Thomas Jefferson Middle

As a mid-tier intermediate school in Madera, California, Thomas Jefferson Middle teaches 948 students from grades 7 through 8, one of the schools within Madera Unified. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 44% bigger than typical.

Madera Unified runs 28 schools in total, collectively educating 19,922 students. Thomas Jefferson Middle is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Thomas Jefferson Middle shows that nearly all students (89%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 5% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Madera County as a whole is about 61% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Thomas Jefferson Middle has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Thomas Jefferson Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 88% of students at Thomas Jefferson Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Thomas Jefferson Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.3%, the actual is 23.9%, a residual of -3.3 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Madera County indicate median household earnings sit near $76,627, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Madera County's 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,251 students), Thomas Jefferson Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: John Adams Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Thomas Jefferson Middle comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 27.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Thomas Jefferson Middle has rose 5%, going from 899 students in 2018 to 948 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 23.1:1 in 2018 to 19.0:1 in 2025.

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