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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5

Jefferson Elementary, Carlsbad, CA

Jefferson Elementary is a public elementary school in Carlsbad, part of Carlsbad Unified. It enrolled 471 students in 2024-25, with 20.5 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
471
Teachers (FTE)
23.0
Students per teacher
20.5
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is 2.3 lower than the district figure of 22.8. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school20.5
District22.8
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
3743 Jefferson St., Carlsbad, CA 92008
Phone
(760)331-5500
District
Carlsbad Unified
County
San Diego County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Midsize
NCES school ID
060750000710
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
210
Reduced-price lunch
46
Free or reduced-price lunch
25654.4% of enrollment.
Direct certification
155Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Carlsbad Unified

Elementary schools elsewhere in Carlsbad

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.