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Thomas Jefferson High School
- ratingGrade pending
- inspection score40 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJanuary 26, 2026
- address4248 S 288Th St, Auburn 98001
Is Thomas Jefferson High School clean?
Seattle currently lists Thomas Jefferson High School as grade pending, following an inspection on January 26, 2026 that scored 40 points. The city has not posted a letter yet, and it will not until a re-inspection settles it.
What did inspectors find at Thomas Jefferson High School?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 26, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧻grimy wiping cloths3400 - Wiping cloths properly used, stored; sanitizer concentration
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized4100 - Warewashing facilities properly installed, maintained, used; sanitizer concentration; test strips available and used
- ♨️leftovers reheated sketchycritical2200 - Accurate thermometer provided and used to evaluate temperature of TCS foods
- ⚠️1710 - Proper hot holding temperatures; less than 130 degrees Fahrenheit (F) (54 degrees Celsius (C))critical1710 - Proper hot holding temperatures; less than 130 degrees Fahrenheit (F) (54 degrees Celsius (C))
When was Thomas Jefferson High School last inspected?
Thomas Jefferson High School has 8 inspections on record going back to September 23, 2021, averaging 11 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 26, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 40 pts |
| March 10, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 5 pts |
| March 12, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 30 pts |
| November 6, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
| February 13, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 15 pts |
| October 14, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
| April 22, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
| September 23, 2021 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
Thomas Jefferson High School vs Federal Way
Federal Way runs 94% clean across 484 tracked restaurants — 371 clean, 22 mid, 2 cooked.
Against the 484 spots Cooked tracks in Federal Way, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.
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How Seattle grades restaurants
Public Health — Seattle & King County posts a word, not a letter: Excellent, Good, Okay, or Needs To Improve. The rating is deliberately not a snapshot — it averages the establishment’s recent routine inspections, so one bad day does not sink a consistently clean kitchen and one good day does not rescue a bad one. Inspectors score violations in red points for things that directly cause foodborne illness and blue points for everything else; around 45 red points triggers a mandatory re-inspection. Newly opened or recently changed spots can show as Not Rated until enough inspections accumulate.
Source: Public Health — Seattle & King County via King County Open Data. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated January 26, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.