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Jefferson Elementary schools

Jefferson Elementary’s 12 public elementary schools run from the 24th to the 85th percentile among the 5,728 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). They sit in all four bands.

Elementary · 12 schools

from 24th to 85th · among 5,728 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Marjorie H. Tobias Elementary: 85th percentile, Strong
  • Thomas Edison Elementary: 77th percentile, Strong
  • California Virtual Academy San Mateo: 63rd percentile, Solid
  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt Elementary: 53rd percentile, Solid
  • Margaret Pauline Brown Elementary: 51st percentile, Solid
  • Susan B. Anthony Elementary: 49th percentile, Developing
  • John F. Kennedy Elementary: 45th percentile, Developing
  • Garden Village Elementary: 38th percentile, Developing
  • Westlake Elementary: 35th percentile, Developing
  • Daniel Webster Elementary: 29th percentile, Developing
  • George Washington Elementary: 26th percentile, Developing
  • Woodrow Wilson Elementary: 24th percentile, Needs Support
1Needs Support
6Developing
3Solid
2Strong

Middle · 5 schools

from 38th to 82nd · among 2,532 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • California Virtual Academy San Mateo: 82nd percentile, Strong
  • Fernando Rivera Intermediate: 78th percentile, Strong
  • Thomas R. Pollicita Middle: 58th percentile, Solid
  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt Elementary: 49th percentile, Developing
  • Benjamin Franklin Intermediate: 38th percentile, Developing
0Needs Support
2Developing
1Solid
2Strong

High · 1 school

at 32nd · among 1,500 California high schools we score · spring 2025 tests

  • California Virtual Academy San Mateo: 32nd percentile, Developing
0Needs Support
1Developing
0Solid
0Strong

One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level. A school ranked at two stages appears in both.

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Elementary schools

Jefferson Elementary’s 12 public elementary schools run from the 24th to the 85th percentile among the 5,728 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Jefferson Elementary

Statewide percentile
Context

The average Jefferson Elementary elementary school had 17 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school had 17 in 100.

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The other 2 elementary schools

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

Middle schools

Jefferson Elementary’s 5 public middle schools run from the 38th to the 82nd percentile among the 2,532 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Middle schools in Jefferson Elementary

Statewide percentile
Context

The average Jefferson Elementary middle school had 15 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school had 18 in 100.

High schools

Jefferson Elementary has one public high school we score, California Virtual Academy San Mateo, at the 32nd percentile among the 1,500 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests).

High schools in Jefferson Elementary

Statewide percentile
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How the district works

The district as a whole, from its state records.

Spending, FY 2024–25

District finance · FY 2024–25

Where the district's dollars go.

Jefferson Elementary spent $20,401 per student in FY 2024–25 — close to the median California district ($20,491). About 62 cents of every dollar goes to classroom instruction.

Current expense per student

Current expense of education per unit of average daily attendance, from the district's annual SACS filing to the California Department of Education. District-wide: it includes central administration and costs never assigned to one campus. Spending is context, not a measure of school quality.

Share by function

  • Instruction62%
  • Instruction support10%
  • Student services9%
  • Administration9%
  • Buildings & maintenance8%
  • Other1%

Shares of the same current-expense total, by SACS function. Names are simplified from the filing's own categories.

The system behind the schools

The people behind the classrooms — district-grain context that never enters a school's score.

Who attends

Student mix

2024–25 · Census Day enrollment, 6,088 students
1. Hispanic or Latino: 42%2. Filipino: 22%3. Asian: 17%4. White: 9%5. Two or more races: 5%6. Black or African American: 3%7. Pacific Islander: 1%8. Not reported: <1%9. American Indian or Alaska Native: <1%Student mix2024–25
  1. Hispanic or Latino42%
  2. Filipino22%
  3. Asian17%
  4. White9%
  5. Two or more races5%
  6. Black or African American3%
  7. Pacific Islander1%
  8. Not reported<1%
  9. American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
Shares use the district's own Census Day enrollment counts from the CDE, including its charter schools.

Free or reduced-price meals

2024–25 · 6,078 students

51%

About 5 in 10 of the district's students qualify; across California it's about 6 in 10.

Each dot is 1% of students. 3,085 of 6,078 qualify, summed from the CDE's counts for 15 schools, charters included.

CDE Census Day enrollment 2024–25 (district totals) · free/reduced-price meals: CDE 2024–25, our sum of its 15 school counts

What the district plans (2026–27 plan)

$66.8 million

planned for 29 funded actions in 3 goals. That’s 72% of its $93.4 million general fund budget. These are plans, not what the district later spent.

The 2026–27 plan in short

Source: the district’s LCAP (111 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 75% of the money: Tier I: Personnel: All teaching staff, classified staff, site administrators; Tier 2: Afterschool Enrichment and Tutoring; and Tier 1: Early Childhood Programs. By the plan’s own split, 86% of it pays for staff.

Reading, math and catch-up help

$7.3 million, or 11% of the plan, is in actions whose titles name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners. The other 89% is in actions whose titles name none of these.

  • Catch-up help $4.5 million
  • English learners $2.8 million

Largest of these

  • Tier 2: Afterschool Enrichment and Tutoring$4.4 million
  • Tier 2: EL Support$2.8 million
  • MTSS Monitoring System$70,705
For high-needs students

It plans $9.5 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2024–25, it planned $10.0 million and estimates it spent $9.5 million, $539,382 (5%) less than planned (our arithmetic).

Ask: Why did estimated spending on these services come in $539,382 under the 2024–25 plan, and where does that money go in 2026–27?

What changed

The total is the same as in the 2025–26 plan.

What its goals measure

These are the state’s figures for the district’s own schools on the measures its goals track. They describe the district; they can’t tell you what the plan caused.

Measure2024–252025–26
Met or exceeded the standard in EnglishGoals 1 and 246%47%
Met or exceeded the standard in mathGoals 1 and 238%40%
Chronically absentGoal 313 in 10016 in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 31.1%1.7%

Figures from CDE’s state test, chronic absence and suspension files. We combined the district’s schools ourselves, weighted by students and leaving out charter schools. Chronically absent means a student missed 10% or more of school days.

The plan itself3 goals, 32 measures, the money map

Where does the money go?

81% to Goal 1. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a box to open its goal.

Change since the 2025–26 plan, same title

  • fell 25% or more
  • fell 10–25%
  • fell 2–10%
  • within 2%
  • grew 2–10%
  • grew 10–25%
  • grew 25% or more
  • new or renamed title
  • not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals

Every goal, in the plan’s order

Goal 1Maximize student success in both academics and social-emotional well-being through an inclusive and…$54.4 million81% of action budgets

“Maximize student success in both academics and social-emotional well-being through an inclusive and coordinated system of support (MTSS)” p. 23 ↗

9 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $54.4 million (unchanged)

Largest funded actions

  1. Tier I: Personnel: All teaching staff, classified staff, site administrators$43.1 millionaction 1.1 · p. 69 ↗
  2. Tier 2: Afterschool Enrichment and Tutoring$4.4 millionaction 1.8 · p. 69 ↗
  3. Tier 1: Early Childhood Programs$2.8 millionaction 1.5 · p. 69 ↗
  4. Tier 2: Personnel: Student Support$2.1 millionaction 1.2 · p. 69 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. Tier 1: Standards Aligned Materials and Instruction$1.4 millionaction 1.4 · p. 69 ↗

4 more funded actions in this goal

  • NEW Instructional Support · action 1.11 · p. 70 ↗$255,000
  • Tier 1: New Teacher Induction · action 1.3 · p. 69 ↗$122,519
  • MTSS Monitoring System · action 1.9 · p. 69 ↗$70,705
  • Tier 1: Technology Professional Development · action 1.6 · p. 69 ↗$69,405

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

9 titles also in last year’s plan, all at the same amount. A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 8 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 23 ↗.

Goal 2 · Focus GoalBy June 2027, academic performance in both ELA and math will meet or exceed 70% proficiency$5.6 million8% of action budgets

7 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $5.6 million (unchanged) · p. 32 ↗

Largest funded actions

  1. Tier 2: EL Support$2.8 millionaction 2.7 · p. 70 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. Tier 1: Collaboration$958,513action 2.3 · p. 70 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Tier 1: Enrichment Opportunities$857,577action 2.5 · p. 70 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $16,407 is LCFF funding counted toward the requirement
  4. Tier 1: 1:1 Technology Program$493,356action 2.4 · p. 70 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $32,760 is LCFF funding counted toward the requirement
  5. Tier 1: Professional Learning for all Staff$328,612action 2.1 · p. 70 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $311,425 is LCFF funding counted toward the requirement

2 more funded actions in this goal

  • Tier 1: Assessment Tools · action 2.2 · p. 70 ↗$171,467
  • Tier 1: EL Program · action 2.6 · p. 70 ↗$34,000

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

7 titles also in last year’s plan, all at the same amount. A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 12 measures · 1 quoted

  • Access to a broad course of study as reported in Local Indicators on the CA Dashboard p. 35 ↗
    Baseline
    2023-2024 100%
    Target for year 3
    100%

11 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 3 · Focus GoalBy June 2027, positive school climate indicators will meet or exceed 90% favorability$6.8 million10% of action budgets

13 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $6.8 million (unchanged) · p. 42 ↗

Largest funded actions

  1. Tier 3: Mental Health Support$2.3 millionaction 3.9 · p. 71 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $2.1 million is LCFF funding counted toward the requirement
  2. Tier 1: Attendance Monitoring$1.8 millionaction 3.3 · p. 70 ↗
  3. Tier 2: Nursing Support Staff$1.1 millionaction 3.8 · p. 71 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $409,750 is LCFF funding counted toward the requirement
  4. Librarians$730,742action 3.12 · p. 71 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $479,495 is LCFF funding counted toward the requirement
  5. Tier 3: Homeless & Foster Care Youth Supports$313,404action 3.10 · p. 71 ↗

8 more funded actions in this goal

  • Tier 1: Positive Behavior Intervention and Support · action 3.2 · p. 70 ↗$182,745
  • Community Involvement · action 3.11 · p. 71 ↗$127,812
  • Tier 1: Communication · action 3.5 · p. 71 ↗$119,000
  • Tier 1, 2 and 3: Restorative Practices · action 3.1 · p. 70 ↗$81,918
  • After School Athletics · action 3.13 · p. 71 ↗$55,000
  • Translation Services · action 3.14 · p. 71 ↗$39,500
  • Tier 1: Climate Survey · action 3.6 · p. 71 ↗$23,900
  • Tier 1: Parent Portal · action 3.4 · p. 71 ↗$10,000

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

13 titles also in last year’s plan, all at the same amount. A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 12 measures · 3 quoted

  • School Attendance Rate p. 49 ↗
    Baseline
    2023-2024 93.75%
    Target for year 3
    98%
  • Explusion Rates as reported through CALPADS p. 49 ↗
    Baseline
    2023-2024 0%
    Target for year 3
    0%
  • Middle School dropout rates as reported through CALPADS p. 49 ↗
    Baseline
    2023-2024 0%
    Target for year 3
    0%

9 more measures in the plan’s table.

All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.

Extra help from the state

Jefferson Elementary isn’t getting extra state help in 2026, only the standard support every district gets.

English learner progress

From spring 2025 to spring 2026, 41% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (519 of 1,255 students). California: 47%. This measures progress, not fluency.

1 school getting state support, 2025–26George Washington Elementary (Extra targeted support (ATSI))

Charter schools aren’t listed; each charter’s own page shows its record. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26.

Sources: Plans (California School Dashboard) ↗ · District help (CDE) ↗ · English learner progress (CDE) ↗ · School support (CDE) ↗. State results from the 2026 California School Dashboard.

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Common questions

Are the public schools in Jefferson Elementary good?
Jefferson Elementary’s 12 public elementary schools run from the 24th to the 85th percentile among the 5,728 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 2 Strong, 3 Solid, 6 Developing and 1 Needs Support. Jefferson Elementary’s 5 public middle schools run from the 38th to the 82nd percentile among the 2,532 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 2 Strong, 1 Solid and 2 Developing. Jefferson Elementary has one public high school we score, California Virtual Academy San Mateo, at the 32nd percentile among the 1,500 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 1 Developing. A percentile compares a school with California public schools at the same level that we score; it isn’t a grade. How we score schools.
Which public schools in Jefferson Elementary rank highest?
Elementary: Marjorie H. Tobias Elementary, 85th percentile statewide (Strong). Middle: California Virtual Academy San Mateo, 82nd percentile statewide (Strong). High: California Virtual Academy San Mateo, 32nd percentile statewide (Developing). Each level is ranked separately, and a few percentiles apart is a tie. A rank doesn’t decide fit or whether a child can enroll.
How does chronic absence in Jefferson Elementary compare with California?
The average Jefferson Elementary elementary school had 17 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school had 17 in 100. The average Jefferson Elementary middle school had 15 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school had 18 in 100. These are averages of school rates: each school counts once, whatever its size.
How much does Jefferson Elementary spend per student?
Jefferson Elementary spent $20,401 per student in FY 2024–25 — close to the median California district ($20,491). About 62 cents of every dollar goes to classroom instruction. Current expense of education per unit of average daily attendance from the district’s annual SACS filing to the California Department of Education. Where the district’s dollars go.
What is in Jefferson Elementary’s 2026–27 LCAP plan?
The plan ties $66.8 million of the district’s $93.4 million general fund budget to its 29 funded actions, filed under 3 goals. It projects $9.0 million in extra state money for English learners, low-income students and foster youth, and plans $9.5 million in extra services for them. Last year (2024–25 plan): $10.0 million planned for those services and $9.5 million estimated actual by the district ($539,382 less than planned, our arithmetic). Largest goals by planned budget: Goal 1 (Maximize student success in both academics and social-emotional well-being through an inclusive and…): $54.4 million (81% of action budgets) — largest actions: Tier I: Personnel: All teaching staff, classified staff, site administrators ($43.1 million) · Tier 2: Afterschool Enrichment and Tutoring ($4.4 million); Goal 3 (By June 2027, positive school climate indicators will meet or exceed 90% favorability): $6.8 million (10% of action budgets) — largest actions: Tier 3: Mental Health Support ($2.3 million) · Tier 1: Attendance Monitoring ($1.8 million). Every figure is read from the district’s adopted LCAP PDF with page citations. What the district plans (2026–27 plan).
Does living in Jefferson Elementary decide which school my child attends?
Not by itself. Attendance boundaries, programs, transfers and space all matter. Confirm the school for your address, grade and program with the district.
Where do these results come from?
California’s state tests (CAASPP) from spring 2026 and chronic-absence rates for 2025–26, both published by the California Department of Education. Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s calculations, not official state ratings. Private schools don’t take the state tests, so we don’t score them. Methodology and limitations.

Sources & methodology

Data source: California Department of Education · CAASPP 2025-26

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