Jefferson Middle School

Jefferson Middle School operates as a sprawling middle school in Champaign, Illinois, operated by Champaign CUSD 4. Current enrollment sits at 711 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 54% bigger than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 462 students.

Within Champaign CUSD 4, which oversees 18 schools and 10,598 students, Jefferson Middle School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Jefferson Middle School shows that the largest single group is Black at 47%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 29% White, 11% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 6% Asian. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 14%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Jefferson Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.2%; this one delivers 33.3%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Champaign County shows median household income runs about $63,683, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Champaign County's 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,919 students), Jefferson Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Centennial High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jefferson Middle School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 37.6%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Jefferson Middle School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 717 (now 711). Black enrollment moved from 34% to 47% across the same window.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Jefferson Middle School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.