Jasper Middle School

Jasper Middle School is a junior high of middle-of-the-pack scale in Jasper, Indiana, run under Greater Jasper Consolidated Schs, enrolling 709 students in grades 6 through 8.

Greater Jasper Consolidated Schs comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 3,383 students; Jasper Middle School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Jasper Middle School shows that White students make up the majority at 74%; the rest is composed of 22% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 88%.

On the income-and-resources front, Jasper Middle School logs 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.4:1. The state averages around 15.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Jasper Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.9%; this one delivers 53.3%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Dubois County put median household income runs about $75,979, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Dubois County runs 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,511 students), of which Jasper Middle School is one.

Jasper Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Jasper Middle School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jasper Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 54.3%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Jasper Middle School's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 709 (now 709). The White share of enrollment shrank from 81% to 74% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 today.

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