High · Regular · Grades 9 to 12

Thomas Jefferson High School, Auburn, WA

CEP schoolThomas Jefferson High School is a public high school in Auburn, part of Federal Way School District. It enrolled 1,810 students in 2024-25, with 22.6 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 1,810
Teachers (FTE): 80.0
Students per teacher: 22.6
Grades: 9 to 12

This school's ratio is 4.3 higher than the district figure of 18.3. The Washington average across schools is 18.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school22.6

District18.3

Washington18.2

United States15.3

School details

Address: 4248 S 288th St, Auburn, WA 98001
Phone: (253)945-5600
District: Federal Way School District
County: King County
Level: High
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: Suburb: Large
NCES school ID: 530282000451

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 1,065
Reduced-price lunch: 236
Free or reduced-price lunch: 1,30171.9% of enrollment.
Direct certification: 831Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision: Yes (CEP school)

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 high schools in Federal Way School District

Federal Way High School 1,665 students
Todd Beamer High School 1,412 students
Decatur High School 1,352 students
Technology Access Foundation Academy at Saghalie 532 students
Open Doors Youth Reengagement (1418) 154 students
Career Academy at Truman High School 83 students
Employment Transition Program 62 students
Gateway to College 23 students
Federal Way Running Start Home School 17 students

High schools elsewhere in Auburn

Auburn Senior High School Auburn School District
Auburn Riverside High School Auburn School District

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.