Jackson Creek Middle School

Jackson Creek Middle School is one of the medium-sized middle-grades schools in Bloomington, Indiana, part of Monroe County Community Sch Corp, with 572 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 8.

Across the 23 schools in Monroe County Community Sch Corp (10,480 students total), Jackson Creek Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Jackson Creek Middle School shows that White students make up the majority at 75%. Other groups include 7% Asian, 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 5% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, Jackson Creek Middle School lists 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Monroe County (around 39%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Jackson Creek Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.5%, the actual is 61.3%, a residual of +5.8 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Monroe County indicate median household earnings sit near $65,868, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Monroe County's 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,256 students), Jackson Creek Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Childs Elementary School, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jackson Creek Middle School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 46.8%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Jackson Creek Middle School's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 564 (now 572). White enrollment moved from 83% to 75% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.