%
2022	30.20	623^rd	768	18.9%
2023	28.33	666^th	788	15.5%
2024	27.40	692^nd	826	16.2%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Jefferson Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	35.99	432^nd	763	43.4%
2019	36.89	692^nd	1194	42.0%
2021	23.98	530^th	640	17.2%
2022	31.11	746^th	1113	33.0%
2023	31.55	756^th	1156	34.6%
2024	18.35	1112^th	1195	6.9%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	27.72	1369^th	1765	22.4%
2019	31.53	1327^th	1816	26.9%
2021	26.44	1197^th	1514	20.9%
2022	35.35	1134^th	1763	35.7%
2023	27.27	1405^th	1808	22.3%
2024	22.69	1511^th	1793	15.7%

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Rank History for Female students at Jefferson Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	21.05	1585^th	1964	19.3%
2019	31.43	1365^th	2019	32.4%
2021	18.60	1420^th	1680	15.5%
2022	25.24	1451^st	1970	26.3%
2023	18.43	1660^th	1957	15.2%
2024	18.54	1641^st	1942	15.5%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Jefferson Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	38.93	473^rd	907	47.9%
2024	25.30	718^th	886	19.0%

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Rank History for Male students at Jefferson Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	23.27	1542^nd	1972	21.8%
2019	22.08	1614^th	2019	20.1%
2021	20.51	1389^th	1707	18.6%
2022	28.35	1344^th	1977	32.0%
2023	21.30	1557^th	1984	21.5%
2024	18.74	1620^th	1959	17.3%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Jefferson Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	18.17	873^rd	938	6.9%
2019	23.67	816^th	955	14.6%
2021	23.55	648^th	742	12.7%
2022	27.75	739^th	954	22.5%
2023	18.98	906^th	970	6.6%
2024	18.60	879^th	959	8.3%

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Rank History for White students at Jefferson Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	23.12	1201^st	1463	17.9%
2019	26.89	1126^th	1462	23.0%
2021	19.13	1151^st	1308	12.0%
2022	22.28	1192^nd	1425	16.4%
2023	17.82	1246^th	1419	12.2%
2024	16.73	1237^th	1392	11.1%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board 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: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Jefferson Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	273	n/a	n/a	15	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	288
1990	324	n/a	1	31	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	356
1991	317	0	1	47	0	n/a	n/a	0	365
1992	321	0	1	57	0	n/a	n/a	0	379
1993	335	1	0	63	0	n/a	n/a	0	399
1994	350	2	0	59	2	n/a	n/a	0	413
1995	368	3	0	121	0	n/a	n/a	0	492
1996	368	3	0	121	0	n/a	n/a	0	492
1997	364	4	1	155	0	n/a	n/a	0	524
1998	335	2	0	182	0	n/a	n/a	0	519
1999	330	4	2	189	0	n/a	n/a	0	525
2000	312	6	2	190	0	n/a	n/a	0	510
2001	279	7	1	220	0	n/a	n/a	0	507
2002	243	9	1	269	0	n/a	n/a	0	522
2003	243	9	1	269	0	n/a	n/a	0	522
2004	236	6	5	275	0	n/a	n/a	0	522
2005	245	7	4	284	0	n/a	n/a	10	550
2006	210	5	4	296	0	n/a	n/a	23	538
2007	214	2	3	284	0	n/a	n/a	22	525
2008	195	4	2	312	0	n/a	n/a	18	531
2009	222	5	4	338	0	n/a	n/a	23	592
2010	201	3	0	331	0	n/a	n/a	19	554
2011	120	1	0	214	0	0	1	0	336
2012	129	2	2	228	0	0	2	0	363
2013	155	3	2	232	0	0	6	0	398
2014	158	3	2	237	0	0	6	0	406
2015	125	5	1	257	0	0	9	0	397
2016	115	3	0	251	0	0	10	0	379
2017	114	4	0	275	0	0	11	0	404
2018	122	4	2	287	0	0	7	0	422
2019	106	2	3	292	0	0	4	0	407
2020	93	1	1	267	0	0	7	0	369
2021	113	2	1	239	0	0	8	0	363
2022	121	3	2	261	0	0	7	0	394
2023	97	2	1	268	0	0	9	0	377
2024	73	1	1	278	0	0	6	0	359

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 School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	288	17.0	16.9	n/a
1990	356	20.0	17.8	n/a
1991	365	18.0	20.2	n/a
1992	379	16.0	23.6	n/a
1993	399	15.0	26.6	n/a
1994	413	18.6	22.2	n/a
1995	492	28.3	17.4	n/a
1996	492	28.3	17.4	n/a
1997	524	28.8	18.2	n/a
1998	519	28.8	18.0	n/a
1999	525	32.8	16.0	n/a
2000	510	34.0	15.0	n/a
2001	507	32.7	15.5	n/a
2002	522	31.4	16.6	48.1
2003	522	31.4	16.6	48.1
2004	522	28.0	18.6	51.7
2005	550	28.0	19.6	55.9
2006	538	28.0	19.2	53.8
2007	525	24.0	21.9	54.9
2008	531	25.0	21.2	57.7
2009	592	32.0	18.5	61.7
2010	554	31.3	17.6	62.8
2011	336	20.0	16.8	72.3
2012	363	20.4	17.7	62
2013	398	23.3	17.0	67.3
2014	406	20.5	19.8	58.4
2015	397	22.0	18.0	71.8
2016	379	27.0	14.0	72.6
2017	404	30.2	13.3	98.8
2018	422	32.9	12.8	59.2
2019	407	33.8	12.0	30.5
2020	369	35.2	10.4	49.1
2021	363	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	394	33.1	11.8	45.4
2023	377	38.6	9.7	43.5
2024	359	34.5	10.4	47.9

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 School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	288	17.0	16.9	n/a
1990	356	20.0	17.8	n/a
1991	365	18.0	20.2	n/a
1992	379	16.0	23.6	n/a
1993	399	15.0	26.6	n/a
1994	413	18.6	22.2	n/a
1995	492	28.3	17.4	n/a
1996	492	28.3	17.4	n/a
1997	524	28.8	18.2	n/a
1998	519	28.8	18.0	n/a
1999	525	32.8	16.0	n/a
2000	510	34.0	15.0	n/a
2001	507	32.7	15.5	n/a
2002	522	31.4	16.6	48.1
2003	522	31.4	16.6	48.1
2004	522	28.0	18.6	51.7
2005	550	28.0	19.6	55.9
2006	538	28.0	19.2	53.8
2007	525	24.0	21.9	54.9
2008	531	25.0	21.2	57.7
2009	592	32.0	18.5	61.7
2010	554	31.3	17.6	62.8
2011	336	20.0	16.8	72.3
2012	363	20.4	17.7	62
2013	398	23.3	17.0	67.3
2014	406	20.5	19.8	58.4
2015	397	22.0	18.0	71.8
2016	379	27.0	14.0	72.6
2017	404	30.2	13.3	98.8
2018	422	32.9	12.8	59.2
2019	407	33.8	12.0	30.5
2020	369	35.2	10.4	49.1
2021	363	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	394	33.1	11.8	45.4
2023	377	38.6	9.7	43.5
2024	359	34.5	10.4	47.9

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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