Enrollment
305
Middle
DISTRICT 462 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BAUGO COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 180042000091
Jimtown Junior High School
58903 CR 3 S, Elkhart, IN 46517 · (574) 294-6586 · Elkhart County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL305 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 76% of Indiana public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
19.3:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
130 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 7 | 174 | 57% |
| Grade 8 | 131 | 43% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Jimtown Junior High School→Jimtown High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Baugo Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
47.2%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
52.2%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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
49.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.4%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Jimtown Junior High School
Jimtown Junior High School's state test result (49.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jimtown Junior High School this school | 305 | 42.6% | 49.3% |
| Rensselaer Central Middle School Rensselaer | 363 | 42.1% | 54.7% |
| Wainwright Middle School Lafayette | 320 | 39.1% | 40.0% |
| Bellmont Middle School Decatur | 274 | 47.4% | 39.3% |
| Washington Junior High School Washington | 357 | 47.6% | 30.8% |
| Hebron Middle School Hebron | 227 | 46.3% | 43.5% |
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 Jimtown Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Elkhart County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #83 of 324 | #3 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.2% | #65 of 325 | #3 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #94 of 325 | #3 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 305 | #274 of 334 | #10 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #300 of 314 | #10 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.9% | #153 of 315 | #8 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.6% | #223 of 330 | #8 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.4% | #135 of 187 | #7 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
305
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 346
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 305 | 15.8 | 19.3:1 | 43% (130) |
| 2023-24 | 286 | 19.2 | 14.9:1 | 18% (51) |
| 2022-23 | 279 | 17.8 | 15.7:1 | 41% (115) |
| 2020-21 | 308 | 17 | 18.1:1 | 39% (121) |
| 2017-18 | 326 | 18 | 18.1:1 | 40% (130) |
| 2015-16 | 319 | 16 | 19.9:1 | 39% (126) |
| 2010-11 | 309 | 14 | 22.1:1 | 39% (120) |
| 2000-01 | 400 | 22 | 18.2:1 | 17% (67) |
| 1990-91 | 346 | 17 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jimtown Junior High School.
About Jimtown Junior High School
Jimtown Junior High School is a small middle school in Baugo Community Schools, located in Elkhart, Indiana. The school runs grades 7 through 8 and enrolls 305 students. That compares with an average of about 594 students for middle schools in Indiana.
Baugo Community Schools has 1,849 students in 4 schools, and Jimtown Junior High School is one of those schools.
White students are 72% of those enrolled at Jimtown Junior High School. The remaining shares are 17% Hispanic and 8% multiracial. That is in line with Elkhart County, where about 74% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 44, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 15.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, Jimtown Junior High School has a ratio of 19.3:1. Across middle schools in Indiana, the average ratio is 15.6:1. Income data for the school show 43% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Elkhart County is 51%.
Jimtown Junior High School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 76% of Indiana public middle schools.
A school with Jimtown Junior High School's lunch-eligibility share in Indiana is predicted to score 45.4%. Jimtown Junior High School scores 49.3%, 3.9 points above that line.
The school's county is Elkhart County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $68,561, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Elkhart County's 60 public schools enroll about 33,574 students and include Jimtown Junior High School.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Jimtown Elementary School, is less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Jimtown Junior High School ranks 2nd of 6 on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Jimtown Junior High School as Suburb: Mid-size.
Enrollment at Jimtown Junior High School was 308 in 2020-21 and 305 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 18.1:1 to 19.3:1.
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Elkhart County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
207,132
Census ACS
Median income
$68,561
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
60
33,574 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Baugo Community Schools
- Jimtown Intermediate SchoolElementary · 580 students
- Jimtown High SchoolHigh · 546 students
- Jimtown Elementary SchoolElementary · 418 students
Other schools in Elkhart
- Elkhart High SchoolHigh · 3,073 students
- Concord Community High SchoolHigh · 1,727 students
- Concord Junior High SchoolMiddle · 855 students
- Concord Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 756 students
- Jimtown Intermediate SchoolElementary · 580 students
- West Side Middle SchoolMiddle · 569 students
Nearby schools
- Jimtown Elementary School0.1 mi · 418
- Jimtown High School0.1 mi · 546
- Jimtown Intermediate School0.2 mi · 580
- Concord West Side Elem School3.1 mi · 504
- Hawthorne Early Learning Center3.2 mi · 156
- Premier Arts Academy3.3 mi · 286
Frequently asked questions
About Jimtown Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Jimtown Junior High School?
Jimtown Junior High School enrolls approximately 305 students in grades 07-08.
Is Jimtown Junior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jimtown Junior High School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at Jimtown Junior High School?
Approximately 19.3:1 students per teacher at Jimtown Junior High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jimtown Junior High School?
At Jimtown Junior High School, the student body is approximately 72% White, 17% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Jimtown Junior High School public or private?
Jimtown Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Baugo Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.