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Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy High School
27 Martin Luther King Jr Plaza
Elizabeth NJ, 07201, Union County
Phone: 908-436-6767
Ranking: 
(313 out of 346, bottom 10%)*
(313 out of 346, bottom 10%)*Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
School District: Elizabeth City School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | ||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 84 | 74 | 74 | 68 | 78 | |||||
| Total Students: | 826 | 796 | 836 | 891 | 926 | |||||
| Grade 9: | 324 | 39.2% | 327 | 41.1% | 287 | 34.3% | 298 | 33.4% | 386 | 41.7% |
| Grade 10: | 225 | 27.2% | 158 | 19.8% | 170 | 20.3% | 304 | 34.1% | 253 | 27.3% |
| Grade 11: | 144 | 17.4% | 108 | 13.6% | 210 | 25.1% | 151 | 16.9% | 109 | 11.8% |
| Grade 12: | 94 | 11.4% | 155 | 19.5% | 126 | 15.1% | 106 | 11.9% | 159 | 17.2% |
| Ungraded: | 39 | 4.7% | 48 | 6.0% | 43 | 5.1% | 32 | 3.6% | 19 | 2.1% |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||
| Male: | 322 | 39.0% | 319 | 40.1% | 371 | 44.4% | 378 | 42.4% | 418 | 45.1% |
| Female: | 504 | 61.0% | 477 | 59.9% | 465 | 55.6% | 513 | 57.6% | 508 | 54.9% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 8 | 1.0% | 5 | 0.6% | 7 | 0.8% | 6 | 0.7% | 5 | 0.5% |
| Hispanic: | 490 | 59.3% | 465 | 58.4% | 479 | 57.3% | 520 | 58.4% | 555 | 59.9% |
| Black: | 256 | 31.0% | 264 | 33.2% | 290 | 34.7% | 298 | 33.4% | 292 | 31.5% |
| White: | 72 | 8.7% | 62 | 7.8% | 60 | 7.2% | 67 | 7.5% | 74 | 8.0% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Two or More Races: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 601 | 72.8% | 625 | 78.5% | 595 | 71.2% | 683 | 76.7% | 627 | 67.7% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 79 | 9.6% | 76 | 9.5% | 67 | 8.0% | 77 | 8.6% | 102 | 11.0% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 9.83 | 10.76 | 11.34 | 13.10 | 11.87 | |||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| HSPA | ||||||
| 2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 76.6% | 73.8% | 89.6% |
| 2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 85.6% | 79.8% | 91.5% |
| 2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 77.0% | 77.2% | 91.6% |
| 2011 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 37.7% | 50.3% | 75.2% |
| 2012 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 53.9% | 62.7% | 79.3% |
| 2013 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 45.2% | 63.2% | 79.7% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy High School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.