📍 8600 Jefferson St., Paramount, Los Angeles County, 90723
Jefferson Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Paramount, Los Angeles County. The school has 366 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Kelly Williams. It is part of the Paramount Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.3:1.
Jefferson Elementary enrolls 366 students across grades K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 20 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 88% Hispanic or Latino, 6.3% Black or African American and 2.2% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 321 | 88% |
| Black or African American | 23 | 6.3% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 8 | 2.2% |
| Asian | 5 | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 1.1% |
| White | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
338 of the school's 366 students (92%) 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 Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Jefferson Elementary is one of 20 schools in Paramount Unified, based in Paramount, California. The district serves 11,648 students district-wide and employs 602 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 366 students, Jefferson Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 582 students per school.
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