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Enrollment
658
Middle
DISTRICT 581 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WAYNE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 180363000534
Jefferson Middle School
5303 Wheelock Rd, Fort Wayne, IN 46835 · (260) 467-4825 · Allen County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL658 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% of Indiana public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
370 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 196 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 224 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 238 | 36% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 57% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
25.6%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
23.9%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
25.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.8%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Indiana's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Jefferson Middle School
Jefferson Middle School's state test result (25.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Middle School this school | 658 | 56.2% | 25.6% |
| Nathaniel Scribner Middle School New Albany | 941 | 54.0% | 35.3% |
| Plaza Park International Prep Acad Evansville | 610 | 56.1% | 30.3% |
| Dennis Middle School Richmond | 649 | 61.5% | 17.7% |
| Wea Ridge Middle School Lafayette | 675 | 50.1% | 32.5% |
| Blackhawk Middle School Fort Wayne | 814 | 49.3% | 40.9% |
Matched among Indiana middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Jefferson Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Allen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #254 of 324 | #8 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #246 of 325 | #8 of 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #262 of 325 | #9 of 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 658 | #116 of 334 | #6 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #168 of 314 | #10 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.4% | #52 of 315 | #10 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.2% | #109 of 330 | #11 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.4% | #136 of 187 | #6 of 8 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
658
-61 (-8%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 667
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 16.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 658 | 43.3 | 15.2:1 | 56% (370) |
| 2023-24 | 676 | 44.8 | 15.1:1 | 49% (330) |
| 2022-23 | 682 | 40.8 | 16.7:1 | 57% (392) |
| 2020-21 | 719 | 43 | 16.7:1 | 52% (373) |
| 2017-18 | 703 | 40 | 17.6:1 | 51% (359) |
| 2015-16 | 687 | 36 | 19.1:1 | 48% (331) |
| 2010-11 | 706 | 36 | 19.6:1 | 54% (379) |
| 2000-01 | 631 | 35 | 18.0:1 | 26% (164) |
| 1990-91 | 667 | 31 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Middle School.
About Jefferson Middle School
Jefferson Middle School is a medium-sized middle school found in Fort Wayne, Indiana. A total of 658 students attend the school, which covers grades 6 through 8.
Fort Wayne Community Schools operates 50 schools. Combined enrollment is 28,561 students.
At 52%, White students outnumber all other groups at Jefferson Middle School combined. The school is also 17% Hispanic, 15% Black, 11% multiracial, and 4% Asian. The White share of the county population is higher, at 71%. Jefferson Middle School has a diversity index of 66%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reported 43.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 15.2:1. Across middle schools in Indiana, the average ratio is about 15.6:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 56%.
The allk12 Grade for Jefferson Middle School is C-. Compared with Indiana public middle schools, the school scored higher than 18% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Schools in Indiana with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 35.8%. Jefferson Middle School scores 25.6%.
In the county around the school, Allen County, median household income is about $70,737, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Jefferson Middle School is among the 92 public schools in Allen County.
Of nearby public schools, Arlington Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.8 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 25.6% average proficiency ranks 7th among 9 nearby schools.
Federal data place Jefferson Middle School in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Jefferson Middle School had 719 students in 2020-21 and 658 in 2024-25, an 8% decrease. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.7:1 in 2020-21, and 15.2:1 in 2024-25.
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Allen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
392,378
Census ACS
Median income
$70,737
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
92
55,262 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fort Wayne Community Schools
- Northrop High SchoolHigh · 2,145 students
- R Nelson Snider High SchoolHigh · 1,927 students
- South Side High SchoolHigh · 1,405 students
- Wayne High SchoolHigh · 1,398 students
- North Side High SchoolHigh · 1,383 students
- Blackhawk Middle SchoolMiddle · 814 students
Other schools in Fort Wayne
- Carroll High SchoolHigh · 2,623 students
- Homestead High SchoolHigh · 2,382 students
- Northrop High SchoolHigh · 2,145 students
- R Nelson Snider High SchoolHigh · 1,927 students
- South Side High SchoolHigh · 1,405 students
- Wayne High SchoolHigh · 1,398 students
Other Jefferson Middle schools
26 other US public schools in 18 states are named Jefferson Middle. Jefferson Middle School is the 13th largest of the 27.
- Jefferson MiddleArlington, VA · 1,120 students
- Jefferson MiddleSan Gabriel, CA · 1,013 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolJefferson, GA · 1,009 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolSAINT CLAIR SHORES, MI · 990 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 990 students
Nearby schools
- Arlington Elementary School0.8 mi · 418
- Saint Joseph Central School1.9 mi · 434
- Fred H Croninger Elementary School2.0 mi · 619
- Blackhawk Middle School2.2 mi · 814
- Willard Shambaugh Elementary Sch2.9 mi · 266
- J Wilbur Haley Elementary School2.9 mi · 583
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Jefferson Middle School?
Jefferson Middle School enrolls approximately 658 students in grades 06-08.
Is Jefferson Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jefferson Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Jefferson Middle School have?
Jefferson Middle School employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
How diverse is Jefferson Middle School?
Jefferson Middle School reports a student body of 52% White, 17% Hispanic, 15% Black, 4% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Jefferson Middle School in?
Jefferson Middle School is part of Fort Wayne Community Schools.
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