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Jefferson

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Jefferson ranks 3427 th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-5

3427^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 41% of California elementary schools

Summary

Jefferson Elementary is a K-5 public school serving 549 students in the Hawthorne area, which has seen a significant recent increase in the number of families needing economic assistance.

Academically, Jefferson's overall state ranking has declined in recent years, now placing in the 41st percentile, and its test scores in English, math, and science generally trail state averages. However, the school shows notable strengths with specific groups of students, such as English language learners and African American students, where its effectiveness ranks much higher. A major positive change is a dramatic improvement in student attendance; the chronic absenteeism rate has been cut by more than half since 2022 and is now better than both the district and state averages, outperforming nearby schools like Zela Davis and Eucalyptus.

When compared to schools in the neighboring Lawndale Elementary district, such as Mark Twain Elementary, Jefferson's academic performance is lower. It also operates with a higher student-teacher ratio than most area schools, despite receiving solid per-student funding. Performance varies greatly by grade, with strong 3rd-grade math but concerningly low 5th-grade math and science scores, indicating a need for focused support in the upper grades.

549

Students ?

28.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$21,180

Per pupil spending ?

89.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

4091 West 139th St.
Hawthorne, CA 90250-7303

(310) 676-9423

District: Hawthorne

Students who attend Jefferson usually attend:

Middle:	Prairie Vista Middle
High:	Hawthorne High
	Lawndale High
	Leuzinger High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

69.9%

African American:

14.8%

Asian:

4.6%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 70th percentile in 2018 → 41st in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (33% vs 41% meeting standards)

!Ranking has slipped from its 70th-percentile peak (2018) to 41st (2025)

!Science scores 15 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school33%

District avg36%

California avg41%

3,427^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 41%▼ down 10 pts since 2015

From top 49% (2015) to bottom 41% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

5^th of 7Elementary Schools in the Hawthorne

735^th of 1,543Hawthorne 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	36.7	3427 of 5857	41.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	42.6	3030 of 5869	48.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	50.7	2492 of 5859	57.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	43.2	2902 of 5883	50.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	61.6	1988 of 5789	65.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	68.0	1675 of 5662	70.4%	★★★★☆
2017	57.6	2144 of 5692	62.3%	★★★☆☆
2016	46.5	2682 of 5614	52.2%	★★★☆☆
2015	45.3	2723 of 5611	51.5%	★★★☆☆
2013	33.4	3783 of 5530	31.6%	★★☆☆☆
2012	22.3	4490 of 5390	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	29.8	3997 of 5377	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	34.6	3515 of 5314	33.9%	★★☆☆☆
2009	29.2	3769 of 5193	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	37.9	3082 of 5113	39.7%	★★☆☆☆
2007	26.9	3793 of 5113	25.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	27.2	3505 of 4818	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	24.9	3626 of 4822	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	23.7	3643 of 4809	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	62.8	167 of 593	71.8%	★★★★☆
2023	84.1	66 of 661	90.0%	★★★★★
2022	50.9	252 of 663	62.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	95.1	17 of 700	97.6%	★★★★★

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	46.8	1066 of 2585	58.8%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	53.0	1026 of 3162	67.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	67.9	548 of 3245	83.1%	★★★★☆
2022	70.3	481 of 3311	85.5%	★★★★☆
2019	50.9	1203 of 3275	63.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	49.5	1275 of 3246	60.7%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	37.2	3280 of 5597	41.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	40.5	3023 of 5612	46.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	50.7	2361 of 5609	57.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	44.9	2713 of 5635	51.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	63.8	1804 of 5492	67.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	70.0	1501 of 5413	72.3%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	47.1	2492 of 5107	51.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	61.1	1626 of 5107	68.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	65.5	1384 of 5087	72.8%	★★★★☆
2022	66.5	1319 of 5084	74.1%	★★★★☆
2019	79.4	732 of 4963	85.3%	★★★★☆
2018	82.1	597 of 4830	87.6%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	49.0	2506 of 5460	54.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	54.5	2091 of 5517	62.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	71.4	1152 of 5363	78.5%	★★★★☆
2022	54.3	2019 of 5264	61.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	80.2	708 of 5173	86.3%	★★★★☆
2018	86.2	441 of 5084	91.3%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	36.4	3365 of 5628	40.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	44.3	2801 of 5643	50.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	49.8	2458 of 5638	56.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	41.2	2933 of 5663	48.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	57.5	2058 of 5510	62.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	64.3	1746 of 5431	67.9%	★★★☆☆

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)

African American (2024)72nd percentile+23 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)68th percentile+19 vs school

Disabled (2019)59th percentile-7 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)54th percentile+13 vs school

Hispanic (2025)51st percentile+10 vs school

Female (2025)41st percentile~ school

Male (2025)40th percentile~ school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy38%-11 vs state

Mathematics35%-3 vs state

Science17%-15 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 All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th 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
Jefferson	Public	K-5	4091 West 139th St.	Hawthorne	90250	Los Angeles County	Hawthorne	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 676-9423	549	19	28.8	89.3%	23 (4.2%)	81 (14.8%)	384 (69.9%)	25 (4.6%)	2 (0.4%)	9 (1.6%)	25 (4.6%)	36.7	3427^th of 5857 public elementary schools	41.5%		42.6	3030^th of 5869 public elementary schools	48.4%	397	17.5	17.5	45.0	40.7	30.0	38.0	48.2	41.9	17.7	34.8	96.0	97.3			97.3		$21,180	$5,081	$16,099
Zela Davis	Public	K-5	13435 South Yukon Ave.	Hawthorne	90250	Los Angeles County	Hawthorne	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 679-1771	843	32	26.3	93.6%	11 (1.3%)	238 (28.2%)	540 (64.1%)	25 (3.0%)	2 (0.2%)	5 (0.6%)	22 (2.6%)	36.5	3446^th of 5857 public elementary schools	41.2%		34.3	3576^th of 5869 public elementary schools	39.1%	130	19.4	19.4	43.8	38.2	29.2	37.0	40.3	31.1	34.5	35.4	97.0			98.2		97.6	$19,758	$4,655	$15,103
Ramona	Public	K-5	4617 West 136th St.	Hawthorne	90250	Los Angeles County	Hawthorne	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 675-7189	767	30	25.5	75.1%	41 (5.3%)	92 (12.0%)	589 (76.8%)	17 (2.2%)	1 (0.1%)	7 (0.9%)	20 (2.6%)	52.5	2460^th of 5857 public elementary schools	58.0%		55.3	2272^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	61.3%	188	31.2	31.2	36.3	50.4	47.6	44.9	36.8	52.9	43.2	44.4							$19,994	$4,263	$15,731
Washington	Public	K-5	4339 West 129th St.	Hawthorne	90250	Los Angeles County	Hawthorne	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 676-3422	418	18	23.8	90.2%	19 (4.5%)	68 (16.3%)	298 (71.3%)	16 (3.8%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.4%)	10 (2.4%)	58.5	2144^th of 5857 public elementary schools	63.4%		42.3	3047^th of 5869 public elementary schools	48.1%	903	31.0	31.0	55.4	42.3	55.7	50.5	61.4	44.3	36.6	46.4	94.1	94.1			94.1		$24,140	$6,283	$17,857
Lucille J. Smith Elementary	Public	K-5	4521 West 147th St.	Lawndale	90260	Los Angeles County	Lawndale Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 970-2915	331	13	25.4	84.3%	17 (5.1%)	49 (14.8%)	234 (70.7%)	24 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.8%)	62.5	1939^th of 5857 public elementary schools	66.9%		61.5	2000^th of 5869 public elementary schools	65.9%	61	38.5	38.5	46.0	54.0	56.9	52.7	50.0	51.9	38.5	46.1	91.7				93.8		$29,264	$2,090	$27,174
Kornblum	Public	K-5	3620 West El Segundo Blvd.	Hawthorne	90250	Los Angeles County	Hawthorne	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 970-4294	566	20	28.3	93.5%	7 (1.2%)	145 (25.6%)	397 (70.1%)	6 (1.1%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.5%)	6 (1.1%)	38.4	3317^th of 5857 public elementary schools	43.4%		20.6	4802^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	18.2%	1485	24.8	24.8	43.8	32.2	44.8	40.4	35.4	29.9	33.3	32.9	93.8				96.3	96.3	$20,812	$4,597	$16,215
Billy Mitchell Elementary	Public	K-5	14429 Condon Ave.	Lawndale	90260	Los Angeles County	Lawndale Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 676-6140	471	23	20.4	87.5%	15 (3.2%)	37 (7.9%)	378 (80.3%)	14 (3.0%)	3 (0.6%)	7 (1.5%)	17 (3.6%)	44.7	2905^th of 5857 public elementary schools	50.4%		37.1	3362^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	42.7%	457	29.8	29.8	44.7	33.3	45.6	40.7	38.3	46.0	31.6	38.9	93.8				95.1		$29,779	$1,896	$27,883
F. D. Roosevelt Elementary	Public	K-5	3533 West Marine Blvd.	Lawndale	90260	Los Angeles County	Lawndale Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 675-1121	396	16	24.7	90.7%	8 (2.0%)	72 (18.2%)	283 (71.5%)	11 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (5.6%)	23.5	4547^th of 5857 public elementary schools	22.4%		34.2	3587^th of 5869 public elementary schools	38.9%	960	13.3	13.3	33.9	26.5	39.3	33.0	28.4	22.4	18.3	23.2							$34,292	$6,181	$28,111
William Anderson Elementary	Public	K-5	4130 West 154th St.	Lawndale	90260	Los Angeles County	Lawndale Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 676-0197	572	23	24.8	89.7%	10 (1.7%)	37 (6.5%)	452 (79.0%)	50 (8.7%)	3 (0.5%)	4 (0.7%)	16 (2.8%)	51.4	2529^th of 5857 public elementary schools	56.8%		62.2	1972^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	66.4%	557	29.7	29.7	42.7	57.0	44.4	48.3	47.9	40.2	31.9	40.1	95.2	97.1	98.1	97.1	96.2	98.1	$26,957	$2,318	$24,639
Mark Twain Elementary	Public	K-5	3728 West 154th St.	Lawndale	90260	Los Angeles County	Lawndale Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(310) 675-9134	585	24	24.3	65.5%	55 (9.4%)	24 (4.1%)	431 (73.7%)	33 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (7.2%)	76.3	1324^th of 5857 public elementary schools	77.4%		82	1073^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	81.7%	251	46.9	46.9	60.6	51.7	63.0	58.4	72.7	46.6	55.6	59.0							$25,158	$1,655	$23,503

Frequently Asked Questions about Jefferson

What district is Jefferson in?

Hawthorne

What schools do graduates of Jefferson attend?

Students who attend Jefferson usually go on to attend:

Middle : Prairie Vista Middle
High : Hawthorne High
High : Lawndale High
High : Leuzinger High

What is the racial makeup of Jefferson?

Students at Jefferson are 70% Hispanic, 15% African American, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more races, 4% White, 2% Pacific Islander.

Is Jefferson a good school?

Jefferson ranks 3427^th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Jefferson?

In the 2024-25 school year, 549 students attended Jefferson.

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