📍 922 Sw Home Place, Faribault, Rice County, 55021
Jefferson Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Faribault, Rice County. The school has 458 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Faribault Public School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 33.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.7:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Jefferson Elementary enrolls 458 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 33.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 46% Black or African American, 25% Hispanic or Latino and 21% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 212 | 46% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 116 | 25% |
| White | 94 | 21% |
| Two or more races | 24 | 5.2% |
| Asian | 8 | 1.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
406 of the school's 458 students (89%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 355 qualify for free lunch and 51 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. 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. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MN-10, state senate district 24.
Jefferson Elementary is one of 12 schools in FARIBAULT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, based in FARIBAULT, Minnesota. The district serves 3,106 students district-wide and employs 250 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 458 students, Jefferson Elementary is larger than the district average of about 259 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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