Jackson Middle School

Jackson Middle School operates as a reasonably sized 6-8 campus in South Bend, Indiana, run under South Bend Community School Corp. Current enrollment sits at 537 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

Within South Bend Community School Corp, which oversees 29 schools and 13,585 students, Jackson Middle School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Jackson Middle School records that the most-represented group is Black (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 28% Hispanic, 15% White, 12% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 13%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.1:1. The state averages around 15.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, St. Joseph County runs at roughly 46%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Jackson Middle School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 24.4%; this one comes in at 5.2%, -19.2 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for St. Joseph County shows the typical household earns roughly $66,868 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Jackson Middle School is one of 73 public schools in St. Joseph County (combined enrollment of about 35,614 students).

Marshall Traditional School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jackson Middle School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 21.6%.

Jackson Middle School operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Jackson Middle School's enrollment has grew 26% since 2018, when it stood at 427 (now 537). Over the same period, the White share fell from 26% to 15%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.