Jefferson Elementary School
750 Saint John St
Allentown PA, 18103, Lehigh County
Phone: 484-765-4421
Ranking: 
(2,171 out of 2,311, bottom 6%)*
(2,171 out of 2,311, bottom 6%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Allentown City School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 37 | 37 | 16 | 44 | 46 | 44 | 39 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 667 | 700 | 693 | 656 | 646 | 640 | 689 | |||||||
| Prekindergarten: | 37 | 5.5% | 34 | 4.9% | 39 | 5.6% | 32 | 4.9% | 28 | 4.3% | 25 | 3.9% | 36 | 5.2% |
| Kindergarten: | 112 | 16.8% | 122 | 17.4% | 111 | 16.0% | 101 | 15.4% | 105 | 16.3% | 2 | 0.3% | 50 | 7.3% |
| Grade 1: | 114 | 17.1% | 124 | 17.7% | 112 | 16.2% | 104 | 15.9% | 112 | 17.3% | 145 | 22.7% | 138 | 20.0% |
| Grade 2: | 115 | 17.2% | 113 | 16.1% | 106 | 15.3% | 105 | 16.0% | 107 | 16.6% | 127 | 19.8% | 106 | 15.4% |
| Grade 3: | 108 | 16.2% | 99 | 14.1% | 103 | 14.9% | 110 | 16.8% | 99 | 15.3% | 96 | 15.0% | 126 | 18.3% |
| Grade 4: | 92 | 13.8% | 90 | 12.9% | 119 | 17.2% | 105 | 16.0% | 89 | 13.8% | 119 | 18.6% | 139 | 20.2% |
| Grade 5: | 89 | 13.3% | 118 | 16.9% | 103 | 14.9% | 99 | 15.1% | 106 | 16.4% | 126 | 19.7% | 94 | 13.6% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 355 | 53.2% | 378 | 54.0% | 363 | 52.4% | 351 | 53.5% | 306 | 47.4% | 322 | 50.3% | 331 | 48.0% |
| Female: | 312 | 46.8% | 322 | 46.0% | 330 | 47.6% | 305 | 46.5% | 332 | 51.4% | 310 | 48.4% | 354 | 51.4% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 2 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.4% | 4 | 0.6% | 2 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 8 | 1.2% | 11 | 1.6% | 10 | 1.4% | 8 | 1.2% | 6 | 0.9% | 7 | 1.1% | 9 | 1.3% |
| Hispanic: | 414 | 62.1% | 438 | 62.6% | 441 | 63.6% | 417 | 63.6% | 426 | 65.9% | 399 | 62.3% | 415 | 60.2% |
| Black: | 104 | 15.6% | 107 | 15.3% | 119 | 17.2% | 128 | 19.5% | 123 | 19.0% | 134 | 20.9% | 164 | 23.8% |
| White: | 79 | 11.8% | 81 | 11.6% | 88 | 12.7% | 80 | 12.2% | 91 | 14.1% | 99 | 15.5% | 101 | 14.7% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 60 | 9.0% | 60 | 8.6% | 31 | 4.5% | 21 | 3.2% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 510 | 76.5% | 557 | 79.6% | 434 | 62.6% | 524 | 79.9% | 430 | 66.6% | 425 | 66.4% | 488 | 70.8% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 36 | 5.4% | 57 | 8.1% | 54 | 7.8% | 57 | 8.7% | 67 | 10.4% | 64 | 10.0% | 56 | 8.1% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 18.03 | 18.79 | 42.65 | 14.91 | 14.01 | 14.50 | 17.60 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| PSSA | ||||||
| 2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 69% | 71% | 81% |
| 2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 71% | 73% | 83% |
| 2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 62.7% | 66.5% | 78.5% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 65.1% | 68.1% | 80.5% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 57% | 71% | 81.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 68.4% | 68.8% | 84.5% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 59.5% | 70.1% | 83.5% |
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 44.7% | 65% | 80% |
| 2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 36% | 44% | 68% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 49% | 51% | 69% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 63.8% | 57% | 72.8% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 55.6% | 58.9% | 76.8% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 56.9% | 62% | 77% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 39.5% | 54% | 75.2% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 50.5% | 59.2% | 77.2% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 38.8% | 52.7% | 74.1% |
| 2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 63.8% | 64% | 77.2% |
| 2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 66.3% | 62.4% | 78% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 67.2% | 67.4% | 79.6% |
| 2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.3% | 71.9% | 81.8% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.1% | 73.1% | 84.9% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 49.5% | 73.1% | 85.2% |
| 2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 47.1% | 66.7% | 82.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 44.8% | 45.2% | 68.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 51.7% | 47.6% | 70.1% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 41.4% | 49.5% | 70.1% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 47.5% | 54.3% | 72.6% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 48.5% | 53.4% | 72.9% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 32.2% | 54.8% | 73.3% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 29.8% | 50.7% | 72.1% |
| 2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 52.6% | 57.4% | 81.5% |
| 2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 51.4% | 61.2% | 83.4% |
| 2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 52.8% | 58.2% | 81.4% |
| 2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 45.1% | 59.1% | 82.9% |
| 2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 43.3% | 58.6% | 82.3% |
| 2003 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 31.9% | 48.3% | 56.3% |
| 2004 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 48.1% | 53% | 61.8% |
| 2005 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 55.9% | 60.9% | 69% |
| 2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 46.6% | 56.9% | 66.9% |
| 2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 53.9% | 62.7% | 71% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 57% | 58.6% | 73.2% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 42.6% | 59.6% | 73.5% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 60.5% | 60.4% | 74.4% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 55.4% | 66.3% | 76.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 47.1% | 54.9% | 73.3% |
| 2003 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 25.3% | 41.3% | 58% |
| 2004 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 46.2% | 46% | 62.7% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 26.9% | 41.2% | 64.2% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 29.2% | 42.5% | 60.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 31.4% | 39.4% | 60% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 34.9% | 39.6% | 61.6% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 33.9% | 45.7% | 64.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 42.9% | 43.9% | 64.1% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 36.1% | 47.7% | 67.3% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 37.5% | 42.9% | 65% |
| 2006 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 44.6% | 38.9% | 54.1% |
| 2007 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 21% | 36.1% | 57.3% |
| 2008 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 31% | 27.2% | 57.3% |
| 2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 34.2% | 34.1% | 58.1% |
| 2010 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 25.3% | 35.3% | 61.8% |
| 2011 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 49.4% | 50.8% | 67.1% |
| 2012 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 56.8% | 42% | 64.2% |
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* Jefferson Elementary School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.