Jefferson Middle School

Set in Villa Park, Illinois, Jefferson Middle School is a small middle school, operated by SD 45 DuPage County. It teaches 375 students across grades 6 through 8.

Within SD 45 DuPage County, which oversees 9 schools and 3,162 students, Jefferson Middle School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Jefferson Middle School reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 67%. Beyond that, the school reports 20% White, 8% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting Jefferson Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against DuPage County (around 34%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Jefferson Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.2%, the actual is 31.7%, a residual of -5.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for DuPage County put median household earnings sit near $112,096, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, DuPage County runs 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students), of which Jefferson Middle School is one.

North Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Jefferson Middle School. On composite proficiency, Jefferson Middle School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 46.1%.

Jefferson Middle School operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Jefferson Middle School's enrollment has fell 16% since 2018, when it stood at 446 (now 375). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 52% to 67%. Class-load math has fell: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Jefferson Middle School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.