| Jefferson Community School | |
| Streetaddress: | 280 Quincy St., Suite I |
| City: | Port Townsend |
| State: | Washington |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | Private school |
| Affiliation: | Independent |
| Grades: | 7 - 12 |
| Established: | 2005 |
| Head Of School: | Craig Frick |
| Faculty: | 6 |
| Staff: | 3 |
| Accreditation: | NWAIS (Northwest Association of Independent Schools)AdvancEd Accreditation |
Jefferson Community School is a non-profit independent school located in downtown Port Townsend, Washington. Opened in 2005, it is one of the only four independent educational institutions in Jefferson County.[1] Jefferson Community School serves students from grades 6 to 12, and had a total enrollment of 16 students for the 2018 - 2019 school year.[2]
As of 2018, the school has fewer than 10 faculty members. In the 2018–2019 school year, the student–teacher ratio was 6 students per teacher. The dropout rate is 0% far lower than the state average.
The school is currently too small to have any organized athletic teams but the students may participate on any of the Port Townsend High School sports teams.
Jefferson Community School practices "global learning" by traveling to such locations as Thailand, Japan, Mexico, California, Arizona, Costa Rica and New Orleans. During March 2017, JCS students traveled to Nepal hiking to 13,000 ft on the trail to Everest Base Camp. Other recent trips include 2015 Guatemala and Belize, 2015 Cuba, Vietnam and Cambodia, as well as Mexico, 2017 Cuba and Nepal, 2018 Costa Rica and Canada, 2019 Costa Rica, California and Arizona.