Elementary · Virginia
Thomas Jefferson Elementary
Thomas Jefferson Elementary, a public elementary school in Forest, Virginia: grades pre-k–5, 567 students, 16.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Bedford County Public Schools.
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
- 567
- Teachers (FTE)
- 35.2
- Students per teacher
- 16.1
- Grades
- Pre-K–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 84% of elementary schools in Virginia
Median 13.9 · 1,143 schools compared
More students per teacher than 66% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 62% of elementary schools in Virginia
Median 503 · 1,144 schools compared
Larger than 76% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Area
- Rural area near a city
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Bedford County Public Schools.
Location
- Address
- 1255 Patriot Place, Forest, VA 24551
- Phone
- (434)534-6159
- City or town
- Forest
- County
- Bedford County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-K–5 | 384 | 17.6 | |
Tomahawk ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 667 | 14.7 |
| Pre-K–5 | 330 | 15.0 | |
Leesville Road ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 646 | 14.6 |
Heritage ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 448 | 13.6 |
Sandusky ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 316 | 13.2 |
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).
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level.
NCES 510036002525