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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Jefferson Traditional School this year?
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Enrollment
591
Middle
DISTRICT 492 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH BEND COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP·NCES 181029001682
Jefferson Traditional School
528 S Eddy St, South Bend, IN 46617 · (574) 393-4100 · St. Joseph County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL591 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% of Indiana public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
16.0:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
351 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 184 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 199 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 208 | 35% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
17.3%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
11.3%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
13.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 34% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Traditional School
Jefferson Traditional School's state test result (13.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Traditional School this school | 591 | 59.4% | 13.3% |
| Broad Ripple Middle School - an IB World School Indianapolis | 623 | 57.9% | N/A |
| Career Academy Middle School South Bend | 414 | 60.1% | 18.2% |
| Memorial Park Middle School Fort Wayne | 627 | 61.1% | 40.0% |
| Raymond Park Intermediate & Middle Indianapolis | 1,079 | 60.1% | 20.9% |
| Westlane Middle School Indianapolis | 754 | 54.4% | 31.1% |
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 Traditional School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In St. Joseph County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.3% | #302 of 324 | #8 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.3% | #296 of 325 | #7 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.3% | #298 of 325 | #8 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 591 | #148 of 334 | #5 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #204 of 314 | #8 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.6% | #20 of 315 | #1 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.4% | #88 of 330 | #4 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.6% | #145 of 187 | N/A |
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
591
+44 (+8%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 637
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 591 | 36.9 | 16.0:1 | 59% (351) |
| 2023-24 | 526 | 45.6 | 11.5:1 | 56% (295) |
| 2022-23 | 516 | 38.1 | 13.5:1 | 64% (329) |
| 2020-21 | 547 | 32 | 17.1:1 | 62% (338) |
| 2017-18 | 626 | 35.3 | 17.7:1 | 69% (429) |
| 2015-16 | 581 | 13 | 44.7:1 | 71% (413) |
| 2010-11 | 504 | 32 | 15.8:1 | 74% (373) |
| 2000-01 | 506 | 33 | 15.3:1 | 78% (394) |
| 1990-91 | 637 | 32 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Traditional School.
About Jefferson Traditional School
Jefferson Traditional School operates as a mid-sized middle school in South Bend, Indiana. The school covers grades 6 through 8 and reported 591 students in 2024-25.
South Bend Community School Corp includes 29 schools. Together they enroll 13,585 students.
No group is above 50% at Jefferson Traditional School; the largest is Black, at 42%. After that, the student body is 26% White, 18% Hispanic, and 13% multiracial. Among all residents of St. Joseph County, the Black share is about 13%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 71%.
For every teacher at Jefferson Traditional School, there are about 16.0 students; the school has 36.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among middle schools in Indiana is similar, at 15.6:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 59%. Across public schools in St. Joseph County, the average is 46%.
Among Indiana public middle schools, Jefferson Traditional School outscored 3%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
A school in Indiana with Jefferson Traditional School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 33.5%. Jefferson Traditional School scores 13.3%.
In St. Joseph County, median household income comes to about $66,868, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county's public schools total 73, with about 35,614 students.
Jefferson Traditional School is about 0.6 miles from Adams High School, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools.
The federal government classifies Jefferson Traditional School's location as City: Mid-size.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 591, from 547 in 2020-21. The ratio was 17.1:1 in 2020-21 and 16.0:1 in 2024-25.
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St. Joseph County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
273,040
Census ACS
Median income
$66,868
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
73
35,614 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Bend Community School Corp
- Adams High SchoolHigh · 1,966 students
- Riley High SchoolHigh · 1,238 students
- Washington High SchoolHigh · 795 students
- Harrison Elementary SchoolElementary · 555 students
- Edison Middle SchoolElementary · 551 students
- Jackson Middle SchoolMiddle · 537 students
Other schools in South Bend
- Adams High SchoolHigh · 1,966 students
- Riley High SchoolHigh · 1,238 students
- Washington High SchoolHigh · 795 students
- Success Academy Primary SchoolElementary · 610 students
- Harrison Elementary SchoolElementary · 555 students
- Edison Middle SchoolElementary · 551 students
Nearby schools
- Adams High School0.6 mi · 1,966
- Success Academy at Boys and Girls Club0.6 mi · 113
- Juvenile Justice Center0.9 mi · 16
- McKinley Elementary School0.9 mi · 315
- South Bend SNAP1.0 mi · 87
- Purdue Polytechnic High School South Bend1.0 mi · 138
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson Traditional SchoolHow large is Jefferson Traditional School?
Jefferson Traditional School enrolls approximately 591 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Jefferson Traditional School serve?
Jefferson Traditional School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Jefferson Traditional School?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at Jefferson Traditional School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jefferson Traditional School?
At Jefferson Traditional School, the student body is approximately 26% White, 18% Hispanic, 42% Black, 1% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Jefferson Traditional School in?
Jefferson Traditional School is part of South Bend Community School Corp.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.