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Jefferson Academy

· Kings County · Hanford Elementary · Public

Public Kings County 🏛 Hanford Elementary → CDS 1663917…
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🧮#1 Math proficiency in Kings 🧮Top 10% Math proficiency in CA

📋 At a glance

Programs & features
Academic signals
  • 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Jefferson Academy compares for families

What families should know about Jefferson Academy.

  • Locally🧮 #1 in Kings County on Math proficiency — plus 1 more top-rank.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Woodrow Wilson Junior High, John F. Kennedy Junior High, Kings Valley Academy Ii and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21
SAT/ACT test-takers
0
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

Chronic absenteeism — 2024-25

Share of students missing 10% or more of expected attendance — the leading indicator that often precedes the demand decline shown above. Families disengaging tend to raise absenteeism first, then formally leave. Basis: total enrollment.

Chronic absent
3.8%
19 of 501 students

Absenteeism is up 3.1 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Kings County median
15.7% · school is better than 100% of 13 HS
Statewide median
20.9%
Chronic absenteeism by year (raw %)

Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment
465 (2018)510 (2026)
+9.7%

If this trend holds (+0.2%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~511 +1 $0
3 yr (2029) ~513 +3 $0
5 yr (2031) ~515 +5 $0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423/ADA). Edit the figure to match your school.

Jefferson Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • Enrollment has been growing (+1.2%/yr); projects to ~528 by 2029.

Enrollment projection

510 students (2026)
~528 projected (2029)
at +1.2%/yr

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Jefferson Academy Public 510
Peer-group median 11.9% +35%
Woodrow Wilson Junior High Public 513
John F. Kennedy Junior High Public 501
Kings Valley Academy Ii Public 874 +223%
Riverdale High School Public 497 6.4% -13%
Rafer Johnson Junior High Public 432
Sycamore Valley Academy Public 413
Parlier Junior High Public 525
Hanford West High School Public 1271 14.0% -5%
Sierra Pacific High School Public 1196 11.9% +75%
Highland Elementary Public 449

UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class (can exceed 100% when students are admitted to multiple campuses). Enrollment trend = first-to-latest grade-12 change on file. Similar schools matched on proximity, size, type. Methodology →

Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the Kings County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Stability rate
98.0%
497 of 507 students

10 of 507 students who enrolled at Jefferson Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (2.0% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Kings County median
87.4% · school is in the 100th percentile of 13 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 98th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (434) 97.7%
Socio. disadvantaged (251) 97.6%
English learners (75) 98.7%
White (48) 100.0%
Students w/ disabilities (41) 97.6%

Nearest peer high schools

Woodrow Wilson Junior High 90.9% John F. Kennedy Junior High 86.5% Kings Valley Academy Ii 53.2% Riverdale High School 90.4% Rafer Johnson Junior High 90.6%

Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 cumulative enrollees so by-design-high-churn continuation schools don't dominate the bottom of the distribution. Cumulative enrollment counts every student on the rolls during the year, so it can exceed peak-day enrollment.

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