📍 1264 Midton St., Hanford, Kings County, 93230
Jefferson Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Hanford, Kings County. The school has 486 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Javier Espindola. It is part of the Hanford Elementary school district. It serves grades K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 27.0:1.
Jefferson Academy enrolls 486 students across grades K–8. The student body is 44% male and 56% female. A teaching staff of 18 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 27.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 83% Hispanic or Latino, 13% White and 2.9% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 402 | 83% |
| White | 63 | 13% |
| Two or more races | 14 | 2.9% |
| Black or African American | 6 | 1.2% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
234 of the school's 486 students (48%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Jefferson Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Jefferson Academy is one of 12 schools in Hanford Elementary, based in Hanford, California. The district serves 5,463 students district-wide and employs 245 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 486 students, Jefferson Academy is close to the district average of about 455 students per school.