Jackson Middle School

Jackson Middle School, a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school in Villa Park, Illinois, operated by SD 45 DuPage County, works with 621 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 462 students each, so Jackson Middle School sits 34% above that benchmark.

Jackson Middle School is one of 9 schools operated by SD 45 DuPage County, a district that serves 3,162 students overall.

On demographics, Jackson Middle School shows that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 33% Hispanic, 8% Black, 7% Asian, 7% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 65%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Jackson Middle School has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Jackson Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.7%, the actual is 39.5%, a residual of -10.1 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (DuPage County) records that the typical household earns roughly $112,096 per year, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, DuPage County runs 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students), of which Jackson Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is District 45 Early Education Ctr, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jackson Middle School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 52.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 10%: 689 students in 2018 compared to 621 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 23% to 33% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

On this page, members of the Jackson Middle School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.