📍 318 Taylor St., Taft, Kern County, 93268
Jefferson Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Taft, Kern County. The school has 243 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Henry Valderrama. It is part of the Taft City school district. It serves grades K–3 in a small-town setting. The school employs 9.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 24.6:1.
Jefferson Elementary enrolls 243 students across grades K–3. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 9.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 24.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 89% Hispanic or Latino, 9.5% White and <1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 217 | 89% |
| White | 23 | 9.5% |
| Black or African American | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
239 of the school's 243 students (98%) 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 small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Jefferson Elementary is one of 6 schools in Taft City, based in Taft, California. The district serves 2,404 students district-wide and employs 108 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 243 students, Jefferson Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 401 students per school.
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