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Thomas Jefferson Elementary

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Thomas Jefferson Elementary ranks 2744 th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-6

2744^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 53% of California elementary schools

Summary

Thomas Jefferson Elementary is a K-6 public school serving 457 students in the Bellflower Unified district, notable for its steady academic improvement despite serving a community where many families face economic challenges.

The school has shown a clear and consistent upward trend, moving from a lower-performing to a mid-performing school statewide over the past decade. It performs close to the state average in English and has become a standout in supporting English Language Learners, historically achieving very high rankings for this group. Compared to other schools in Bellflower Unified with similar student populations, such as Frank E. Woodruff Elementary and Washington Elementary, Thomas Jefferson performs better in mathematics. However, it trails higher-performing district peers like Stephen Foster Elementary and the Intensive Learning Center, which have lower class sizes and different demographic profiles.

Key areas for attention include a notable performance gap where male students are outperforming female students, and uneven results across different grade levels, particularly in 4th-grade math and 5th-grade science. The school has also successfully reduced chronic student absenteeism since the pandemic, bringing it in line with the district average. Overall, Thomas Jefferson Elementary demonstrates that focused programs can lead to strong outcomes, especially for specific student groups, even with limited per-student funding compared to some neighboring districts like Long Beach Unified.

457

Students ?

25.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$19,728

Per pupil spending ?

87.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

10027 East Rose St.
Bellflower, CA 90706-6916

(562) 804-6521

District: Bellflower Unified

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

65.9%

African American:

15.3%

Asian:

8.3%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 28th percentile in 2013 → 53rd in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 25 percentile points since 2013

✓Above the California median (53rd percentile)

Worth a look

!Large classes — about 25 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school39%

District avg35%

California avg41%

2,744^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Top 47%▲ up 16 pts since 2015

From bottom 37% (2015) to top 47% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

5^th of 10Elementary Schools in the Bellflower Unified

763^rd of 1,543Bellflower Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	47.2	2744 of 5857	53.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	45.5	2832 of 5869	51.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	40.4	3093 of 5859	47.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	36.6	3330 of 5883	43.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	39.2	3233 of 5789	44.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	36.3	3391 of 5662	40.1%	★★☆☆☆
2017	35.4	3412 of 5692	40.1%	★★☆☆☆
2016	30.0	3766 of 5614	32.9%	★★☆☆☆
2015	32.1	3540 of 5611	36.9%	★★☆☆☆
2013	30.8	3979 of 5530	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	21.0	4581 of 5390	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	31.8	3859 of 5377	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	36.9	3361 of 5314	36.8%	★★☆☆☆
2009	36.2	3295 of 5193	36.5%	★★☆☆☆
2008	35.4	3245 of 5113	36.5%	★★☆☆☆
2007	36.8	3118 of 5113	39.0%	★★☆☆☆
2006	29.5	3337 of 4818	30.7%	★★☆☆☆
2005	32.6	3124 of 4822	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2004	22.1	3772 of 4809	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	54.2	212 of 569	62.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	75.4	99 of 593	83.3%	★★★★☆
2023	52.0	263 of 661	60.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	48.7	331 of 747	55.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	45.7	340 of 700	51.4%	★★★☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	30.5	1465 of 2227	34.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	53.4	889 of 2585	65.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	49.1	799 of 2128	62.5%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	55.7	894 of 3162	71.7%	★★★★☆
2023	85.3	194 of 3245	94.0%	★★★★★
2022	69.9	487 of 3311	85.3%	★★★★☆
2019	66.8	619 of 3275	81.1%	★★★★☆
2018	44.9	1514 of 3246	53.4%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	35.7	3414 of 5597	39.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	42.6	2890 of 5612	48.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	42.9	2823 of 5609	49.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	40.7	2957 of 5635	47.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	38.2	3223 of 5492	41.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	36.8	3295 of 5413	39.1%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	59.6	1723 of 5107	66.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	54.9	1955 of 5107	61.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	58.8	1732 of 5087	66.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	50.8	2157 of 5084	57.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	56.2	1893 of 4963	61.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	46.7	2422 of 4830	49.9%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	61.0	1802 of 5460	67.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	53.7	2136 of 5517	61.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	55.7	2000 of 5363	62.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	51.2	2209 of 5264	58.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	50.9	2341 of 5173	54.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	51.3	2282 of 5084	55.1%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	57.0	2130 of 5628	62.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	47.5	2602 of 5643	53.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	38.3	3169 of 5638	43.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	33.8	3481 of 5663	38.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	40.1	3035 of 5510	44.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	35.2	3329 of 5431	38.7%	★★☆☆☆

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	39.9	88 of 153	42.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	35.6	75 of 118	36.4%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	44.0	1285 of 2847	54.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	36.1	1498 of 2635	43.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	39.6	1228 of 2420	49.3%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2024)72nd percentile+20 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)67th percentile+14 vs school

Hispanic (2025)66th percentile+13 vs school

African American (2025)63rd percentile+10 vs school

Male (2025)62nd percentile+9 vs school

Special Education (2025)55th percentile~ school

Military Connected (2025)42nd percentile-11 vs school

Female (2025)39th percentile-14 vs school

Disabled (2022)34th percentile-9 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy48%~ state avg

Mathematics34%-3 vs state

Science26%-7 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)					Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)					% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Thomas Jefferson Elementary	Public	K-6	10027 East Rose St.	Bellflower	90706	Los Angeles County	Bellflower Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 804-6521	457	18	25.0	87.3%	23 (5.0%)	70 (15.3%)	301 (65.9%)	38 (8.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.3%)	47.2	2744^th of 5857 public elementary schools	53.2%		45.5	2832^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	51.7%	88	25.7	25.7	41.6	50.0	52.9	48.5	48.0	43.6	27.9	31.0	33.3	34.4							$19,728	$2,487	$17,241
Esther Lindstrom Elementary	Public	K-6	5900 North Canehill St.	Lakewood	90713	Los Angeles County	Bellflower Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 804-6525	552	23	24.0	61.6%	70 (12.7%)	88 (15.9%)	268 (48.6%)	69 (12.5%)	2 (0.4%)	7 (1.3%)	48 (8.7%)	46.5	2794^th of 5857 public elementary schools	52.3%		51.7	2465^th of 5869 public elementary schools	58.0%	329	26.3	26.3	29.6	32.8	44.2	60.4	43.8	33.8	37.9	32.6	44.8	37.5							$19,484	$2,216	$17,268
Craig Williams Elementary	Public	K-6	6144 North Clark Ave.	Lakewood	90712	Los Angeles County	Bellflower Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 804-6540	478	19	25.1	87.2%	17 (3.6%)	66 (13.8%)	340 (71.1%)	21 (4.4%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (3.8%)	15 (3.1%)	35.9	3507^th of 5857 public elementary schools	40.1%		24.9	4371^st of 5869 public elementary schools	25.5%	864	20.3	20.3	38.0	30.2	31.3	53.1	38.2	49.0	23.8	17.2	35.9	30.4							$19,455	$2,513	$16,942
Stephen Foster Elementary	Public	K-6	5223 East Bigelow St.	Lakewood	90712	Los Angeles County	Bellflower Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 804-6518	501	24	20.6	66.3%	69 (13.8%)	33 (6.6%)	276 (55.1%)	53 (10.6%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.4%)	57 (11.4%)	66.8	1752^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	70.1%		71.8	1507^th of 5869 public elementary schools	74.3%	245	47.2	47.2	56.6	41.5	66.7	59.7	56.5	65.4	35.4	45.8	37.5	44.8	90.0	96.0		94.0	94.0	94.0	$19,216	$2,216	$17,000
Gompers	Public	K-5	5206 Briercrest Ave.	Lakewood	90713	Los Angeles County	Long Beach Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 925-2285	366	15	25.2	46.7%	51 (13.9%)	39 (10.7%)	198 (54.1%)	37 (10.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	40 (10.9%)	55.3	2290^th of 5857 public elementary schools	60.9%		53.8	2357^th of 5869 public elementary schools	59.8%	67	22.8	22.8	44.1	54.1	49.1		48.9	50.0	62.3	28.1		47.3	94.7	96.1		97.4	96.1	96.1	$25,067	$5,102	$19,965
Ramona Elementary	Public	K-6	9351 East Laurel St.	Bellflower	90706	Los Angeles County	Bellflower Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 804-6532	454	19	23.8	87.9%	10 (2.2%)	38 (8.4%)	366 (80.6%)	29 (6.4%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.1%)	5 (1.1%)	19.1	4906^th of 5857 public elementary schools	16.2%		24.3	4436^th of 5869 public elementary schools	24.4%	470	13.6	13.6	27.9	27.9	20.3	30.5	26.7	22.8	21.0	10.2	27.1	20.5	97.1	97.1	97.1	97.1	97.1	97.1	$20,055	$2,566	$17,489
Intensive Learning Center	Public	K-6	4718 East Michelson St.	Lakewood	90712	Los Angeles County	Bellflower Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 633-6492	646	29	22.2	61.6%	32 (5.0%)	79 (12.2%)	477 (73.8%)	27 (4.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (4.6%)	57.8	2183^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	62.7%		57.3	2181^st of 5869 public elementary schools	62.8%	2	37.9	37.9	50.0	44.8	60.9	51.1	52.2	57.6	43.3	41.9	20.7	39.2							$19,787	$2,216	$17,571
Captain Raymond Collins	Public	K-5	6125 Coke St.	Long Beach	90805	Los Angeles County	Paramount Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 602-8008	522	24	21.7	94.4%	9 (1.7%)	188 (36.0%)	266 (51.0%)	24 (4.6%)	3 (0.6%)	6 (1.1%)	26 (5.0%)	19.6	4858^th of 5857 public elementary schools	17.1%		18.1	5021^st of 5869 public elementary schools	14.4%	163	19.1	19.1	31.2	24.2	23.8		26.2	35.1	15.7	13.1		20.8							$21,657	$2,011	$19,646
Washington Elementary	Public	K-6	9725 East Jefferson St.	Bellflower	90706	Los Angeles County	Bellflower Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 804-6535	579	29	20.3	90.8%	28 (4.8%)	45 (7.8%)	451 (77.9%)	39 (6.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (2.4%)	23.1	4576^th of 5857 public elementary schools	21.9%		16.1	5207^th of 5869 public elementary schools	11.3%	631	20.2	20.2	26.1	13.9	46.4	28.4	29.1	25.4	16.5	26.2	16.2	21.1	96.9				96.9		$19,258	$2,476	$16,782
Frank E. Woodruff Elementary	Public	K-6	15332 South Eucalyptus St.	Bellflower	90706	Los Angeles County	Bellflower Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 804-6545	444	18	24.6	89.4%	9 (2.0%)	58 (13.1%)	337 (75.9%)	28 (6.3%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	8 (1.8%)	30	3956^th of 5857 public elementary schools	32.5%		19.8	4883^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	16.8%	927	10.9	10.9	37.7	24.6	39.1	40.5	35.4	41.5	24.6	18.8	29.7	28.1							$20,388	$2,560	$17,828

Frequently Asked Questions about Thomas Jefferson Elementary

What district is Thomas Jefferson Elementary in?

Bellflower Unified

How many students attend Thomas Jefferson Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 457 students attended Thomas Jefferson Elementary.

Is Thomas Jefferson Elementary a good school?

Thomas Jefferson Elementary ranks 2744^th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of Thomas Jefferson Elementary?

Students at Thomas Jefferson Elementary are 66% Hispanic, 15% African American, 8% Asian, 5% Two or more races, 5% White.

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