📍 1200 N Jefferson St, Harvard, McHenry County, 60033
Jefferson Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Harvard, McHenry County. The school has 377 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jennifer Bigler. It is part of the Harvard CUSD 50 school district. It serves grades 4–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 38.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.8:1. 11% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Jefferson Elem School enrolls 377 students across grades 4–5. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 38.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 71% Hispanic or Latino, 26% White and 2.4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 268 | 71% |
| White | 97 | 26% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 2.4% |
| Black or African American | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
164 of the school's 377 students (44%) 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 Elem School 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. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 32, state house district 63.
Jefferson Elem School is one of 5 schools in Harvard CUSD 50, based in Harvard, Illinois. The district serves 2,532 students district-wide and employs 220 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 377 students, Jefferson Elem School is smaller than the district average of about 506 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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