Jefferson Middle School

Jefferson Middle School is one of the moderately sized intermediate schools in Jefferson, Georgia, run under Jefferson City, with 1,009 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 763 students each, so Jefferson Middle School sits 32% above that benchmark.

Jefferson City runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 4,294 students. Jefferson Middle School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Jefferson Middle School records that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment. Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Jackson County as a whole.

On the resource side, The school lists 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. The state averages around 14.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 30% of students at Jefferson Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Jackson County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Jefferson Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.8%, the actual is 69.6%, a residual of +7.8 points.

Around the school, Jackson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $89,544 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Jackson County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,354 students), Jefferson Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Jefferson Academy, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jefferson Middle School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 57.0%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 16%: 869 students in 2018 compared to 1,009 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.