Enrollment
270
Middle
DISTRICT 329 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AMADOR COUNTY UNIFIED·NCES 060245009300
Jackson Junior High
747 Sutter St., Jackson, CA 95642 · (209) 257-5700 · Amador County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL270 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 24% of California public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public middle schools
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
129 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 142 | 53% |
| Grade 8 | 128 | 47% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
32.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.6pp since 2014
Math
24.1%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 5.5% | 26.9% | 37.0% | 30.7% |
| Math | 7.5% | 16.6% | 34.4% | 41.5% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.4% | 24.1% |
| 2023-24 | 35.1% | 23.3% |
| 2022-23 | 33.6% | 20.5% |
| 2021-22 | 29.3% | 14.9% |
| 2020-21 | 31.3% | 19.7% |
| 2018-19 | 37.1% | 34.4% |
| 2017-18 | 39.0% | 29.2% |
| 2016-17 | 38.8% | 28.4% |
| 2015-16 | 36.0% | 28.0% |
| 2014-15 | 38.0% | 25.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
28.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-23.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 52% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Jackson Junior High
Jackson Junior High's state test result (28.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Junior High this school | 270 | 47.8% | 28.6% |
| Sierra Ridge Middle Pollock Pines | 247 | 45.7% | 29.7% |
| McKinleyville Middle McKinleyville | 302 | 53.3% | 27.7% |
| Berrendos Middle Red Bluff | 229 | 52.0% | 43.8% |
| Avery Middle Avery | 199 | 47.2% | 55.6% |
| Durham Intermediate Durham | 233 | 39.9% | 47.3% |
Matched among California middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Jackson Junior High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #783 of 1,224 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #743 of 1,227 ▼ 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #931 of 1,227 ▼ 145 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.1pp | #238 of 1,214 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 270 | #1,220 of 1,377 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #331 of 1,279 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.6% | #585 of 1,278 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.8% | #957 of 1,329 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.4% | #140 of 930 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
270
-96 (-26%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 394
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 19.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 270 | 14.1 | 19.1:1 | 48% (129) |
| 2023-24 | 351 | 20.8 | 16.9:1 | 46% (162) |
| 2022-23 | 346 | 20.4 | 17.0:1 | 47% (162) |
| 2020-21 | 366 | 19 | 19.3:1 | 45% (165) |
| 2017-18 | 377 | 16.2 | 23.3:1 | 47% (176) |
| 2015-16 | 372 | 16 | 23.3:1 | 51% (189) |
| 2010-11 | 301 | N/A | N/A | 42% (127) |
| 2000-01 | 409 | 17 | 24.1:1 | 27% (111) |
| 1990-91 | 394 | 17 | 23.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jackson Junior High.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (377 to 270); teachers down 13% (16.2 to 14.1).
About Jackson Junior High
Located in Jackson, California, Jackson Junior High is a small middle school. The school has 270 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 659 students for middle schools in California.
Amador County Unified oversees Jackson Junior High and 11 other schools, with 4,027 students in total.
The student body at Jackson Junior High is 64% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 21% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 3% Native American, and 2% Asian. The White share of the county population is higher, at 76%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 54%.
Jackson Junior High has a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.1:1, with 14.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, middle schools in California average 20.7:1. The school has 48% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Amador County report 40%.
Among California public middle schools, Jackson Junior High outscored 24%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Jackson Junior High trails its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 23.0 points (28.6% versus 51.5%), a bottom-10% result in California on BeatsExpectations.
The school is in Amador County, where the median household earns about $88,044 a year, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Jackson Junior High shares Amador County with 14 other public schools.
Jackson Junior High is less than a tenth of a mile from Amador County Special Education, its nearest public school. Jackson Junior High has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Jackson Junior High ranks 5th of 5 nearby schools, at 28.6% versus a 38.6% average.
Locale: Town: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 96 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Jackson Junior High. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Amador County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
41,428
Census ACS
Median income
$88,044
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
4,050 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Amador County Unified
- Amador HighHigh · 615 students
- Argonaut HighHigh · 593 students
- Ione ElementaryElementary · 564 students
- Jackson ElementaryElementary · 479 students
- Ione Junior HighMiddle · 387 students
- Sutter Creek ElementaryElementary · 387 students
Other schools in Jackson
- Argonaut HighHigh · 593 students
- Jackson ElementaryElementary · 479 students
- Pine Grove Elementary STEM MagnetElementary · 259 students
- Amador County Special EducationCombined · 13 students
- Amador County ROPHigh
Nearby schools
- Amador County Special Education0.0 mi · 13
- Jackson Elementary0.3 mi · 479
- Argonaut High0.8 mi · 593
- County Community2.4 mi · 10
- Independence High (Continuation)2.4 mi · 49
- North Star Academy2.4 mi · 44
Frequently asked questions
About Jackson Junior HighHow many students attend Jackson Junior High?
Jackson Junior High enrolls approximately 270 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Jackson Junior High serve?
Jackson Junior High serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Jackson Junior High have?
Jackson Junior High employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.1:1.
How diverse is Jackson Junior High?
Jackson Junior High reports a student body of 64% White, 21% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Jackson Junior High?
Jackson Junior High is overseen by Amador County Unified in Amador County.
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