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Which teacher or staff member at Jackson Middle School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
621
Middle
DISTRICT 498 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SD 45 DUPAGE COUNTY·NCES 174035004057
Jackson Middle School
301 W Jackson St, Villa Park, IL 60181 · (630) 516-7600 · DuPage County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL621 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of Illinois 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.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
235 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 6 | 196 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 200 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 225 | 36% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 69% · 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
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
40.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +8.7pp since 2023
Math
37.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.3% | 37.5% |
| 2023-24 | 31.6% | 29.6% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Middle School
Jackson Middle School's state test result (39.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Middle School this school | 621 | 37.8% | 39.5% |
| Plank Junior High Oswego | 595 | 36.8% | 42.2% |
| Grayslake Middle School Grayslake | 641 | 36.0% | 46.0% |
| Hubble Middle School Warrenville | 679 | 33.6% | 57.2% |
| Frederick School Grayslake | 667 | 34.8% | 47.7% |
| Big Hollow Middle School Ingleside | 744 | 32.5% | 46.0% |
Matched among Illinois 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #337 of 578 | #37 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #259 of 640 ▼ 7 | #40 of 51 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #494 of 640 ▼ 10 | #50 of 51 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 621 | #195 of 691 | #23 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #276 of 558 | #31 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.2% | #71 of 560 | #10 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.8% | #396 of 581 | #18 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.9% | #255 of 440 | #18 of 37 |
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
621
-117 (-16%) vs 2020
+21% since 1990-91, when it was 514
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 | 621 | 48 | 12.9:1 | 38% (235) |
| 2023-24 | 630 | 44.1 | 14.3:1 | 45% (283) |
| 2022-23 | 647 | 47 | 13.8:1 | 34% (217) |
| 2020-21 | 738 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 689 | 47 | 14.7:1 | 39% (272) |
| 2015-16 | 663 | 50 | 13.3:1 | 39% (257) |
| 2010-11 | 671 | 46 | 14.6:1 | 35% (233) |
| 2000-01 | 781 | 52 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 514 | 35 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jackson Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (689 to 621); teachers up 2% (47 to 48).
About Jackson Middle School
Villa Park, Illinois, is home to Jackson Middle School, a medium-sized middle school. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 621 students. The typical figure for middle schools in Illinois is about 462 students.
Jackson Middle School is part of a district of 9 schools: SD 45 DuPage County, with 3,162 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Jackson Middle School. The largest is White students, at 45%. Other students are 33% Hispanic, 8% Black, 7% Asian, and 7% multiracial. That is lower than the 65% White share among all DuPage County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 67% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at Jackson Middle School is 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 12.9:1. For comparison, middle schools in Illinois average 13.0:1. About 38% of students, or 235, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Measured against Illinois public middle schools, Jackson Middle School receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Jackson Middle School scores 39.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 49.7%.
Census estimates describe DuPage County this way: the median household income is $112,096, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 52% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. In all, DuPage County has 277 public schools and roughly 138,557 students.
The closest other public school is District 45 Early Education Center, less than a tenth of a mile away. Jackson Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 52.0% on proficiency, and Jackson Middle School is below that at 39.5%.
NCES assigns Jackson Middle School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has fallen by 117 students since 2020-21, to 621.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Jackson Middle School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
DuPage County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,024
Census ACS
Median income
$112,096
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
138,557 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SD 45 DuPage County
- North Elementary SchoolElementary · 434 students
- Westmore Elementary SchoolElementary · 432 students
- Ardmore Elementary SchoolElementary · 425 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 375 students
- Schafer Elementary SchoolElementary · 354 students
- District 45 Early Education CenterElementary · 189 students
Other schools in Villa Park
- Willowbrook High SchoolHigh · 1,983 students
- North Elementary SchoolElementary · 434 students
- Ardmore Elementary SchoolElementary · 425 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 375 students
- District 45 Early Education CenterElementary · 189 students
- John E Albright Middle SchoolMiddle · 183 students
Other Jackson Middle schools
14 other US public schools in 13 states are named Jackson Middle. Jackson Middle School is the 8th largest of the 15.
- Jackson MiddleCHAMPLIN, MN · 2,037 students
- Jackson MiddleFalls Church, VA · 991 students
- JACKSON MIDDLEJACKSON, MO · 850 students
- Jackson Middle SchoolFORNEY, TX · 807 students
- Jackson Middle SchoolPortland, OR · 715 students
Nearby schools
- District 45 Early Education Center0.1 mi · 189
- Willowbrook High School0.4 mi · 1,983
- Westmore Elementary School0.8 mi · 432
- John E Albright Middle School0.9 mi · 183
- Ardmore Elementary School1.0 mi · 425
- York Center Elementary School1.0 mi · 163
Frequently asked questions
About Jackson Middle SchoolHow many students attend Jackson Middle School?
Jackson Middle School enrolls approximately 621 students in grades 06-08.
Is Jackson Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jackson Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jackson Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jackson Middle School is approximately 12.9:1 (48 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Jackson Middle School?
Student demographics at Jackson Middle School are roughly 45% White, 33% Hispanic, 8% Black, 7% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Jackson Middle School public or private?
Jackson Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by SD 45 DuPage County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.