Elementary · Illinois

Jefferson Elem School

Free meals for all

Jefferson Elem School, a public elementary school in Ottawa, Illinois: grades pre-k–4, 304 students, 13.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Ottawa ESD 141.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 304
Teachers (FTE): 22.9
Students per teacher: 13.3
Grades: Pre-K–4; Elementary

More students per teacher than 52% of elementary schools in Illinois

Median 13.1 · 2,311 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 64% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 65% of elementary schools in Illinois

Median 365 · 2,319 schools compared

Smaller than 72% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Illinois's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Illinois: 53%

Not published: too few students tested.

New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.

IAR; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Illinois: 39%

36%proficient

New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.

A higher share proficient than 54% of elementary schools in Illinois

Median 32% · 1,679 elementary schools compared

109 students tested, grades 3, 4 · IAR; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–4
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Distant town
Run by: Ottawa ESD 141

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Ottawa ESD 141.

Location

Address: 1709 Columbus St, Ottawa, IL 61350
Phone: (815)434-0726
City or town: Ottawa
County: LaSalle County

Website Quality of life in Ottawa Schools in Ottawa

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Lincoln Elem SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–4	387	13.1	47%	32%	1.1 mi
McKinley Elem SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–4	364	14.9	72%	49%	2.2 mi
Wallace Elem School	Pre-K–8	420	14.8	67%	48%	4.3 mi
Rutland Elem School	Pre-K–8	70	6.4	—	—	5.7 mi
Marseilles Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–8	528	12.3	28%	26%	7.8 mi
Grand Ridge School	K–8	212	9.6	—	—	8.3 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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