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Jefferson Elementary

Public Grades K-8

4806^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 18% of California elementary schools

Summary

Jefferson Elementary is a K-8 public school serving 355 students in the rural Lindsay Unified district, where the vast majority of students come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

Academically, the school faces significant challenges, consistently ranking in the bottom quarter of all California elementary schools, with particularly low proficiency rates in science. There is a notable performance gap when compared to other schools in the area, especially within its own district. For example, Washington Elementary in Lindsay achieves much higher test scores despite serving a similar student population, demonstrating that strong outcomes are possible in this community. Jefferson also underperforms compared to schools in neighboring districts like Exeter Unified, even though it spends more per student.

Despite these academic struggles, Jefferson has a remarkable success story in dramatically improving student attendance, reducing chronic absenteeism from 50% to just over 10% in three years. The school also benefits from a lower student-teacher ratio than some local peers, such as Kennedy Elementary, which suggests the potential for more individualized attention. Key areas for improvement include addressing a large gender performance gap and understanding the root causes of the very low science scores.

355

Students ?

20.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$24,624

Per pupil spending ?

89.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

333 North Westwood Ave.
Lindsay, CA 93247-1801

(559) 562-6303

District: Lindsay Unified

Students who attend Jefferson Elementary usually attend:

High:

Lindsay Senior High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

91.0%

White:

5.4%

Two or more races:

2.0%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 16th percentile in 2013 → 18th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (25% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (18th percentile)

!Science scores 26 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school25%

District avg35%

California avg41%

Elementary school

4,806^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 18%▼ down 20 pts since 2015

From bottom 38% (2015) to bottom 18% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

1,775^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 36%▲ up 1 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

5^th of 6Elementary Schools in the Lindsay Unified

950^th of 1,543Lindsay 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)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	20.2	4806 of 5857	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.4	4733 of 5869	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.9	4270 of 5859	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.7	4271 of 5883	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.4	4150 of 5789	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.8	4619 of 5662	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	25.4	4215 of 5692	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	27.9	3940 of 5614	29.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	32.9	3477 of 5611	38.0%	★★☆☆☆
2013	21.2	4643 of 5530	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	10.0	5196 of 5390	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	4.0	5352 of 5377	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	3.4	5297 of 5314	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	5.8	5136 of 5193	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	10.8	4890 of 5113	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	18.2	4435 of 5113	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	19.4	4044 of 4818	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	15.9	4262 of 4822	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	17.0	4190 of 4809	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	22.3	2989 of 3162	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	27.7	2690 of 3245	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.7	2897 of 3311	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	42.5	1639 of 3275	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	41.5	1689 of 3246	48.0%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.2	4233 of 5597	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.3	4131 of 5612	26.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	32.2	3554 of 5609	36.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	32.5	3532 of 5635	37.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	37.8	3243 of 5492	41.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	29.5	3799 of 5413	29.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	31.6	3642 of 5107	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	32.5	3540 of 5107	30.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	34.6	3338 of 5087	34.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	32.7	3470 of 5084	31.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	38.2	3081 of 4963	37.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	29.2	3609 of 4830	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	27.1	4204 of 5460	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.0	4232 of 5517	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	32.5	3685 of 5363	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	37.3	3230 of 5264	38.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	40.7	3055 of 5173	40.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	29.4	3818 of 5084	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	17.0	4955 of 5628	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.4	4956 of 5643	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.4	4870 of 5638	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.1	4610 of 5663	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.6	4614 of 5510	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	15.6	4918 of 5431	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	31.6	1775 of 2761	35.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	44.9	1317 of 2783	52.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	55.1	1024 of 2781	63.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	42.7	1376 of 2740	49.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	43.1	1352 of 2715	50.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	44.8	1230 of 2480	50.4%	★★★☆☆
2017	44.3	1273 of 2508	49.2%	★★☆☆☆
2016	36.3	1455 of 2497	41.7%	★★☆☆☆
2015	30.4	1622 of 2477	34.5%	★★☆☆☆
2013	21.0	1971 of 2379	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	12.9	2067 of 2259	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	49.3	453 of 1478	69.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	53.2	380 of 1521	75.0%	★★★★☆
2022	48.9	502 of 1540	67.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	47.5	481 of 1442	66.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	57.0	334 of 1364	75.5%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	37.3	1453 of 2533	42.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	54.3	950 of 2551	62.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	61.6	780 of 2531	69.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	47.4	1130 of 2509	55.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	38.9	1346 of 2380	43.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	43.7	1187 of 2262	47.5%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	40.9	1308 of 2395	45.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	54.4	866 of 2388	63.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	67.1	583 of 2374	75.4%	★★★★☆
2022	58.8	757 of 2359	67.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	54.7	817 of 2213	63.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	55.6	773 of 2072	62.7%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	42.1	1331 of 2542	47.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	55.5	867 of 2579	66.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	66.4	605 of 2531	76.1%	★★★★☆
2022	54.9	877 of 2458	64.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	57.7	798 of 2369	66.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	55.9	803 of 2230	64.0%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	22.9	1961 of 2534	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	35.6	1481 of 2552	42.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	45.9	1178 of 2538	53.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	39.2	1367 of 2527	45.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	45.8	1132 of 2407	53.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	45.5	1112 of 2273	51.1%	★★★☆☆

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)

Elementary school

Hispanic (2025)29th percentile+11 vs school

Female (2025)24th percentile+6 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)23rd percentile+5 vs school

Male (2025)12th percentile-6 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)5th percentile-14 vs school

Middle school

English Language Learner (2024)69th percentile+17 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)48th percentile+12 vs school

Hispanic (2025)45th percentile+10 vs school

Female (2025)43rd percentile+7 vs school

Male (2025)23rd percentile-13 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy30%-19 vs state

Mathematics26%-11 vs state

Science7%-26 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)	% Varicella (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 8th 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 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th 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 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Varicella KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Jefferson Elementary	Public	K-8	333 North Westwood Ave.	Lindsay	93247	Tulare County	Lindsay Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 562-6303	355	17	20.8	89.3%	19 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	323 (91.0%)	3 (0.8%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.0%)	20.2	4806^th of 5857 public elementary schools	17.9%		21.4	4733^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	19.4%	73	5.3	8.3	6.8	35.3	21.7	23.7	31.7	37.1	34.3	30.1	29.4	28.3	13.2	19.5	40.0	27.8	26.1			$24,624	$4,318	$20,306
Washington Elementary	Public	K-8	451 East Samoa St.	Lindsay	93247	Tulare County	Lindsay Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 562-5916	730	30	24.3	91.5%	10 (1.4%)	1 (0.1%)	707 (96.8%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	5 (0.7%)	53	2437^th of 5857 public elementary schools	58.4%		47.8	2680^th of 5869 public elementary schools	54.3%	243	45.8	27.8	36.8	43.9	37.7	48.6	43.4	54.8	69.4	49.7	62.7	34.3	38.9	31.3	43.8	55.7	43.9	98.1	98.1	$24,380	$4,379	$20,001
Roosevelt Elementary	Public	K-8	461 West Hickory	Lindsay	93247	Tulare County	Lindsay Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 562-7208	473	19	24.8	82.7%	9 (1.9%)	5 (1.1%)	451 (95.3%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	19.5	4869^th of 5857 public elementary schools	16.9%		20	4865^th of 5869 public elementary schools	17.1%	4	16.7	17.3	17.0	24.1	24.4	20.8	34.0	46.0	52.9	33.7	16.7	21.3	15.1	28.3	46.0	41.2	27.9			$23,650	$3,746	$19,904
Reagan Elementary	Public	K-8	340 North Harvard	Lindsay	93247	Tulare County	Lindsay Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 562-1311	426	19	23.0	92.5%	26 (6.1%)	1 (0.2%)	394 (92.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	37	3407^th of 5857 public elementary schools	41.8%		29	4018^th of 5869 public elementary schools	31.5%	611	25.0	17.1	21.4	54.1	35.1	47.8	25.9	52.0	43.6	42.6	50.0	33.3	26.1	13.0	31.4	15.0	27.3			$24,221	$4,056	$20,165
Lincoln Elementary	Public	K-8	851 North Stanford Ave.	Lindsay	93247	Tulare County	Lindsay Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 562-2571	333	19	17.5	86.5%	15 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	316 (94.9%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28.6	4087^th of 5857 public elementary schools	30.2%		24.7	4390^th of 5869 public elementary schools	25.2%	303	22.2	24.2	23.2	18.4	28.9	26.5	43.6	44.8	37.5	32.7	26.3	37.8	28.6	23.1	44.8	30.3	31.5			$26,493	$3,890	$22,603
Kennedy Elementary	Public	K-8	1701 East Tulare Rd.	Lindsay	93247	Tulare County	Lindsay Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 562-5466	376	15	25.0	87.8%	18 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	352 (93.6%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	25.5	4352^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	25.7%		29.4	3982^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	32.2%	370	7.0	20.0	12.8	43.2	34.6	18.0	34.9	59.3	26.5	37.8	30.8	37.0	14.3	21.7	36.4	23.5	27.2			$25,559	$3,803	$21,756
Sunnyside Elementary	Public	K-8	21644 Avenue 196	Strathmore	93267	Tulare County	Sunnyside Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 568-1741	311	16	18.8	85.9%	12 (3.9%)	1 (0.3%)	296 (95.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	14.7	5288^th of 5857 public elementary schools	9.7%		11	5627^th of 5869 public elementary schools	4.1%	339	18.2	9.1	13.6	17.1	31.0	34.4	11.8	18.2	25.0	22.6	22.9	16.7	9.1	2.9	6.1	9.1	11.1			$25,631	$5,574	$20,057
Strathmore Community Day	Public	K-8	19938 Rd. 230	Strathmore	93267	Tulare County	Strathmore Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 568-9293	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Strathmore Elementary	Public	K-8	23024 Avenue 198	Strathmore	93267	Tulare County	Strathmore Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 568-2118	702	32	21.7	87.6%	56 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	640 (91.2%)	5 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24.2	4482^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	23.5%		21.7	4705^th of 5869 public elementary schools	19.8%	223	17.9	26.5	22.7	42.9	23.5	32.8	36.4	34.7	41.0	35.1	34.3	16.1	17.9	11.7	16.7	22.9	19.8			$24,539	$4,353	$20,186
Lincoln Elementary	Public	K-5	333 South D St.	Exeter	93221	Tulare County	Exeter Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 592-2141	522	27	19.6	82.2%	124 (23.8%)	2 (0.4%)	388 (74.3%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	59.2	2107^th of 5857 public elementary schools	64.0%		39.3	3219^th of 5869 public elementary schools	45.2%	1112	19.0		19.0	62.0	48.8	53.2				54.6	56.3	40.7	45.6				47.5			$18,977	$3,127	$15,850

Frequently Asked Questions about Jefferson Elementary

What schools do graduates of Jefferson Elementary attend?

Students who attend Jefferson Elementary usually go on to attend:

High : Lindsay Senior High

What district is Jefferson Elementary in?

Lindsay Unified

Is Jefferson Elementary a good school?

Jefferson Elementary ranks in the bottom 17.9% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Jefferson Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 355 students attended Jefferson Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Jefferson Elementary?

Students at Jefferson Elementary are 91% Hispanic, 5% White, 2% Two or more races.

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